A Christian catechism is a book of instruction in the doctrines pertaining to the truths of salvation in the form of conferences between teacher and scholar.* Ursinus defines it as follows: “A Christian catechism is a brief and clear explanation of Christian doctrine, adapted to the intellectual capacity of the uninstructed, drawn from the writings of the prophets and apostles, and divided into definite questions and answers.” In the preface to
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