against the heresies of our time, but deemed it further incumbent on them, to deliver some fixed form and manner of instructing the faithful people from the very rudiments of the faith; which [form] should be followed by those in all churches, to whom are intrusted the duties of a lawful pastor and teacher. It was necessary, even after so many Written Treatises of Christian Doctrine, to put forward a New Catechism for Pastors, by the Care of an Œcumenical Council and the Authority of