Janž Tulščak (? – 1594, first name also spelled ''Ivan, Hans'', last name also spelled ''Tulschak, Tulszhak'', a.k.a. Feistenberger or Scherer''Slovenska biografija'': Janž Tulščak.
/ref>) was a Slovene Protestant preacher and writer. His designation ''Feistenberger'' (literally, 'person from Feistenberg') comes from the German name for his birthplace, Gracar Turn ().

Life

Tulščak was born at Gracar Turn. He initially served as a Catholic priest in

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. Together with Gregor Vlahovič, in

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he started preaching in the Protestant spirit and at the same time participated in the committee that approved the Croatian translations of

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's books. In 1571 he became the assistant preacher in

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, and in 1581 the provincial preacher. Among other duties, he was on the committee for revising

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's translation of the Bible.Smolik, Marijan. 1999. Janž Tulščak. ''Enciklopedija Slovenija'', vol. 13, p. 393. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga.

Work

Tulščak also prepared the first Slovene prayer book, ''Kerſzhanske leipe molitve'' (Beautiful Christian Prayers), which was printed in 1579 at

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's press in Ljubljana. It contains prayers translated from Latin and German, to which Tulščak added a long polemic sermon on proper prayer.

References

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