catechism
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- Format
- Notable catechisms in history
- Other historical catechisms
- ''Ignorantia sacerdotum''
- The Catechetical Instructions of St. Thomas Aquinas
- Catechism of Christian Doctrine (or "Penny Catechism")
- Catechism for Filipino Catholics
- ''Enchiridion symbolorum, definitionum et declarationum de rebus fidei et morum''
- Tradivox catechism series
- Contents
- Orthodox catechisms
- Protestant catechisms
- Anglican catechisms
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Baptist catechisms
- Lutheran catechisms
- Methodist catechisms
- Pentecostal catechisms
- Quaker catechisms
- Reformed catechisms
- Genevan Catechism
- Heidelberg Catechism
- Westminster Catechisms
- Other Reformed catechisms
- Non-Christian catechisms
- Abrahamic religions
- Indian religions
- Other religious traditions
- Secular catechisms
- See also
- References
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right|thumb|Codex Manesse, fol. 292v, "The Schoolmaster of Esslingen" (Der Schulmeister von Eßlingen)
A catechism (; from , "to teach orally") is a summary or exposition of doctrine and serves as a learning introduction to the Sacraments traditionally used in catechesis, or Christian religious teaching of children and adult converts. As Daniel R. Hyde has shown, this word is used in the New Testament (Luke 1:4; Acts 18:25; 21:2, 24; Rom. 2:18; 1 Cor. 14:19; Gal. 6:6) for the instruction of believers. Catechisms are doctrinal manualsoften in the form of set questions and answers to be memorizeda format that has been used in non-religious or secular contexts as well.