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Baltimore Catechism No. 2

Third Plenary Council of Baltimore

A Catechism of Christian Doctrine, No. 2, prepared and enjoined by order of the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore (1884; approved 6 April 1885). The full text for confirmation classes: 37 lessons and 421 numbered questions and answers, with the common prayers, devotions for Mass, confession and communion, the Rosary and the Stations of the Cross.

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Source: Project Gutenberg #14552, 'A Catechism of Christian Doctrine, No. 2: for Confirmation Classes' (transcription by Dennis McCarthy from catholic.net files). Text of 1885 (approved 6 April 1885 by Cardinal McCloskey and Archbishop Gibbons), transcribed from a printing of 1922-1929 at the latest (the closing devotions cite a decree of 4 Aug 1922). Tier A: public domain in the United States (1885 text; all printings of 1929 or earlier). The Mass and devotions appendix is the printing's own and may be a later booklet text within that window; its date is not independently verified. Transcriber's notes and the Gutenberg licence removed.