A CATECHISM ON THE CHURCH CATECHISM. BY THE RIGHT REV. GEORGE BURGESS, D.D., BISHOP OF THE DIOCESE OF MAINE. NEW-YORK: PROT. EPISCOPAL SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION 11 BIBLE HOUSE, ASTOR PLACE. KC 12335 HARVARD Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1857, by THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF In the Clerk's Uffice of the District Court of the United States for the John A. Gray, PRINTER AND STEREOTYPER, 16 & 19 JACOB STREET. PREFACE. This book has been prepared at the repeated request f the Officers of the Society by which it is published. Its imperfections are probably more evident to no person than to the author. The answers are intended to be entirely committed to memory; and it would be desirable, if time permit, that on every Sunday, when it is used, the whole of the Church Catechism, down to the Lesson, should be recited. Should the book be used for two years, on every Sunday, the Lessons, one hundred and four in number, will be completed. A CATECHISM ON THE CHURCH CATECHISM. LESSON I. Question. What is your name? Q. Why do you have that name? A. Because it is the name of my father and of his fathers. Q. What is your other name called? A. My Christian name. Q. If you have another name besides the first and the last, does the middle name belong to your Christian name or to your surname ? A. To my Christian name. Q. Why is this called your Christian name? A. Because it was given to me when I was baptized as a Christian. |