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Encyclopedia of Religion entry forCatechismCatechism means properly teaching by word of mouth or oral instruction, but the term has come to denote a summary of Christian doctrine, usually in the form of question and answer. As a result of deliberations at the Council of Trent, Pope Pius IV. was commissioned to arrange for the drawing up of a Catechism for the Roman Catholic Church. This appeared towards the close of 1566 under the title " Catechismus Romanus, ex Decreto Concilii Tridentini, Pii V. Pont. Max. jussu editus." Since that time other Catechisms of various sizes have been prepared by Bishops. The Catechism incorporated in the Prayer Book of the Church of England (as far as the end of the explanation of the Lord‘s Prayer) was composed in 1549; but the latter part on the Sacraments was added, after the Hampton Court Conference, in 1604. citations: Encyc. of Rel., Canney
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