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Stump, Joseph

"An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism"


Acts 4:12. Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none
other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
READING.--The Fall into Sin and its Punishment, Gen. 3.
ILLUSTRATIONS.--_Punishment_: Adam and Eve; Cain, Gen. 4:9-15; The
Deluge, Gen. 6-8; Sodom and Gomorrah, Gen. 19; The Ten Plagues, Exod.
7-12; Korah, Numb. 16; Saul, I Sam. 15; The Assyrian and Babylonian
Captivities, II Kings 17, II Kings 25. _Blessing_: Abraham, Gen. 12:2;
Joseph, Gen. 45:4-8; David, II Sam. 7:16; Cornelius, Acts 4:10.


PART II.
THE CREED.


CHAPTER XV.
CREEDS OR CONFESSIONS.

THE CREED, from the Latin _Credo, I believe_, means that which we as
Christians believe. The Creed given in our Catechism is the Apostles'
Creed. It is so called, not because it was written by the apostles, but
because it contains, in a brief summary, the doctrines which the
apostles taught. It grew out of the words of the baptismal formula: "In
the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.


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