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In translating from the Latin, I have taken great care to remain true to the exact formulation of the questions and answers, so as not to lose any of the doctrinal content of the original.
Therefore, the answers to the questions are more simple than in other Catechisms.
This work has not been in English for several hundred years, and in that time there have been other Catechisms, notably the Baltimore, which are familiar to Catholics.
This remains true of this translation, though certainly adults could benefit from its clear presentation and faithfulness to Apostolic Tradition.
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Peter Canisius produced this work for young children between 9 and 14 years of age.
Later, he produced a third Catechism, the Parvus Catechismus Catholicorum (Small Catechism for Catholics) which makes up the present work.
He produced a second directed to young men, the Catechismus Minor (Smaller Catechism), which is an abridgment of the multivolume Summa Doctrinae Christianae.
This was the Summa Doctrinae Christianae, (Summary of Christian Doctrine), which was a magnum opus in multiple volumes meant for clergy and laymen.
As we noted above, he produced the first Catholic Catechism.
Francis Xavier converted so many in the East, it was a Catholic\'s duty to labor likewise for the faith in Europe.
Canisius, remarkably and single handedly, challenged and surpassed a generation of Protestant literary output in Germany, holding that just as truly as St.
The Church was slow to pick up on the new technology of printing, and Protestants since the late 1520s, had already produced bibles, tracts and catechisms.
She had not yet even produced her own edition of the Latin Bible.
Surprisingly, in the 16 century the the Church had not yet produced a Catechism to compete with the protestants.
Apart from laboring for the faith in Germany and Switzerland, he was the first Jesuit to produce any major theological works, and wrote this great Catholic Catechism.
Ignatius, nevertheless, he was one of the first Jesuits, and the most famous.
Although he wasn\'t among the original companions of St.
Immediately, Canisius knew his vocation and entered the Society of Jesus.
Ignatius of Loyola.
Peter Faber, one of the first companions of St.
Born in Holland, he was a law student and eventually a Canon of a Cathedral in Germany when he heard the preaching of St.
Peter Canisius is perhaps the sole reason there is a Catholic Church in Germany, even today.
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