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An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism

by Martin Luther (1483–1546)

94 chapters, about 39,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. PREFACE 1,000 words
2. LUTHER'S PREFACE 2,100 words
3. THE FIRST COMMANDMENT. 200 words
4. THE THIRD COMMANDMENT. 400 words
5. THE TENTH COMMANDMENT. 200 words
6. FIRST ARTICLE.--OF CREATION. 100 words
7. SECOND ARTICLE.--OF REDEMPTION. 200 words
8. THIRD ARTICLE.--OF SANCTIFICATION. 400 words
9. THIRD PETITION. 600 words
10. THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY BAPTISM. 400 words
11. OF CONFESSION. 200 words
12. OR, THE LORD'S SUPPER. 400 words
13. MORNING. 200 words
14. EVENING. 200 words
15. BEFORE MEAT. 300 words
16. WHAT DUTIES HEARERS OWE THEIR BISHOPS. 200 words
17. WHAT DUTIES SUBJECTS OWE MAGISTRATES. 500 words
18. THE BIBLE. 300 words
19. THE BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. 200 words
20. THE BOOKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. 800 words
21. THE CATECHISM. 100 words
22. THE LAW. 600 words
23. THE LAWGIVER. 500 words
24. I. WHAT IS FORBIDDEN. 200 words
25. II. WHAT IS COMMANDED. 1,000 words
26. GOD'S NAME. 200 words
27. TAKING GOD'S NAME IN VAIN: 200 words
28. II. WHAT IS COMMANDED. 400 words
29. GOD'S DAY. 100 words
30. II. WHAT IS COMMANDED. 800 words
31. II. WHAT IS COMMANDED. 700 words
32. 1. KILL OR INJURE OTHER PERSONS. 200 words
33. II. WHAT IS COMMANDED. 700 words
34. II. MARRIAGE. 900 words
35. PROPERTY. HONESTY. 300 words
36. I. WHAT IS FORBIDDEN. 200 words
37. II. WHAT IS COMMANDED. 600 words
38. TRUTHFULNESS. 100 words
39. I. WHAT IS FORBIDDEN. 300 words
40. II. WHAT IS COMMANDED. 600 words
41. A RIGHT HEART. 100 words
42. I. WHAT IS FORBIDDEN. 400 words
43. PUNISHMENT OR BLESSING. 200 words
44. II. BLESSING. 800 words
45. CREEDS OR CONFESSIONS. 300 words
46. Article III. treats of God the Holy Ghost and His work of _Sanctification_. 400 words
47. OF GOD THE FATHER, OR CREATION. 100 words
48. III. WHAT I OWE TO GOD IN RETURN. 800 words
49. OF GOD THE SON, OR REDEMPTION. 200 words
50. II. HIS PERSON AND NATURE. 800 words
51. HIS EXALTATION. 1,100 words
52. IN ORDER THAT 600 words
53. OF GOD THE HOLY GHOST, OR SANCTIFICATION 300 words
54. I. HIS PERSON AND NATURE. 100 words
55. II. HIS WORK. 200 words
56. 2. ITS NATURE. BUT THE HOLY GHOST HAS 1,600 words
57. III. HIS WORKMANSHIP. 200 words
58. THE CHURCH'S WORK. 400 words
59. THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH. 900 words
60. IV. THE FRUITS OF HIS WORK. 500 words
61. PRAYER. 1,000 words
62. THE LORD'S PRAYER. 200 words
63. INTRODUCTION. 500 words
64. I. HOW GOD'S NAME IS HALLOWED. 200 words
65. II. HOW GOD'S NAME IS PROFANED. 300 words
66. THE SECOND PETITION. 300 words
67. HOW GOD'S KINGDOM COMES TO US. 300 words
68. THE THIRD PETITION. 100 words
69. WHAT WE PRAY GOD TO DO. 500 words
70. THE FOURTH PETITION. 200 words
71. THE PETITION ITSELF. 200 words
72. WHY WE PRAY THUS. 400 words
73. THE FIFTH PETITION. 100 words
74. AND FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES. 200 words
75. AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US. 400 words
76. THE SIXTH PETITION. 200 words
77. HOW WE ARE TEMPTED. 100 words
78. WHAT WE PRAY. 300 words
79. I. IN THIS WORLD. 200 words
80. II. IN THE NEXT WORLD. 500 words
81. THE AMEN. 300 words
82. THE WORD OF GOD. 200 words
83. THE SACRAMENTS. 300 words
84. WHAT BAPTISM IS. 300 words
85. WHO ARE TO BE BAPTIZED. 300 words
86. HOW BAPTISM IS TO BE ADMINISTERED. 500 words
87. THE BENEFITS OF BAPTISM. 500 words
88. WHY BAPTISM HAS POWER TO CONFER SUCH BENEFITS. 300 words
89. THE DUTY WHICH BAPTISM IMPOSES. 400 words
90. CONFIRMATION. 500 words
91. THE SACRAMENT OF THE ALTAR. 300 words
92. WHAT THE SACRAMENT OF THE ALTAR IS. 500 words
93. THE BENEFITS DERIVED FROM THE LORD'S SUPPER. 300 words
94. HOW THE LORD'S SUPPER IS TO BE RECEIVED. 700 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Baptism
• God (word)
• Holy Spirit
• New Testament
• Old Testament
• Prayer
• Repentance
• Solomon
• Talmud
• Trinity

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