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   The Baltimore Catechism
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A CATECHISM OF CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE

Prepared and Enjoined by Order of

The Third Plenary Council of Baltimore

QUESTIONS NUMBERED TO AGREE WITH

"EXPLANATION OF THE BALTIMORE CATECHISM"

WITH PRAYERS AND HYMNS

No. 1

[For First Communion Classes]

IMPRIMATUR

New York, April 6, 1885. John Cardinal McCloskey, Archbishop of New York.

Baltimore, April 6, 1885. "The Catechism ordered by The Third Plenary Council of Baltimore, having been diligently compared and examined, is hereby approved."

+ James Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, Apostolic Delegate.

Contents

• PRAYERS
  • The Lord's Prayer
  • The Angelical Salutation
  • The Apostles' Creed
  • The Confiteor
  • An Act of Faith
  • An Act of Hope
  • An Act of Love
  • An Act of Contrition
  • The Blessing before Meals
  • Grace after Meals
  • The Manner in which a Lay Person is to Baptize in Case of Necessity

• CATECHISM
  • LESSON FIRST: ON THE END OF MAN
  • LESSON SECOND: ON GOD AND HIS PERFECTIONS
  • LESSON THIRD: ON THE UNITY AND TRINITY OF GOD
  • LESSON FOURTH: ON THE ANGELS AND OUR FIRST PARENTS
  • LESSON FIFTH: ON SIN AND ITS KINDS
  • LESSON SIXTH: ON THE INCARNATION AND REDEMPTION
  • LESSON SEVENTH: ON OUR LORD'S PASSION, DEATH, RESURRECTION, AND ASCENSION
  • LESSON EIGHTH: ON THE HOLY GHOST AND HIS DESCENT UPON THE APOSTLES
  • LESSON NINTH: ON THE EFFECTS OF THE REDEMPTION
  • LESSON TENTH: ON THE CHURCH
  • LESSON ELEVENTH: ON THE SACRAMENTS IN GENERAL
  • LESSON TWELFTH: ON BAPTISM
  • LESSON THIRTEENTH: ON CONFIRMATION
  • LESSON FOURTEENTH: ON THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE
  • LESSON FIFTEENTH: ON CONTRITION
  • LESSON SIXTEENTH: ON CONFESSION
  • LESSON SEVENTEENTH: ON INDULGENCES
  • LESSON EIGHTEENTH: ON THE HOLY EUCHARIST
  • LESSON NINTEENTH: ON THE ENDS FOR WHICH THE HOLY EUCHARIST WAS INSTITUTED
  • LESSON TWENTIETH: ON THE SACRIFICE OF THE MASS
  • LESSON TWENTY-FIRST: ON EXTREME UNCTION AND HOLY ORDERS
  • LESSON TWENTY-SECOND: ON MATRIMONY
  • LESSON TWENTY-THIRD: ON THE SACRAMENTALS
  • LESSON TWENTY-FOURTH: ON PRAYER
  • LESSON TWENTY-FIFTH: ON THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD
  • LESSON TWENTY-SIXTH: ON THE FIRST COMMANDMENT
  • LESSON TWENTY-SEVENTH: THE FIRST COMMANDMENT--ON THE HONOR AND INVOCATION OF SAINTS
  • LESSON TWENTY-EIGHTH: FROM THE SECOND TO THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT
  • LESSON TWENTY-NINTH: FROM THE FOURTH TO THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT
  • LESSON THIRTIETH: FROM THE SEVENTH TO THE END OF THE TENTH COMMANDMENT
  • LESSON THIRTY-FIRST: ON THE FIRST AND SECOND COMMANDMENTS OF THE CHURCH
  • LESSON THIRTY-SECOND: ON THE THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH AND SIXTH COMMANDMENTS OF THE CHURCH
  • LESSON THIRTY-THIRD: ON THE LAST JUDGMENT AND THE RESURRECTION, HELL, PURGATORY, AND HEAVEN
• MORNING PRAYERS
• EVENING PRAYERS
• PRAYERS FOR MASS
• THE RIGHT MANNER OF CONFESSING
• COMMUNION PRAYERS
• THE ROSARY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN
• THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS
• HYMNS