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The Reformation · 1566
The Roman Catechism
Catechismus ex Decreto Concilii Tridentini
The commission of the Council of Trent
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What it is
A catechism written for parish priests rather than children, expounding the creed, sacraments, commandments, and Lord's Prayer at length.
Why it lasted
The standard of Catholic teaching for four centuries, and the direct ancestor of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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