The Reformation · 1542, Latin 1545
The Catechism of the Church of Geneva
John Calvin · 1509–1564
What it is
Instruction by question and answer, opening with the chief end of human life: to know God by whom we were created.
Why it lasted
The model for Reformed catechesis across Europe, and the ancestor of the Westminster Shorter Catechism's famous first question.
Where to read it
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