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Catechism - Softcover

Thomas Cranmer

 
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Synopsis

Catechism by Thomas Cranmer offers a late medieval to early modern catechetical instruction for children, organized as sermons tied to scripture and moral exhortation. The work surveys the Decalogue from the Fourth to the Tenth Precepts, stressing obedience to parents, masters, and civil authorities, as well as marital fidelity, honesty, and property ethics, with attention to inner dispositions such as anger and lust. It centers the Creed (De Fide) as the summary of faith, explains justification and sanctification through faith and the Holy Spirit, and presents the threefold economy of creation, redemption in Christ, and sanctification by the Spirit. The Church and its sacraments—baptism and the Eucharist—as means of grace are discussed, alongside the Lord’s Prayer as a practical framework for daily devotion. The tone is paternal and admonitory, linking virtue to divine judgment and communal welfare, and aiming to fuse right belief with living prayer and public righteousness.

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