June 20, 2006
by Katherine Hinck

Augsburg Fortress, the publishing ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), released "El Catecismo Menor de Lutero/Luther's Small Catechism" on June 14. ELCA Evangelical Outreach and Congregational Mission develops culture-specific resources for the church.

The translations of Luther's Small Catechism offer both English and Spanish texts laid out in a side-by-side format. The Spanish translation relied on texts used in Spanish liturgies, Bibles currently used in classrooms, traditional order of the parts of the Catechism and Luther's German translation of biblical texts.

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Katherine R. Hinck is a senior journalism and religion major at Augustana College, Sioux Falls, S.D. This summer she is an intern with the ELCA News Service.