The catechism is one of Luther's most personal works. "Regarding the plan to collect my writings in volumes," he wrote, "I am quite cool and not at all eager about it because, roused by a Saturnian hunger, I would rather see them all devoured. For I acknowledge none of them to be really a book of mine, except perhaps the Bondage of the Will and the Catechism." The Small Catechism has earned a reputation as a model of clear religious teaching. It remains in use today, along with Luther's hymns and his translation of the Bible.
What was one of Luther's most personal writings? What effort was Luther not particularly in favor of? Besides the Bondage of the Will, what other work did Luther view as a book of his? What work of Luther's is seen as a clear religious teaching? What translation of Luther's is still used today?