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synopses, ZUSAMMENFASSUNGEN
Truber is famous for translating the Bible. In a letter to Heinrich Bullinger he gave
the reason and occasion for doing this: because the church in his homeland demanded
it. Consequently he applied himself to this work vigorously and with determination; by
1557/1575 he had translated the New Testament and Psalms. His disciple Georg Dalmatin
finished the translation in 1584, the final climax of South Slav printing.
The article also discusses the Urach printing press located near Tübingen. Up to 1564
37 works were printed there in over 30,000 copies. Attention is paid to Truber’s Cerkov-
na Ordninga (Church Order), the oldest legal work in the Slovenian language.
The article aims to emphasize the enormous importance of the Reformation for Slo-
venian history, culture and social studies. Truber’s achievement is not limited to the lin-
guistic level but is significant also with regard to religion and theology. Truber was moti-
vated by mission and his intention was to transfer church reformation to Slovenian peo-
ple in the Habsburg monarchy – and even to the Ottoman Empire.
Keywords: Primus Truber/Primož Trubar, Georg Dalmatin /Jurij Dalmatin, South
Slav printing, Bibelanstalt, Urach
UDC: 274(437.3)"15"
Jonatan Vinkler
The Bohemian Brethren – 560 years. II: After Luther’s appearance – between re-
form and politics
After Luther’s appearance in 1517 the Bohemian brethren were faced with several im-
portant issues. They had to define their attitude towards the reformed movement near at
hand, in Saxony, which in the decade since its beginnings had developed into a church
with its own confession (1530). They had to tackle the challenges of Lutheran theology, es-
pecially concerning their own consideration of justification. They needed to define afresh
their own teaching on the sacraments. And they had to determine over again the posi-
tion of the church in society and the position of the aristocracy and the intelligentsia with-
in itself. All these changes began to happen after the death of Bishop Lukáš of Prague
(1528). The Bohemian Brethren accepted Luther as the leading religious teacher and offi-
cially turned away from the theological views of Lukáš of Prague and his predecessors. In
1535 they first published their own confession, in which the main emphasis on justifica-
tion by faith shows Luther’s influence. Moreover, they no longer recognized seven sacra-
ments, but only two (the Lord’s Supper and baptism). After 1543 the Church of Bohemi-
an Brethren also “returned to society” – it ceased to build the life of a secluded Christian
community on the fringe of society or even beyond it and its order. From then on its mem-
bers could be found in numerous professions where previously they had not participated
(due to the strong theological emphasis on the importance of works, i.e. “the true Chris-
tian life” for salvation): they were involved in civic and provincial administration, and the
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Truber is famous for translating the Bible. In a letter to Heinrich Bullinger he gave
the reason and occasion for doing this: because the church in his homeland demanded
it. Consequently he applied himself to this work vigorously and with determination; by
1557/1575 he had translated the New Testament and Psalms. His disciple Georg Dalmatin
finished the translation in 1584, the final climax of South Slav printing.
The article also discusses the Urach printing press located near Tübingen. Up to 1564
37 works were printed there in over 30,000 copies. Attention is paid to Truber’s Cerkov-
na Ordninga (Church Order), the oldest legal work in the Slovenian language.
The article aims to emphasize the enormous importance of the Reformation for Slo-
venian history, culture and social studies. Truber’s achievement is not limited to the lin-
guistic level but is significant also with regard to religion and theology. Truber was moti-
vated by mission and his intention was to transfer church reformation to Slovenian peo-
ple in the Habsburg monarchy – and even to the Ottoman Empire.
Keywords: Primus Truber/Primož Trubar, Georg Dalmatin /Jurij Dalmatin, South
Slav printing, Bibelanstalt, Urach
UDC: 274(437.3)"15"
Jonatan Vinkler
The Bohemian Brethren – 560 years. II: After Luther’s appearance – between re-
form and politics
After Luther’s appearance in 1517 the Bohemian brethren were faced with several im-
portant issues. They had to define their attitude towards the reformed movement near at
hand, in Saxony, which in the decade since its beginnings had developed into a church
with its own confession (1530). They had to tackle the challenges of Lutheran theology, es-
pecially concerning their own consideration of justification. They needed to define afresh
their own teaching on the sacraments. And they had to determine over again the posi-
tion of the church in society and the position of the aristocracy and the intelligentsia with-
in itself. All these changes began to happen after the death of Bishop Lukáš of Prague
(1528). The Bohemian Brethren accepted Luther as the leading religious teacher and offi-
cially turned away from the theological views of Lukáš of Prague and his predecessors. In
1535 they first published their own confession, in which the main emphasis on justifica-
tion by faith shows Luther’s influence. Moreover, they no longer recognized seven sacra-
ments, but only two (the Lord’s Supper and baptism). After 1543 the Church of Bohemi-
an Brethren also “returned to society” – it ceased to build the life of a secluded Christian
community on the fringe of society or even beyond it and its order. From then on its mem-
bers could be found in numerous professions where previously they had not participated
(due to the strong theological emphasis on the importance of works, i.e. “the true Chris-
tian life” for salvation): they were involved in civic and provincial administration, and the
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