An Explanation of Luthers Small Catechism

Joseph Stump
"-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01
Transitional//EN">

http-equiv="Content-Type" content= "text/html; charset=us-ascii">
The Project Gutenberg eBook of An Explanation of Luther's <br /> Small Catechism, by Joseph Stump

The Project Gutenberg eBook of An Explanation of
Luther's Small Catechism, by Joseph Stump


 Copyright laws are changing all over the world. Be sure to check 
the copyright laws for your country before downloading or
redistributing this or any other Project Gutenberg eBook.
This header should be the first thing seen when viewing this Project
Gutenberg file. Please do not remove it. Do not change or edit the
header without written permission.
Please read the "legal small print," and other information about the
eBook and Project Gutenberg at the bottom of this file. Included is
important information about your specific rights and restrictions in how
the file may be used. You can also find out about how to make a

donation to Project Gutenberg, and how to get involved.
**Welcome To The World of Free Plain Vanilla Electronic Texts**
**eBooks Readable By Both Humans and By Computers, Since
1971**
*****These eBooks Were Prepared By Thousands of
Volunteers!*****
Title: An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism
Author: Joseph Stump
Release Date: February, 2006 [EBook #9912] [This file was first
posted on October 30, 2003]
Edition: 10
Language: English
Character set encoding: US-ASCII
*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK, AN
EXPLANATION OF LUTHER'S SMALL CATECHISM ***

E-text prepared by Charles Aldarondo, Keren
Vergon, David King,
and Project Gutenberg Distributed
Proofreaders

 


 


An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism

A
HANDBOOK FOR THE CATECHETICAL CLASS:
AN
OUTLINE AND ANALYSIS FOR THE PASTOR'S ORAL
INSTRUCTION,
AND A SUMMARY FOR THE
CATECHUMENS' STUDY AND REVIEW AT HOME


BY JOSEPH STUMP, D.D.


1910

 





CONTENTS

href="#PRF">PREFACE

href="#RULE4_1">LUTHER'S PREFACE

href="#RULE4_2">THE SMALL CATECHISM

href="#SMALLPART1">
PART I. - THE TEN
COMMANDMENTS



PART II. - THE CREED



PART III. - THE LORD'S
PRAYER



PART IV. - SACRAMENTS



PART V.- THE SACRAMENT OF THE
ALTAR

AN
EXPLANATION

CHAPTER I. - THE
BIBLE

CHAPTER II. - THE
CATECHISM


PART I. - THE TEN
COMMANDMENTS



CHAPTER III. - THE LAW

href="#CH4">CHAPTER IV. - THE LAWGIVER

href="#RULE4_5">THE FIRST TABLE OF THE LAW.


CHAPTER V. - THE FIRST
COMMANDMENT

CHAPTER VI. -
THE SECOND COMMANDMENT

href="#CH7">CHAPTER VII. - THE THIRD
COMMANDMENT

THE
SECOND TABLE OF THE LAW.

href="#CH8">CHAPTER VIII. - THE FOURTH
COMMANDMENT

CHAPTER IX. -
THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT

href="#CH10">CHAPTER X. - THE SIXTH
COMMANDMENT

CHAPTER XI. -
THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT

href="#CH12">CHAPTER XII. - THE EIGHTH
COMMANDMENT

CHAPTER XIII.
- THE NINTH AND TENTH COMMANDMENTS

href="#CH14">CHAPTER XIV. - THE CONCLUSION OF THE
COMMANDMENTS


PART II. - THE CREED


CHAPTER XV. - CREEDS OR
CONFESSIONS

CHAPTER XVI. -
THE FIRST ARTICLE

CHAPTER
XVII. - THE SECOND ARTICLE

href="#CH18">CHAPTER XVIII. - HIS LIFE

href="#CH19">CHAPTER XIX. - CHRIST'S WORK OF
REDEMPTION

CHAPTER XX. -
THE THIRD ARTICLE

CHAPTER
XXI. - THE HOLY GHOST

href="#CH22">CHAPTER XXII. - THE FRUITS OF HIS
WORK


PART III. - THE LORD'S

PRAYER


CHAPTER XXIII. - PRAYER

href="#CH24">CHAPTER XXIV. - THE LORD'S PRAYER


CHAPTER XXV. - THE FIRST
PETITION

CHAPTER XXVI. - THE
SECOND PETITION

CHAPTER
XXVII. - THE THIRD PETITION

href="#CH28">CHAPTER XXVIII. - THE FOURTH
PETITION

CHAPTER XXIX. - THE
FIFTH PETITION

CHAPTER XXX. -
THE SIXTH PETITION

CHAPTER
XXXI. - THE SEVENTH PETITION

href="#CH32">CHAPTER XXXII. - THE CONCLUSION


CHAPTER XXXIII. - THE MEANS OF
GRACE


PART IV. - THE SACRAMENTS


CHAPTER XXXIV. - THE SACRAMENT OF
HOLY BAPTISM

CHAPTER XXXV.
- THE GIFTS OF BAPTISM

href="#CH36">CHAPTER XXXVI. - BAPTISM'S
SIGNIFICANCE

CHAPTER XXXVII.
- THE SACRAMENT OF THE ALTAR


name="PRF">

PREFACE

This book
aims to present both an analysis of Luther's Small Catechism and a
clear, concise, yet reasonably full explanation of its contents. It is an
attempt, upon the basis of twenty years' experience and a study of the
literature of the subject, to meet the peculiar wants of the catechetical
class in our Lutheran Church in America. The object of the book is
twofold: first, to furnish an outline of teaching which the pastor may
use as a guide in his

Continue reading on your phone by scaning this QR Code

 / 67
Tip: The current page has been bookmarked automatically. If you wish to continue reading later, just open the Dertz Homepage, and click on the 'continue reading' link at the bottom of the page.