Book of Common Prayer (1662, Church of England) • 1662 • 17th Century
gen 17:5
What is your Name? Answer. N. or M. Question. Who gave you this Name? Answer. My Godfathers and Godmothers in my Baptism; wherein I was made a member of Christ, the child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven. Question. What did your Godfathers and Godmothers then for…
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Book of Common Prayer (1662, Church of England) • 1662 • 17th Century
ex 19:5-8
Catechist. Rehearse the Articles of your Belief. I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth: And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord: Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary: Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and burie…
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Book of Common Prayer (1662, Church of England) • 1662 • 17th Century
deut 31:12
Question. What do you chiefly learn in these Articles of your Belief? Secondly, in God the Son, who has redeemed me, and all mankind. Thirdly, in God the Holy Ghost, who sanctifies me, and all the elect people of God.
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Book of Common Prayer (1662, Church of England) • 1662 • 17th Century
ex 20:1-2
The same which God spoke in the twentieth Chapter of Exodus, saying, I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. I. You shall have none other gods but me. II. You shall not make to yourself any graven image, nor the likeness of a…
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Book of Common Prayer (1662, Church of England) • 1662 • 17th Century
ex 21:18
Question. What do you chiefly learn by these Commandments? Answer. I learn two things: my duty towards God, and my duty towards my Neighbour.
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Book of Common Prayer (1662, Church of England) • 1662 • 17th Century
deut 10:12
Question. What is your duty towards God? Answer. My duty towards God is to believe in him, to fear him, and to love him with all my heart, with all my mind, with all my soul, and with all my strength; to worship him, to give him thanks, to put my whole trust in him, to call upon…
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Book of Common Prayer (1662, Church of England) • 1662 • 17th Century
lev 19:18
Question. What is your duty towards your Neighbour? Answer. My duty towards my Neighbour is to love him as myself, and to do to all men as I would they should do unto me: To love, honour, and succour my father and mother: To honour and obey the Queen, and all that are put in auth…
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Book of Common Prayer (1662, Church of England) • 1662 • 17th Century
ps 119:25
Catechist. My good child, know this, that you are not able to do these things of yourself, nor to walk in the Commandments of God, and to serve him, without his special grace; which you must learn at all times to call for by diligent prayer. Let me hear therefore, if you can say…
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Book of Common Prayer (1662, Church of England) • 1662 • 17th Century
ex 34:5-6
Question. What do you desire of God in this Prayer? Answer. I desire my Lord God our heavenly Father, who is the giver of all goodness, to send his grace to me, and to all people: that we may worship him, serve him, and obey him, as we ought to do. And I pray to God, that he will…
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Book of Common Prayer (1662, Church of England) • 1662 • 17th Century
gen 17:11
How many Sacraments has Christ ordained in his Church? Answer. Two only, as generally necessary to salvation, that is to say, Baptism, and the Supper of the Lord. Question. What do you mean by this word Sacrament? Answer. I mean an outward and visible sign of an inward and spirit…
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Book of Common Prayer (1662, Church of England) • 1662 • 17th Century
matt 3:16
Question. What is the outward visible sign or form in Baptism? Answer. Water: wherein the person is baptized In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Question. What is the inward and spiritual grace? Answer. A death unto sin, and a new birth unto righteou…
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Book of Common Prayer (1662, Church of England) • 1662 • 17th Century
matt 26:28
Question. Why was the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper ordained? Answer. For the continual remembrance of the sacrifice of the death of Christ and of the benefits which we receive thereby. Question. What is the outward part or sign of the Lord's Supper? Answer. Bread and Wine, whic…
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Book of Common Prayer (1662, Church of England) • 1662 • 17th Century
The Curate of every Parish shall diligently upon Sundays and Holy-days, after the second Lesson at Evening Prayer, openly in the Church instruct and examine as many Children of his Parish sent unto him, as he thinks convenient, in some Part of this Catechism.
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Book of Common Prayer (1662, Church of England) • 1662 • 17th Century
And all Fathers, Mothers, Masters, and Dames, shall cause their Children, Servants, and Apprentices (who have not learned their Catechism) to come to the Church at the time appointed, and obediently to hear, and be ordered by the Curate, until such time as they have learned all t…
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Book of Common Prayer (1662, Church of England) • 1662 • 17th Century
As soon as children have come to a competent age, and can say, in their mother tongue, the Creed, the Lord's Prayer, and the Ten Commandments; and also can answer the other questions of this short Catechism; they shall be brought to the Bishop. And everyone shall have a godfather…
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Book of Common Prayer (1662, Church of England) • 1662 • 17th Century
And whenever the Bishop gives notice for Children to be brought to him for their Confirmation, the Curate of every Parish shall either bring, or send in writing, with his hand subscribed thereunto, the names of all such persons within his Parish, as he thinks fit to be presented…
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