Basic Catechesis

Catechesis is instruction in the fundamentals of the Christian Faith. These topics are the things that every Christian ought not only to know something about, but to be fairly familiar with.

  • Part I: Fundamentals of the Christian Faith
    • The Christian World View
      • Session #1, Obligations to God and One Another (Topics)
      • Session #2, God, Creation, Humanity: Realities and Relationships (Topics)
      • Session #3, The Fall and Its Consequences (Topics)
    • The Kingdom of God
      • Session #4, The King Establishes his Kingdom: Incarnation and Atonement (Topics)
        • Incarnation
        • Atonement
      • Session #5, The King Establishes his Kingdom: Resurrection, and Exaltation (Topics)
        • Resurrection
        • Exaltation
        • Return
      • The Trinity
      • Session #6, The Public Ministry of Jesus (Topics)
      • The Offices of Christ: Prophet, Priest and King
      • Session #7, The Nature and Mission of the Kingdom I (Topics)
        • The Holy Spirit
        • The Gospel
        • The Church
        • Great Commission
      • Session #8, The Nature and Mission of the Kingdom II (Topics)
        • The Forgiveness of Sins
          • The Means of Grace
          • Law and Gospel
        • The General Resurrection
        • The World to Come
      • Session #9, The Apostolic Witness (Topics)
        • Scripture
          • Inspiration
          • The Canon
          • Principles of Interpretation
          • Sola Scriptura
        • Creeds, Confessions, Doctrine and Dogma
        • Congregations, Denominations and the Holy Christian Church
  • Part II: Life in the Kingdom
    • Discipleship, Prayer, and Sacraments
      • Session #10, Discipleship and the Lord’s Prayer
        • Discipleship
        • The Lord’s Prayer
          • Part I: Spiritual Warfare
            • The Glory of God
            • The coming of his Kingdom
            • The Defeat of his Enemies
          • Part II: Tactics, Survival and Victory on the Battlefield
            • Physical Sustenance
            • Forgiveness, Patience, Mercy
              • From God
              • Toward one Other
            • Temptation: Confidence, Courage, Discretion
            • A Blessed End
        • Session #11, Prayer
          • In General
          • Prayers of the Church
      • Session #12, Baptism: Our Personal Charter I
        • God’s Promise in Baptism: Forgiveness, Life and Salvation
        • Grace and Faith
        • The Three “Solas”: Grace Alone, Faith Alone, Christ Alone
        • The New Adam, and the Old One: “Simul Justus et Peccator”
        • Valid Baptisms
        • The Baptism of Infants
      • Session #13, Baptism: Our Personal Charter II
        • The Baptismal Life: Hard Work, Sin, Grace, Repentance, Confession, Restoration, Hard Work
        • The Privileges of the Baptized
      • Session #14, Absolution: A Return to Baptism
        • The Power and Duty of the Church to Forgive Sins
        • The Need for Absolution
        • General Confession and Absolution
        • Conscience and the need for Private Confession and Absolution
        • The withholding of forgiveness, of communion, of fellowship
      • Session #15, The Sacrament of the Altar
        • The Words of Institution and Christian Worship
          • “You proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes”
          • The Very Real Presence
          • The Fellowship
      • Session #16, Principles of Worship
        • The Sacred and the Profane
        • The Sacramental and the Sacrificial
        • The Communal and the Individual
      • The Divine Service, the Lectionary, and the Sacred Calendar
      • Daily Prayer