Catholic doctrine
Baltimore Catechism No. 3
Kinkead edition, approved 1921
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Prepared by order of the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore and supplemented by Rev. Thomas L. Kinkead. The linked transcription is preserved, including a later reprint change to Communion rules.
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IntroductionPrayers and Christian DoctrineQuestions 1–125Lesson 1On the End of ManQuestions 126–161Lesson 2On God and His PerfectionsQuestions 162–179Lesson 3On the Unity and Trinity of GodQuestions 180–205Lesson 4On CreationQuestions 206–232Lesson 5On Our First Parents and the FallQuestions 233–273Lesson 6On Sin and Its KindsQuestions 274–317Lesson 7On the Incarnation and RedemptionQuestions 318–368Lesson 8On Our Lord's Passion, Death, Resurrection, and AscensionQuestions 369–419Lesson 9On the Holy Ghost and His Descent Upon the ApostlesQuestions 420–449Lesson 10On the Effects of the RedemptionQuestions 450–483Lesson 11On the ChurchQuestions 484–516Lesson 12On the Attributes and Marks of the ChurchQuestions 517–573Lesson 13On the Sacraments in GeneralQuestions 574–619Lesson 14On BaptismQuestions 620–669Lesson 15On ConfirmationQuestions 670–697Lesson 16On the Gifts and Fruits of the Holy GhostQuestions 698–720Lesson 17On the Sacrament of PenanceQuestions 721–752Lesson 18On ContritionQuestions 753–775Lesson 19On ConfessionQuestions 776–824Lesson 20On the Manner of Making A Good ConfessionQuestions 825–838Lesson 21On IndulgencesQuestions 839–868Lesson 22On the Holy EucharistQuestions 869–894Lesson 23On the Ends for Which the Holy Eucharist Was InstitutedQuestions 895–915Lesson 24On the Sacrifice of the MassQuestions 916–955Lesson 25On Extreme Unction and Holy OrdersQuestions 956–1004Lesson 26On MatrimonyQuestions 1005–1051Lesson 27On the SacramentalsQuestions 1052–1097Lesson 28On PrayerQuestions 1098–1124Lesson 29On the Commandments of GodQuestions 1125–1139Lesson 30On the First CommandmentQuestions 1140–1188Lesson 31The First Commandment: on the Honor and Invocation of the SaintsQuestions 1189–1216Lesson 32From the Second to the Fourth CommandmentQuestions 1217–1256Lesson 33From the Fourth to the Seventh CommandmentQuestions 1257–1289Lesson 34From the Seventh to the End of the Tenth CommandmentQuestions 1290–1324Lesson 35On the First and Second Commandments of the ChurchQuestions 1325–1348Lesson 36On the Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Commandments of the ChurchQuestions 1349–1370Lesson 37On the Last Judgment and the Resurrection, Hell, Purgatory, and HeavenQuestions 1371–1400