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A
CATECHISM
OF
CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE
PREPARED AND ENJOINED BY ORDER OF THE THIRD PLENARY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE (In Accordance with the New Canon Law)
No. 3
{For Two Years' Course for Post-Confirmation Classes}
SUPPLEMENTED BY Rev. THOMAS L. KINKEAD Author of "An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism"
Published by Ecclesiastical Authority
NEW YORK, BOSTON, CINCINNATI, CHICAGO, SAN FRANCISCO BENZIGER BROTHERS, INC. PRINTERS TO THE HOLY APOSTOLIC SEE
Imprimatur: JOHN CARDINAL McCLOSKEY, Archbishop of New York. NEW YORK, April 6, 1885
The Catechism ordered by the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore, having been diligently compiled and examined, is hereby approved. + JAMES GIBBONS, Archbishop of Baltimore, Apostolic Delegate. BALTIMORE, April 6, 1885.
Nihil obstat: REV. REMIGIUS LAFORT, S.T.L., Censor Librorum.
Imprimatur: + MICHAEL AUGUSTINE, Archbishop of New York. NEW YORK, February 21, 1901.
Nihil obstat: ARTHUR J. SCANLAN, S.T.D., Censor Librorum.
Imprimatur: + PATRICK J. HAYES, D.D., Archbishop of New York. NEW YORK, June 29, 1921.
{Transcriber's Note: This book is commonly known as "The Baltimore Catechism No. 3" and is part of a four volume e-text collection. See the author's note below for the background and purpose of the series. This e-text collection is substantially based on files generously provided by http://www.catholic.net/ with some missing material transcribed and added for this release. Transcriber's notes in this series are placed within braces, and usually prefixed "T.N.:".}