An Explanation of Luthers Small Catechism

Joseph Stump

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Title: An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism
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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

PREFACE

LUTHER'S PREFACE

THE SMALL CATECHISM


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

CHAPTER IV. - THE LAWGIVER

THE FIRST TABLE OF THE LAW.

CHAPTER V. - THE FIRST COMMANDMENT

CHAPTER VI. - THE SECOND COMMANDMENT

CHAPTER VII. - THE THIRD COMMANDMENT

THE SECOND TABLE OF THE LAW.

CHAPTER VIII. - THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT

CHAPTER IX. - THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT

CHAPTER X. - THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT

CHAPTER XI. - THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT

CHAPTER XII. - THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENT

CHAPTER XIII. - THE NINTH AND TENTH COMMANDMENTS

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

CHAPTER XVIII. - HIS LIFE

CHAPTER XIX. - CHRIST'S WORK OF REDEMPTION

CHAPTER XX. - THE THIRD ARTICLE

CHAPTER XXI. - THE HOLY GHOST

CHAPTER XXII. - THE FRUITS OF HIS WORK


PART III. - THE LORD'S PRAYER


CHAPTER XXIII. - PRAYER

CHAPTER XXIV. - THE LORD'S PRAYER

CHAPTER XXV. - THE FIRST PETITION

CHAPTER XXVI. - THE SECOND PETITION

CHAPTER XXVII. - THE THIRD PETITION

CHAPTER XXVIII. - THE FOURTH PETITION

CHAPTER XXIX. - THE FIFTH PETITION

CHAPTER XXX. - THE SIXTH PETITION

CHAPTER XXXI. - THE SEVENTH PETITION

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

CHAPTER XXXVI. - BAPTISM'S SIGNIFICANCE

CHAPTER XXXVII. - THE SACRAMENT OF THE ALTAR


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 oral explanation and questioning; and secondly, to furnish a sufficiently complete summary by means of which the catechumens may review the lesson and fix its salient points in their minds. No text-book can,

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