User:Surjection/Finnish catechisms
Known Finnish-language catechisms from before the 18th century
Year | Author/Finnish translator | Printer | Published in | Title | Pages | Status | Notes |
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c. 1543 | Mikael Agricola | Amund Laurentsson | Stockholm | Abckiria | 16 (1st ed.) 24 (2nd/3rd ed.) |
Mostly preserved | Primer-catechism. Second edition in 1551, third in 1559. No complete copies survive, but multiple fragments (from different editions) mean we can compile an effectively full copy. The first Finnish-language book ever published (that we are aware of). |
1574 | Paavali Juusten | Amund Laurentsson | Stockholm | Catechismus, somenkielen tulkittus udistettu ja jumalisten ja caunisten rukoisten ja kijtos sanain cansa enätty ia surella wisudella koottu somalaisten hywäxi ja jocapäiväsexi tarpexi, secä cotona että matkas. | ? | Lost | Possibly based on Luther's Small Catechism. Final known surviving copy destroyed in the 1827 Great Fire of Turku. |
c. 1581 | Johannes Matthiae Jussoila | ? | ? | ? | ? | Unknown | Existence uncertain. |
1583 | Jaakko (Jacobus) Finno | Andreas Gutterwitz | Stockholm | Catechismus [...?] (1st ed) Catechismus eli sen christilisen opin pää cappalet, lyhykäisen vluos toimituxen cansa, yxikertaisil inhimisil sangen tarpelinen (2nd ed) |
? (1st ed) 72 (2nd ed) |
Partially lost | Based on Luther's Small Catechism. First edition only partially preserved. Second edition in 1615 (72 pages, printed by Christopher Reusner in Stockholm) preserved in its entirety. |
1607 | Simon Johannis Carelius | Staffan [Mylly] | Rostock | Catechismus, se on christilisen opin pääcappaleet, d. Martinus Lutherin vlostoimituxen cansa, soomen kielen tulkitut | 72 | Preserved | Luther's Small Catechism, no additions. Rediscovered in 2015. |
1614 | Ericus Erici Sorolainen | Christopher Reusner | Stockholm | Catechismus eli christilisen opin pääcappalet, lyhykäisen ja yxikerraitzen vlgostoimitoxen cansa | 505 | Preserved | Luther's Large Catechism. |
c. 1614–1621 | Ericus Erici Sorolainen | Christopher Reusner (1st ed) Ignatius Meurer (2nd ed) |
Stockholm | — (title page begins with the letters of the alphabet) | 16 | Preserved | Primer-catechism. Preserved 2nd edition from 1629, 1st ed lost. |
c. 1614–1621 | Ericus Erici Sorolainen | Christopher Reusner or Ignatius Meurer (1st ed) Ignatius Meurer (2nd ed) etc. |
Stockholm | Wähä catechismus, erinomaisten kysymisten ia wastausten cansa, vlgoswedetty suomen kielen catechismuxesta, ensistä oppiwaisten tähden | 120 (2nd run) | Preserved | Based on Luther's Small Catechism. Republished numerous times. The title is from the 2nd run, as the 1st run is lost. Preserved copies belong to: 2nd run 1629, 7th run (64 pages) 1654, and as part of Manuale finnonicum (1630, 1653, 1658). 1st run fully lost, 3th and 4th run 1630 fully lost (except for the title page of the 4th run), 5th run 1651 (1630 in colophon) almost fully lost, 6th run 1654 (72 pages) fully lost, 8th run 1654 (60 pages) fully lost. |
1628 | Canutus Martini Carelius | Ignatio Meurero | Stockholm | Somen kielinen d. Martinus Lutherin pienembi catechismus saxan kielen jälken ojettu, a Canuto Carelio Vijdeburgio | 80 | Preserved | Based on Luther's Small Catechism. |
1639–1640 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Unknown | Supposed Cyrillic(!) catechism. Existence uncertain. |
1643 | Henricus Martini Fattebuur (ordered by Petrus Bjugg) | Peter van Selow | Stockholm | Catechismus... | ? | Lost | Based on Luther's Small Catechism. |
1644 | Johan Roselindt/Johannes Roselin (ordered by Petrus Bjugg) | Peter van Selow | Stockholm | катехис͛мꙋсъ э҆́ли се христилинень опьпи меиденъ ꙋскомъ пѧе кап͛палегиста нꙋорелъ ꙗ ѷѯикєр͛таисеⷧ҇ кан͛саль сан͛генъ тар͛пелиненъ. | 88 | Preserved | Cyrillic(!) edition of the 1643 catechism |
1664 | Ericus Erici episc. Aboënsis | Ignatius Meurer | Stockholm | Wähä catechismus, erinomaisten kysymisten ia wastausten cansa, vlgoswedetty suomen kielen catechismuxesta, ensistä oppiwaisten tähden | 72 | Preserved | New version of the 1614–1621 Sorolainen catechism. Based on Luther's Small Catechism. Republished numerous times. Some runs are fully preserved, but most are either entirely or almost entirely lost. The title is from the 2nd edition, as the 1st ed is lost. Preserved copies belong to: 2nd run 1664–1668, 4th run 1670, 5th run 1682. Lost runs: 1st run fully lost, 3th run 1668 fully lost. |
1666 | Johannes Gezelius Sr. | Petar Hansson | Turku | Yxi paras lasten tawara on I. ABC kirja. II. Catechismus. III. Kysymyxet. IV. P. Raamatun erinomaiset opetus sanat | 96 | Preserved | Primer-catechism. Republished in multiple editions over 100 times. Many early print runs from the 17th century are entirely lost (e.g. 1670, 1674, 1680, 1682, 1683, 1687?). |
1670 | Johannes Gezelius Sr. | Johan Winter | Turku | Mutamat yxikertaiset kysymyxet, uloswedetyt endisistä,ja pidemmistä kysymyxistä (cuin owat cootut nijden tähden, jotca tahtowat Lutheruxen selityxen P. Ramatun perustoxella wahwista) ja uloskäynet, että yhtäläinen tapa pidettäisin caikisa seuracuñisa | 24 | Preserved | Based on Luther's Small Catechism. 1st ed lost, title and page count from 2nd ed (1671). 3rd ed (1673) also lost. Later runs from 1680s-1690s survive. |
1674 | Jacobus Pauli Raumannus | Johan Winter | Turku | D. Martinus Lutheruxen Catechismus se suurembi hänen cuningallisen Maij:tins cuningas Carlein, sen XI. Ruotzin, Göthein, ja Wendein, etc. etc. suurwoimallisimman cuningan ja herran armollisimman käskystä, ja culutuxella. | 240 | Preserved | Luther's Large Catechism. |
1684 | Johannes Gezelius Sr. | Johan Winter | Turku | Yxi paras lasten tawara on I. ABC kirja. II. Catechismus. III. Kysymyxet. IV. Muutamat jumaliset rucouxet. | 72 | Preserved | Primer-catechism. New version of 1666 catechism. Republished at least in 1687, 1691, 1693. |
1687 | ? | Henric Keyser | Stockholm | Catechesis, taicka summa sijtä pyhäst Raamatust. Joca sisälläns pitä ne cuusi pääkappaletta sijtä christillisest opist. Nuorudelle ja nijlle yxikertaisille suurex hyödytyxex, kysymyxis käsitetty. D. Martinvs Lvthervxelda | 96 | Preserved | Translation of Luther's Small Catechism. |
1689 | Petrus Bång | Daniel Medelplan | Vyborg | Catechismus... | 26 | Lost | Translation of Luther's Small Catechism. Some pages may be preserved in a 1690 book. |
1695 | ? | Johann Georg Wilk | Riga | D. Mart. Lutheruxen Catechismus, ulostoimitusten cansa | 62 | Preserved | Translation of Luther's Small Catechism. |
1695 | ? | Johann Georg Wilk | Riga | Pyhän Lutheruxen catechismus, lyhykäisest pyhän Raamatun jälken selitetty ja cokonpandu kysymysten ja wastausten canssa | 145 | Preserved | Translation of Luther's Small Catechism. |
Honorable mention: Daniel Medelplan's primer-catechism printed in Pälkäne in 1719 during the Great Wrath, called Lasten Paras Tawara, elli ABC-Kirja, joca on suuren tarpeen tähden leicattu Puuhun ja Pälkänen Seurakunnan Saarnamiesten toimituxen cautta, and printed and published by the author. The book, which was apparently based on the 1666 Gezelius primer-catechism, was printed with wooden printing plates. It is lost, as the only known surviving copy was destroyed in the 1827 Great Fire of Turku.