PROJECT WITTENBERG
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Luther's Little Instruction Book
(The Small Catechism of Martin Luther)

Translated by Robert E. Smith
May 22, 1994

Martin Luther put together a teaching device that he called a small catechism. Once widely used, the catechism has been gradually abandoned. But our post-Christian culture is beginning to resemble Luther's culture of biblical illiteracy and confusion over who God is and what constitutes sin.

Luther's catechism included the Ten Commandments, the Apostle's Creed, the Lord's Prayer, and instruction on sacraments. The Ten Commandments in particular were the mirror into which many people looked and realized they had offended God and sinned.

The short catechism has six subjects and an appendix. View  links to them below.