An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism

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Martin Luther. An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism

PREFACE

LUTHER'S PREFACE

THE SMALL CATECHISM

PART I

PART II

PART III

PART IV

PART V

AN EXPLANATION OF LUTHER'S SMALL CATECHISM

CHAPTER I. THE BIBLE

CHAPTER II. THE CATECHISM

PART I. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

CHAPTER III. THE LAW

CHAPTER IV. THE LAWGIVER

THE FIRST TABLE OF THE LAW

CHAPTER V. THE FIRST COMMANDMENT

CHAPTER VI. THE SECOND COMMANDMENT

CHAPTER VII. THE THIRD COMMANDMENT

THE SECOND TABLE OF THE LAW

CHAPTER VIII. THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT

CHAPTER IX. THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT

CHAPTER X. THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT

CHAPTER XI. THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT

CHAPTER XII. THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENT

CHAPTER XIII. THE NINTH AND TENTH COMMANDMENTS

CHAPTER XIV. THE CONCLUSION OF THE COMMANDMENTS

PART II. THE CREED

CHAPTER XV. CREEDS OR CONFESSIONS

CHAPTER XVI. THE FIRST ARTICLE

CHAPTER XVII. THE SECOND ARTICLE

CHAPTER XVIII. OUR LORD

CHAPTER XIX. CHRIST'S WORK OF REDEMPTION

CHAPTER XX. THE THIRD ARTICLE

CHAPTER XXI. THE HOLY GHOST

CHAPTER XXII. THE HOLY GHOST

PART III. THE LORD'S PRAYER

CHAPTER XXIII. PRAYER

CHAPTER XXIV. THE LORD'S PRAYER

CHAPTER XXV. THE FIRST PETITION

CHAPTER XXVI. THE SECOND PETITION

CHAPTER XXVII. THE THIRD PETITION

CHAPTER XXVIII. THE FOURTH PETITION

CHAPTER XXIX. THE FIFTH PETITION

CHAPTER XXX. THE SIXTH PETITION

CHAPTER XXXI. THE SEVENTH PETITION

CHAPTER XXXII. THE CONCLUSION

CHAPTER XXXIII. THE MEANS OF GRACE

PART IV

CHAPTER XXXIV. THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY BAPTISM

CHAPTER XXXV. THE GIFTS OF BAPTISM

CHAPTER XXXVI. BAPTISM'S SIGNIFICANCE

CHAPTER XXXVII. THE SACRAMENT OF THE ALTAR

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Martin Luther to all faithful and godly Pastors and Preachers: Grace, Mercy and Peace, in Jesus Christ, our Lord!

The deplorable condition in which I found religious affairs during a recent visitation of the congregations, has impelled me to publish this Catechism, or statement of the Christian doctrine, after having prepared it in very brief and simple terms. Alas! what misery I beheld! The people, especially those who live in the villages, seem to have no knowledge whatever of Christian doctrine, and many of the pastors are ignorant and incompetent teachers. And, nevertheless, they all maintain that they are Christians, that they have been baptized, and that they have received the Lord's Supper. Yet they cannot recite the Lord's Prayer, the Creed, or the Ten Commandments; they live as if they were irrational creatures, and now that the Gospel has come to them, they grossly abuse their Christian liberty.

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What is meant by this Petition?

Ans. God indeed tempts no one to sin; but we pray in this petition that God would so guard and preserve us, that the devil, the world, and our own flesh, may not deceive us, nor lead us into error and unbelief, despair, and other great and shameful sins; and that, though we may be thus tempted, we may, nevertheless, finally prevail and gain the victory.

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