Martin Luther's Smaller Catechism. Cieszyn [1872].

Martin Luther's minor Catechism. Cieszyn 1872. by the publisher. With fonts by Karol Prochaska.

Format:12x18cm. Pages:272. library binding. Inventory stickers. Annotations.

Ownership stamp: From the book collection of Rev. Dr. Alexander Schoeneich.

Alexander Edward Schoeneich [1861-1939] - Evangelical pastor of Lublin, well-known Lutheran theologian, writer and religious columnist. He was born on February 9, 1861 in Warsaw, the son of Edward Schoeneich and Emilia Wanke. In 1886 he began his pastoral work as vicar of the Evangelical Augsburg parish in Warsaw. In 1888 he took on the duties of pastor of the Evangelical-Augsburg parish in Lublin and of the folk in Końskowola. He also taught religion, the German language and the propaedeutics of philosophy in secondary schools in Lublin, including the Lublin School of Commerce, a male and female gymnasium. He was co-editor of "Zwiastun Evangeliczny" a magazine for Polish evangelicals coming out in Warsaw. From 1904 to 1921 he served as superintendent of the Evangelical Diocese of Warsaw. Hewas a member of the consistory managing the affairs of the Evangelical Church in the Kingdom of Poland. He took part in the activities of many societies: the Lublin Museum, the Land Society, the Mianowski Fund. In 1931, the Faculty of Evangelical Theology at Warsaw University awarded him an honorary doctorate. He died on May 8, 1939 in Lublin and was buried in the Evangelical cemetery on Lipowa Street.