Catechism — Issued by order of Pope St. Pius V
The Catechism of the Council of Trent (The Roman Catechism)
First published 1566. Translated by John A. McHugh, O.P., and Charles J. Callan, O.P.. The McHugh–Callan translation (New York: Wagner, 1923), given from the 1923 print, with the translators' Introduction, their Sermon Program for the Sundays and feasts, the four Appendixes, all the footnotes, and the Index of Subjects, whose page references lead to the passages they cite. The print numbers no paragraphs (its index cites pages), so the paragraph marks ¶ 1, ¶ 2… are ours, for citation. Download: PDF · EPUB The original this transcription was made from: Internet Archive (the 1923 Wagner print).
The catechism the Council of Trent decreed and St. Pius V issued — the Church's own summary of doctrine for parish priests, and the authority our manuals cite on nearly every tract (Cat. Rom.): the Creed article by article; the seven Sacraments; the Ten Commandments; and the Lord's Prayer petition by petition. In the McHugh–Callan translation of 1923, the same Dominican Fathers whose Moral Theology this library shelves.
The book’s own contents, as printed: Contents (as printed)
Contents
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- Title Pages (1923)
- Contents (as printed)
- The Translators’ Introduction (1923)
- Sermon Program
- Introductory
Part I. The Creed
- Faith and the Creed
- Article I: “I Believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven and Earth”
- Article II: “And in Jesus Christ, His Only Son, Our Lord”
- Article III: “Who Was Conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary”
- Article IV: “Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was Crucified, Dead, and Buried”
- Article V: “He Descended into Hell, the Third Day He Rose Again from the Dead”
- Article VI: “He Ascended into Heaven, Sitteth at the Right Hand of God the Father Almighty”
- Article VII: “From Thence He Shall Come to Judge the Living and the Dead”
- Article VIII: “I Believe in the Holy Ghost”
- Article IX: “I Believe in the Holy Catholic Church; the Communion of Saints”
- Article X: “The Forgiveness of Sins”
- Article XI: “The Resurrection of the Body”
- Article XII: “Life Everlasting”
Part IV. The Lord’s Prayer
- Prayer in General
- Opening Words of the Lord’s Prayer: “Our Father Who Art in Heaven”
- The First Petition of the Lord’s Prayer: “Hallowed Be Thy Name”
- The Second Petition of the Lord’s Prayer: “Thy Kingdom Come”
- The Third Petition of the Lord’s Prayer: “Thy Will Be Done”
- The Fourth Petition of the Lord’s Prayer: “Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread”
- The Fifth Petition of the Lord’s Prayer: “And Forgive Us Our Debts, as We Forgive Our Debtors”
- The Sixth Petition of the Lord’s Prayer: “And Lead Us Not into Temptation”
- The Seventh Petition of the Lord’s Prayer: “But Deliver Us from Evil”
- The Seal of the Lord’s Prayer: “Amen”
- Appendixes
- Index of Subjects