SUGGESTION: A collection of catechisms

MJ. Smith
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edited February 12 in Book Requests

This omits (or tries to) catechisms already available in Logos. An incomplete list of potential entries:

The Baptist Catechism by the Charleston Association 1813
A Catechism for Babes, or Little Ones by H. Jessey 1652
A Short Catechism about Baptism by John Tombes, 1659
Instruction for the Ignorant, Bunyan's Catechism, 1675
Benjamin Keach's Catechism, 1677
The Orthodox Catechism by Hercules Collins, 1680
The Philadelphia Baptist Catechism
A Catechism For Girls and Boys, by Richard Cecil, 1798
Gadsby's Catechism, 1800
A Catechism or Instructions for Children and Youth by Dan Taylor, 1810 [multiple editions]
The Baptist Scriptural Catechism by Henry Clay Fish, 1850
A Puritan Catechism by Spurgeon 1855 [Logos may have this]
National Baptist Catechism by E. C. Morris, 1855
A Catechism for Little Children by Baptist State Convention of the North Carolina Sunday School and Publication Board, 1864
Compend of Christian Doctrines Held by Baptists: In Catechisms by W. W. Everts, 1866
A Catechism of Bible Teaching by John Broadus, 1892
A Brief Catechism of Bible Doctrine by James P. Boyce
Catechism of the Waldenses
The Catechism of the Episcopal Church
A Catechism of Creation: An Episcopal Understanding
The catechism of the Methodist Episcopal church.: Numbers 1, 2, and 3, in one volume, designed for consecutive study in Sunday schools and families. 1855
Two Short Catechisms by Owen, John
Unitarian catechism by Minot J. Savage, 1890
The Racovian Catechism of 1605
Genevan Catechism by Calvin, 1545
Protestant Reformed Churches Catechisms (contemporary)
Baltimore Catechisms (contemporary)
Basel Catechism by Oecolampadius, 1526
Zurich Catechism by Leo Juda, 1534
Zurich Catechism by Bullinger, 1555
Baptist revision of Heidelberg Catechism by Hercules Collins, 1680

Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."

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  • David Ames
    David Ames Member Posts: 2,977 ✭✭✭



    Yet another Reply to: SUGGESTION: A collection of catechisms

    Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) Second Edition

    YouCat by Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn  - a youth version of the CCC

    If one is Catholic then one needs these works to advance their faith

    If one is NOT Catholic then one needs these works to know what true teachings of that church are. 
  • Gerald Kapanka
    Gerald Kapanka Member Posts: 28 ✭✭

    Wonderful list! If i might be so bold as to add, Luther's Large and Small Catechisms.

  • TCBlack
    TCBlack Member Posts: 10,980 ✭✭✭

    [y] Having first begun to investigate catechisms this year, this would be a great addition to Logos!

    I'd love to see a massive interconnectivity chart to where each one addresses specific points of doctrine, and where there are agreements/dissagreements.

    Aside from some expected departures I would anticipate seeing a large agreement section on many many questions.  (deity of Christ, etc)

    Hmm Sarcasm is my love language. Obviously I love you. 

  • David Ames
    David Ames Member Posts: 2,977 ✭✭✭


    I'd love to see a massive interconnectivity chart to where each one addresses specific points of doctrine, and where there are agreements/dissagreements.


    [Y][Y]

  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 54,493

    I'd love to see a massive interconnectivity chart to where each one addresses specific points of doctrine, and where there are agreements/dissagreements.

    Pelikan did some work on this for creeds. I've tried but it is very slow going because Churches use the same words but do not mean the same thing by the word.

    Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."

  • TCBlack
    TCBlack Member Posts: 10,980 ✭✭✭

    MJ. Smith said:

    I've tried but it is very slow going because Churches use the same words but do not mean the same thing by the word.

    :-/  Yeah, I see what you mean.  

    Hmm Sarcasm is my love language. Obviously I love you. 

  • David Ames
    David Ames Member Posts: 2,977 ✭✭✭


    Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) Second Edition

    If we get CCC will we also need: [Taken from Amazon]

    The Companion to the Catechism of the Catholic Church: A Compendium of Texts Referred to in the Catechism of the Catholic Church Including an Addendum

    The Catechism of the Catholic Church reads "often the texts of Sacred Scripture are not quoted literally but merely indicated as a reference ('Cf.') in the footnotes. For a deeper understanding of those passages, the reader should go to the texts themselves. These Biblical references are a working tool for catechesis."



    This Companion to the Catechism of the Catholic Church Book of References contains all the passages of Sacred Scripture referred to in the Catechism arranged according to the paragraphs in which the references are made.


    But that is only a beginning. The Catechism also refers to conciliar texts, papal documents, writings of the Fathers and of the Saints. There are more than 3,600 of these references extending from the earliest credal formulations of the ancient Church to the documents of Vatican II and beyond to the magisterial teaching of Pope John Paul II. The Book of References includes all the texts referred to arranged, along with the Scripture passages, according to the paragraphs of the Catechism in which they are referred.
    This Book of References is a valuable instrument in teaching, understanding, and implementing

     

     

  • Alan Charles Gielczyk
    Alan Charles Gielczyk Member Posts: 776 ✭✭

    MJ,

    Do you have any plans to bring all the L3 PBB of articles and creeds/catechisms over to L4 docx files?

  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 54,493

    Do you have any plans to bring all the L3 PBB of articles and creeds/catechisms over to L4 docx files?

    Yes, but I'm waiting to know Logos rules and adding some indexing so I don't know when I'll be ready to make them publicly available.

    Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."

  • Alan Charles Gielczyk
    Alan Charles Gielczyk Member Posts: 776 ✭✭

    MJ. Smith said:

    Do you have any plans to bring all the L3 PBB of articles and creeds/catechisms over to L4 docx files?

    Yes, but I'm waiting to know Logos rules and adding some indexing so I don't know when I'll be ready to make them publicly available.

    Yay, I really appreciated having those in Libronix and can't wait to get them in L4.

  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 54,493

    Its been a nearly a decade and some of these have been published ... but has the user base changed enough for this to get some traction?

    MJ. Smith said:

    This omits (or tries to) catechisms already available in Logos. An incomplete list of potential entries:

    The Baptist Catechism by the Charleston Association 1813
    A Catechism for Babes, or Little Ones by H. Jessey 1652
    A Short Catechism about Baptism by John Tombes, 1659
    Instruction for the Ignorant, Bunyan's Catechism, 1675
    Benjamin Keach's Catechism, 1677
    The Orthodox Catechism by Hercules Collins, 1680
    The Philadelphia Baptist Catechism
    A Catechism For Girls and Boys, by Richard Cecil, 1798
    Gadsby's Catechism, 1800
    A Catechism or Instructions for Children and Youth by Dan Taylor, 1810 [multiple editions]
    The Baptist Scriptural Catechism by Henry Clay Fish, 1850
    A Puritan Catechism by Spurgeon 1855 [Logos may have this]
    National Baptist Catechism by E. C. Morris, 1855
    A Catechism for Little Children by Baptist State Convention of the North Carolina Sunday School and Publication Board, 1864
    Compend of Christian Doctrines Held by Baptists: In Catechisms by W. W. Everts, 1866
    A Catechism of Bible Teaching by John Broadus, 1892
    A Brief Catechism of Bible Doctrine by James P. Boyce
    Catechism of the Waldenses
    The Catechism of the Episcopal Church
    A Catechism of Creation: An Episcopal Understanding
    The catechism of the Methodist Episcopal church.: Numbers 1, 2, and 3, in one volume, designed for consecutive study in Sunday schools and families. 1855
    Two Short Catechisms by Owen, John
    Unitarian catechism by Minot J. Savage, 1890
    The Racovian Catechism of 1605
    Genevan Catechism by Calvin, 1545
    Protestant Reformed Churches Catechisms (contemporary)
    Baltimore Catechisms (contemporary)
    Basel Catechism by Oecolampadius, 1526
    Zurich Catechism by Leo Juda, 1534
    Zurich Catechism by Bullinger, 1555
    Baptist revision of Heidelberg Catechism by Hercules Collins, 1680

    Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."

  • SineNomine
    SineNomine Member Posts: 7,043 ✭✭✭

    “The trouble is that everyone talks about reforming others and no one thinks about reforming himself.” St. Peter of Alcántara

  • xnman
    xnman Member Posts: 2,890 ✭✭✭

    Forgive me here..... but ...   I have searched for "catechism" in the Scriptures... and do not find it..... so these "catechisms" that everyone is speaking of .... is something dreamed up by either one man or a group of men.  Is my thinking right?

    xn = Christan man=man -- Acts 11:26 "....and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch".

    Barney Fife is my hero! He only uses an abacus with 14 rows!

  • MJ. Smith
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    xnman said:

    Forgive me here..... but ...   I have searched for "catechism" in the Scriptures... and do not find it..... so these "catechisms" that everyone is speaking of .... is something dreamed up by either one man or a group of men.  Is my thinking right?

    Forgive me here..... but ...   I have searched for "commentary" in the Scriptures... and do not find it..... so these "commentaries" that everyone is speaking of .... is something dreamed up by either one man or a group of men.  Is my thinking right?

    Forgive me here..... but ...   I have searched for "dictionaries" in the Scriptures... and do not find it..... so these "dictionaries" that everyone is speaking of .... is something dreamed up by either one man or a group of men.  Is my thinking right?

    Forgive me here..... but ...   I have searched for "Bible software" in the Scriptures... and do not find it..... so these "Bible softwares" that everyone is speaking of .... is something dreamed up by either one man or a group of men.  Is my thinking right?

    In short, I'm not in the mood for this ____ today unless I consider it failed humor.

    catechesis (n.)

    "oral instruction, catechism," 1753, from Latinized form of Greek katekhesis "instruction by word of mouth," from katekhein "to instruct orally," originally "to resound" (with sense evolution via "to sound (something) in someone's ear" to "to teach by word of mouth"). From kata "down" (in this case, "thoroughly") + ekhein "to sound, ring," from ekhe "sound," from PIE *(s)wagh- "to resound" (see echo (n.)).

    It is a term that has been used by many denominations to describe materials for teachers.

    Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."

  • xnman
    xnman Member Posts: 2,890 ✭✭✭

    Thanks for the definition... I did not mean to offend. 

    xn = Christan man=man -- Acts 11:26 "....and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch".

    Barney Fife is my hero! He only uses an abacus with 14 rows!

  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 54,493

    xnman said:

    I did not mean to offend. 

    I wasn't offended as it was clear that you'd not seen the beginning of the thread which requested catechisms from a number of threads of the reformation. Many people think that catechisms must be in question/answer format (not all are), that they represent a complete presentation of the faith (they are for teaching not doctrinal precision), and that they are Catholic (they are Anglican, Reformed, Baptist, Puritan, Waldensens, Unitarian, Methodist, . . . . .) I was trying to correct those misconceptions through humor rather than a mallet.

    Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."

  • xnman
    xnman Member Posts: 2,890 ✭✭✭

    Well...  I just think the Bible sheds a lot of light on all that stuff. IMHO...

    xn = Christan man=man -- Acts 11:26 "....and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch".

    Barney Fife is my hero! He only uses an abacus with 14 rows!

  • MJ. Smith
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    xnman said:

    Well...  I just think the Bible sheds a lot of light on all that stuff. IMHO...

    I can't think of a Christian catechism that doesn't rely on the Bible ... which is why it doesn't usually need to be said. Creeds are similarly Bible based. Are you familiar with the 11th century sermons that are solely excerpts from scripture?

    Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."

  • xnman
    xnman Member Posts: 2,890 ✭✭✭

    No, not familiar  with them.  Sorry but I'm not used to creeds or catechisms or such.  I am familiar with commentators and dictionaries... which I hesitate to rely on and take with a grain of salt. I guess simple minded was coined with me in mind. [:|]

    xn = Christan man=man -- Acts 11:26 "....and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch".

    Barney Fife is my hero! He only uses an abacus with 14 rows!

  • Darrell Todd Maurina
    Darrell Todd Maurina Member Posts: 13

    Well, as long as you're mentioning the Waldensian Catechism … there's a German version of it already on Logos but as far as I know it's not available on Logos in English. I'm working on republishing the historic Waldensian confessions of faith, including this Catechism. Its production date is unknown, but we know it predates Jan Hus (the Hussite Catechism is based on the Waldensian Catechism) and was probably in use by the 1300s, perhaps earlier.

  • Darrell Todd Maurina
    Darrell Todd Maurina Member Posts: 13
    edited January 29

    Here's a link to the Waldensian Catechism and other related Waldensian material in German.

    https://community.logos.com/discussion/197217/pb-waldenser-auslegungen-und-weitere-texte-von-ihnen-und-ueber-sie