Produced by Dennis McCarthy
PREPARED AND ENJOINED
BY ORDER OF THE
THIRD PLENARY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE
(In Accordance with the New Canon Law)
No. 3
{For Two Years' Course for Post-Confirmation Classes}
SUPPLEMENTED BY
Rev. THOMAS L. KINKEAD
Author of "An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism"
Published by Ecclesiastical Authority
Imprimatur:
JOHN CARDINAL McCLOSKEY, Archbishop of New York.
NEW YORK, April 6, 1885
The Catechism ordered by the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore, having
been diligently compiled and examined, is hereby approved.
+ JAMES GIBBONS, Archbishop of Baltimore, Apostolic Delegate.
BALTIMORE, April 6, 1885.
Nihil obstat:
REV. REMIGIUS LAFORT, S.T.L., Censor Librorum.
Imprimatur:
+ MICHAEL AUGUSTINE, Archbishop of New York.
NEW YORK, February 21, 1901.
Nihil obstat:
ARTHUR J. SCANLAN, S.T.D., Censor Librorum.
Imprimatur:
+ PATRICK J. HAYES, D.D., Archbishop of New York.
NEW YORK, June 29, 1921.
{Transcriber's Note: This book is commonly known as "The BaltimoreCatechism No. 3" and is part of a four volume e-text collection. Seethe author's note below for the background and purpose of the series.This e-text collection is substantially based on files generouslyprovided by http://www.catholic.net/ with some missing materialtranscribed and added for this release. Transcriber's notes in thisseries are placed within braces, and usually prefixed "T.N.:".}
These Catechisms of the Baltimore Series are arranged on a progressiveplan. No. 00 gives the Prayers and Acts to be learned before the studyof the Catechisms begins:—No. 0 contains one half the questions of No.1; No. 1 half the questions of No. 2; No. 2 one-third the questions ofNo. 3, and No. 4 (an Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism) furnishesmuch additional information with copious explanations and examples.
The same questions bear the same numbers throughout the series, andtheir wording is identical. The different sizes of type make theCatechisms more suitable to their respective grades, smaller childrenusually requiring larger print.
Apart from its educational advantages, the progressive plan aims atlessening the expense in providing children with Catechisms, byfurnishing just what is necessary for each grade; it aims also atencouraging the children to learn, by affording opportunity forpromotion from book to book.
These Catechisms are intended to furnish a complete course of religiousinstruction, when, used as follows:
No. 00 for Prayer classes.
No. 0 for Confession classes and certain adults.
No. 1 for First Communion classes.
No. 2 for Confirmation classes.
No. 3 for two years' course for Post-Confirmation classes.
No. 4 for Teachers and Teachers' Training classes.
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