The Small Catechism
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Martin Luther (1483–1546) was a German theologian and one of the most influential figures in the Protestant Reformation. Some of Luther’s best-known works are the Ninety-Five Theses, “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God,” and his translation of the Bible into German.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I'd learned some of this back in 7th and 8th grade confirmation classes but we used a different book, and I hadn't reviewed it in some time. It was interesting to see the scripture passages that were used to develop some of the ideas in the Lutheran church.
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The Small Catechism - Martin Luther
THE SMALL CATECHISM
By MARTIN LUTHER
The Small Catechism
By Martin Luther
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CONTENTS
LUTHER’S PREFACE TO THE SMALL CATECHISM
I. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
II. THE CREED
III. THE LORD’S PRAYER
IV. THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY BAPTISM
V. CONFESSION
VI. THE SACRAMENT OF THE ALTAR
APPENDIX I.
Biographical Afterword
LUTHER’S PREFACE TO THE SMALL CATECHISM
Martin Luther to All Faithful and Godly Pastors and Preachers:
Grace, Mercy, and Peace in Jesus Christ, our Lord.
The deplorable, miserable condition which I discovered lately when I, too, was a visitor, has forced and urged me to prepare [publish] this Catechism, or Christian doctrine, in this small, plain, simple form. Mercy! Good God! what manifold misery I beheld! The common people, especially in the villages, have no knowledge whatever of Christian doctrine, and, alas! many pastors are altogether incapable and incompetent to teach [so much so, that one is ashamed to speak of it]. Nevertheless, all maintain that they are Christians, have been baptized and receive the [common] holy Sacraments. Yet they [do not understand and] cannot [even] recite either the Lord’s Prayer, or the Creed, or the Ten Commandments; they live like dumb brutes and irrational hogs; and yet, now that the Gospel has come, they have nicely learned to abuse all liberty like experts.
O ye bishops! [to whom this charge has been committed by God,] what will ye ever answer to Christ for having so shamefully neglected the people and never for a moment discharged your office? [You are the persons to whom alone this ruin of the Christian religion is due. You have permitted men to err so shamefully; yours is the guilt; for you have ever done anything rather than what your office required you to do.] May all misfortune flee you! [I do not wish at this place to invoke evil on your heads.] You command the Sacrament in one form [but is not this the highest ungodliness coupled with the greatest impudence that you are insisting on the administration of the Sacrament in one form only, and on your traditions] and insist on your human laws, and yet at the same time you do not care in the least [while you are utterly without scruple and concern] whether the people know the Lord’s Prayer, the Creed, the Ten Commandments, or any part of the Word of God.