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Thus Luther endeavored to familiarize the people with the word catechism.
Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church 1894
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He replied that he did not know the word 'catechism.'
The Wonder 1910
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After the supper there was tea, which, I confess, was welcome, and then the missionary put me through a kind of catechism.
Oriental Encounters Palestine and Syria, 1894-6 Marmaduke William Pickthall 1905
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In order to explain this complication thoroughly, I must ask you to let me put you through a kind of catechism.
Run to Earth A Novel 1875
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Last of all, the puckered old fellow and the big young chief that spoke first started in to put Case through a kind of catechism.
Island Nights' Entertainments Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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Having first been cautioned to tell the truth, he had to recite the Paternoster, Credo, Ten Commandments, and a kind of catechism.
Renaissance in Italy, Volumes 1 and 2 The Catholic Reaction John Addington Symonds 1866
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Druse religion; they superintend divine worship in the chapels or, as they are called, Khaloue (ﻩﻭﻟﺨ), and they instruct the children in a kind of catechism.
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Druse religion; they superintend divine worship in the chapels or, as they are called, Khaloue (ﻩﻭﻟﺨ), and they instruct the children in a kind of catechism.
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The Akal are those who are supposed to know the doctrines of the Druse religion; they superintend divine worship in the chapels or, as they are called, Khaloue [Arabic], and they instruct the children in a kind of catechism.
Travels in Syria and the Holy Land John Lewis Burckhardt 1800
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Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 03: 27PM Throughout the history of the church, young believers and new converts to the faith went through a process called "catechism."
The Latest Post Kim Riddlebarger 2010
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