An Ample Declaration of the Christian Doctrine

St Robert Bellarmine († 1621) · Dichiarazione più copiosa della dottrina cristiana · 1598

English translation by Richard Hadock, “Printed at Roan” [in fact an English secret press, 1604?] (STC 1834; Folger Shakespeare Library copy).

Bellarmine’s longer catechism, a dialogue between master and scholar “for the use of those that teach children”, in its first English translation. The spelling is the printer’s (u for v, i for j), with the long s printed as s.

Chapter 1. What Christian doctrine is, and what are the principall parts thereof
Chapter 2. The declaration of the vsuall blessing with the signe of the Crosse
Chapter 3. The declaration of the Creede
Chapter 4. The declaration of our Lords prayer
Chapter 5. The declaration of the Aue Maria
Chapter 6. The declaration of the ten Commandements
Chapter 7. The declaration of the precepts of the Church
Chapter 8. The declaration of the Euangelicall Counsailes
Chapter 9. The declaration of the Sacraments of holie Church
Chapter 10. Of vertues in general
Chapter 11. Of the Theologicall Vertues
Chapter 13. Of the seauen gifts of the Holie Ghost
Chapter 14. Of the eight beatitudes
Chapter 15. Of the seuen Workes of mercie corporall, and seuen spirituall
Chapter 16. Of Vices and sins in generall
Chapter 17. Of Originall sinne
Chapter 18. Of mortal and veniall sinne
Chapter 19. Of the seuen Capitall sinnes
Chapter 20. Of the sinnes against the Holie Ghost
Chapter 21. Of sinnes that crie vnto Heauen
Chapter 22. Of The foure last things

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