Download or read book An Exposition of the Shorter Catechism, Vol. 1 written by Stewart Dingwall Fordyce Salmond and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-21 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Exposition of the Shorter Catechism, Vol. 1: Q. 1 to 38; Containing the Summary of Christian Doctrine The word Catechism comes from a Greek term, which means to utter sound, and so to teach by the voice. A Catechism of religion, therefore, is a book which ives instruction in the principles of the religion ang as it is intended primarily for oral in struction, it takes the form of question and answer. This one is called the Shorter Catechism, in order to distinguish it from another, known as the Larger Catechism, which was prepared for learners who have already some knowledge of the doctrines of the Christian religion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.