The final stanza (translated as follows) gives a sense of her ability to communicate at a child's level: Heymair justified her writing as an exercise of the priestly right and responsibility that, according to Lutheran belief, belonged to all Christians. She saw it as both an act of service to others, particularly "women, maidens, and children", and an act of thanksgiving to God. The impact of her writings, used to educate children in both homes and schools, was widespread. Preacher Willibald Ramsbeck wrote of her: Magdalena Heymair was the first woman whose works were placed on the Catholic Index Librorum Prohibitorum. She is listed as "Magdalena Haymairus" in the first class of heretical writers as early as 1569. Other women listed later include Anne Askew, Olympia Fulvia Morata, Ursula of Munsterberg (1491–1534), Veronica Franco, and Paola Antonia Negri (1508–1555). References 16th-century Lutherans German women poets Christian hymnwriters German Lutherans German Protestant Reformers People from Regensburg Converts to Lutheranism from Roman Catholicism Women hymnwriters 16th-century German writers 16th-century educators