Category: Religion/Spirituality

Luther's Small Catechism Explained in Questions and Answers

We should fear and love God, and not curse, swear, conjure, lie, or deceive by His name, but call upon His name in every time of need, and worship Him with prayer, praise, and thanksgiving.

Chapters

1. PART ONE.

We should fear and love God, and not curse, swear, conjure, lie, or deceive by His name, but call upon His name in every time of need, and worship Him with prayer, praise, and t...

2. PART TWO.

I believe that God has made me and all other creatures; that He has given me body and soul, eyes, ears, and all other members, my reason, and all my senses.

3. PART THREE.

God would hereby tenderly invite us to believe that He is truly our Father, and we are truly His children, so that we may ask of Him with all cheerfulness and confidence, as dea...

4. PART FOUR.

It is not water indeed that does it, but the Word of God, which is in and with the water, and faith which trusts this Word of God in the water.

5. PART FIVE.

="Our Lord Jesus Christ, in the night in which He was betrayed, took bread, and when He had given thanks, He brake it and gave it to His disciples, saying, Take, eat; this is my...

6. PART ONE.

We love God when He is dearer to us than all else, so that we have no true joy except in Him, and gladly submit to His will in all things.

7. PART TWO.

=For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and divinity; so that the...

8. PART THREE.

The attitude of our hearts should be one of constant prayer, and our communion with God should not be confined to certain times and places, but we should speak with Him whenever...

9. PART FOUR.

"=All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: tea...

10. PART FIVE.

"=Our Lord Jesus Christ, in the night in which He was betrayed, took bread, and when He had given thanks, He brake it and gave it to his disciples, saying, Take, eat; this is my...