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The Catholic Primer: www.catholicprimer.org 2 Table of Contents CATECHISM No. 1...................................................................................................................... 8 LESSON FIRST: ON THE END OF MAN............................................................................ 8 LESSON SECOND: ON GOD AND HIS PERFECTIONS.................................................. 9 LESSON THIRD: ON THE UNITY AND TRINITY OF GOD ........................................ 10 LESSON FOURTH: ON THE ANGELS AND OUR FIRST PARENTS ......................... 11 LESSON FIFTH: ON SIN AND ITS KINDS....................................................................... 12 LESSON SIXTH: ON THE INCARNATION AND REDEMPTION ............................... 13 LESSON SEVENTH: ON OUR LORD'S PASSION, DEATH, RESURRECTION, AND ASCENSION ........................................................................................................................... 14 LESSON EIGHTH: ON THE HOLY GHOST AND HIS DESCENT UPON THE APOSTLES.............................................................................................................................. 14 CATECHISM No. 2.................................................................................................................... 16 LESSON FIRST: ON THE END OF MAN.......................................................................... 16 LESSON SECOND: ON GOD AND HIS PERFECTIONS................................................ 17 LESSON THIRD: ON THE UNITY AND TRINITY OF GOD ........................................ 18 LESSON FOURTH: ON CREATION.................................................................................. 20 LESSON FIFTH: ON OUR FIRST PARENTS AND THE FALL .................................... 21 LESSON SIXTH: ON SIN AND ITS KINDS ...................................................................... 23 LESSON SEVENTH: ON THE INCARNATION AND REDEMPTION......................... 24 LESSON EIGHTH: ON OUR LORD'S PASSION, DEATH, RESURRECTION, AND ASCENSION ........................................................................................................................... 26 LESSON NINTH: ON THE HOLY GHOST AND HIS DESCENT UPON THE APOSTLES.............................................................................................................................. 29 3 LESSON TENTH: ON THE EFFECTS OF THE REDEMPTION .................................. 30 LESSON ELEVENTH: ON THE CHURCH....................................................................... 32 LESSON TWELFTH: ON THE ATTRIBUTES AND MARKS OF THE CHURCH..... 33 LESSON THIRTEENTH: ON THE SACRAMENTS IN GENERAL.............................. 35 LESSON FOURTEENTH: ON BAPTISM .......................................................................... 38 LESSON FIFTEENTH: ON CONFIRMATION................................................................. 40 LESSON SIXTEENTH: ON THE GIFTS AND FRUITS OF THE HOLY GHOST ...... 41 LESSON SEVENTEENTH: ON THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE ............................ 43 LESSON EIGHTEENTH: ON CONTRITION ................................................................... 45 LESSON NINETEENTH: ON CONFESSION.................................................................... 47 LESSON TWENTIETH: ON THE MANNER OF MAKING A GOOD CONFESSION49 LESSON TWENTY-FIRST: ON INDULGENCES ............................................................ 50 LESSON TWENTY-SECOND: ON THE HOLY EUCHARIST....................................... 51 LESSON TWENTY-THIRD: ON THE ENDS FOR WHICH THE HOLY EUCHARIST WAS INSTITUTED................................................................................................................ 53 LESSON TWENTY-FOURTH: ON THE SACRIFICE OF THE MASS......................... 55 LESSON TWENTY-FIFTH: ON EXTREME UNCTION AND HOLY ORDERS......... 57 LESSON TWENTY-SIXTH: ON MATRIMONY .............................................................. 59 LESSON TWENTY-SEVENTH: ON THE SACRAMENTALS ....................................... 60 LESSON TWENTY-EIGHTH: ON PRAYER .................................................................... 62 LESSON TWENTY-NINTH: ON THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD.......................... 64 LESSON THIRTIETH: ON THE FIRST COMMANDMENT ......................................... 65 LESSON THIRTY-FIRST: THE FIRST COMMANDMENT--ON THE HONOR AND INVOCATION OF SAINTS .................................................................................................. 68 LESSON THIRTY-SECOND: FROM THE SECOND TO THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT ................................................................................................................ 70 LESSON THIRTY-THIRD: FROM THE FOURTH TO THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT ................................................................................................................ 72 4 LESSON THIRTY-FOURTH: FROM THE SEVENTH TO THE END OF THE TENTH COMMANDMENT ................................................................................................................ 74 LESSON THIRTY-FIFTH: ON THE FIRST AND SECOND COMMANDMENTS OF THE CHURCH ....................................................................................................................... 76 LESSON THIRTY-SIXTH: ON THE THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH AND SIXTH COMMANDMENTS OF THE CHURCH ........................................................................... 78 LESSON THIRTY-SEVENTH: ON THE LAST JUDGMENT AND THE RESURRECTION, HELL, PURGATORY, AND HEAVEN............................................. 79 CATECHISM No. 3.................................................................................................................... 82 Prayers:.................................................................................................................................... 84 The Lord's Prayer............................................................................................................... 84 The Angelical Salutation. ................................................................................................... 84 The Apostles' Creed............................................................................................................ 84 The Confiteor. ..................................................................................................................... 85 An Act of Faith.................................................................................................................... 85 An Act of Hope.................................................................................................................... 85 An Act of Love..................................................................................................................... 85 An Act of Contrition. .......................................................................................................... 86 The Blessing before Meals.................................................................................................. 86 Grace after Meals................................................................................................................ 86 The Manner in which a Lay Person is to Baptize in Case of Necessity: ........................ 86 LESSON FIRST: On the End of Man................................................................................... 86 LESSON SECOND: On God and His Perfections............................................................... 92 LESSON THIRD: On the Unity and Trinity of God........................................................... 94 LESSON FOURTH: On Creation......................................................................................... 98 LESSON FIFTH: On our First Parents and the Fall ........................................................ 102 LESSON SIXTH: On Sin and Its Kinds ON SIN AND ITS KINDS. ............................. 108 LESSON SEVENTH: On the Incarnation and Redemption ............................................ 115 5 LESSON EIGHTH: On Our Lord's Passion, Death, Resurrection,