Thomas L. Kinkead - Baltimore Catechism No.4

An
Explanation
Of The
Baltimore Catechism
of Christian Doctrine

For The Use of
Sunday-School Teachers and Advanced Classes
(Also known as Baltimore Catechism No. 4)

by

Rev. Thomas L. Kinkead

Nihil Obstat:

D . J . M C M AHON Censor Librorum

Imprimatur:

M ICHAEL A UGUSTINE Archbishop of New York

New York, September 5, 1891

---

Nihil Obstat:

A RTHUR J . S CANLAN, S . T . D . Censor Librorum

Imprimatur:

P ATRICK J . H AYES, D . D . Archbishop of New York

New York, June 29, 1921

APPROBATIONS

H IS E MINENCE C ARDINAL G IBBONS:

I thank you for the copy of The Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism which has just reached me. A Religious spoke to me in very high terms of your book. I regard the opinion as of great value.

M OST R EV. M . A . C ORRIGAN, D . D ., A RCHBISHOP OF N EW Y ORK:

I congratulate you on the good which it is likely to do.

M OST R EV. W ILLIAM H ENRY E LDER, D . D ., A RCHBISHOP OF C INCINNATI:

I think the work will be a very serviceable one. I hope it will meet with great success.

M OST R EV. T HOMAS L . G RACE, D . D ., A RCHBISHOP OF S IUNIA:

Your book entitled An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism supplies a want which is generally felt by the clergy and others engaged in teaching Catechism. Apart from the very satisfactory development of the answers to the questions and apt illustrations of the subjects treated, the additional questions inserted in your book give it a special value.

M OST R EV. P . J . R YAN, D . D ., A RCHBISHOP OF P HILADELPHIA:

Your explanation of the Baltimore Catechism is excellent and must be of very great service to teachers of Sunday schools and to all who desire a clear exposition of Catholic doctrine, either for themselves or to communicate it to others. We give the work our cordial approval.

M OST R EV. W ILLIAM J . W ALSH, D . D ., A RCHBISHOP OF D UBLIN, P RIMATE OF I RELAND:

I have had a copy of your admirable work for some weeks past, and on several points it has been of very great use to me and to the committee [a committee of professors of theology, moral as well as dogmatic; priests of long and of wide experience in the work of instructing children in the Catechism; experienced examiners of children; accomplished scholars and writers of English; members both of religious and of secular collegiate communities; and representatives of the missionary priesthood, secular and regular, appointed to draft a new Catechism].

R IGHT R EV. D . M . B RADLEY, D . D ., B ISHOP OF M ANCHESTER:

I am sure this Explanation will be welcomed by the teachers in our schools and indeed by all whose duty it may be to instruct others in the teachings of the Church.

R IGHT R EV. T HOMAS F . B RENNAN, D . D ., B ISHOP OF D ALLAS:

I like the book very much and will not only recommend it to the priests and good sisters of my diocese, but will also use it myself at catechism every Sunday in the Cathedral. The list of questions and general index render its use very easy.

R IGHT R EV. M . E . B URKE, D . D ., B ISHOP OF C HEYENNE:

Your Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism is excellent, and it supplies a much needed means of useful and necessary catechetical instruction for our Sunday schools. It will be found an excellent textbook for Catholic schools and academies throughout the country and a most useful manual for all who are engaged in the instruction of our children.

R IGHT R EV. L . D E G OESBRIAND, D . D ., B ISHOP OF B URLINGTON:

I consider your book, the Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism, as an admirable work. Nothing can be found more clear, more satisfactory.

R IGHT R EV. J OHN F OLEY, D . D ., B ISHOP OF D ETROIT:

I congratulate you upon producing a work so useful to those having charge of souls in such clear, concise, and instructive a style. I shall gladly commend it to the Rev. Clergy.

R IGHT R EV. H . G ABRIELS, D . D ., B ISHOP-ELECT OF O GDENSBURG:

Your book will furnish solid material to priests who wish to preach at low Masses the catechetical instructions prescribed by the council of Baltimore. A rapid perusal of some of its pages has convinced me that it is just what was often looked for in vain in this important branch of the holy ministry.

R IGHT R EV. N . A . G ALLAGHER, D . D ., B ISHOP OF G ALVESTON:

Having read your Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism, I wish to say that it is in my opinion a very useful book for priests as well as for teachers; and that it is a valuable book to place in the hands of those who wish to become acquainted with the teachings of Holy Church. I have just ordered ten copies from the Publishers for my own distribution.

R IGHT R EV. L EO H AID, O . S . B ., D . D ., V ICAR A POSTOLIC OF N ORTH C AROLINA:

I am very glad you gave us such a sensible, simple, and complete explanation of the Baltimore Catechism. I wish it were in the hands of every teacher of Christian doctrine. In this Vicariate, where priests are few, and often obliged to receive converts into the Church without that thorough instruction which resident pastors can give, your book will be hailed with joy. I will do my utmost to make it known. Please send me one dozen copies.

R IGHT R EV. J OHN J . H ENNESSY, D . D . B ISHOP OF W ICHITA:

From what I have seen of your book I am delighted with the method which you have adopted for explanation. It makes the Catechism easy and interesting to both teacher and pupil. I shall heartily recommend your book to our clergy for introduction into our schools.

R IGHT R EV. A . J UNGER, D . D ., B ISHOP OF N ESQUALLY:

I am sure your work will not fail to obtain its object. There is not the least doubt that it will be of the greatest and best use for Sunday school teachers and advanced classes who will make use of it, and to whom we highly recommend it. Such a work was needed, as our Baltimore Catechism does not and cannot contain all the necessary explanations.

R IGHT R EV. J OHN J . K EANE, D . D ., R ECTOR OF THE C ATHOLIC U NIVERSITY, W ASHINGTON:

The character of the work speaks for itself.

R IGHT R EV. W . G . M C C LOSKEY, D . D ., B ISHOP OF L OUISVILLE:

What I have already seen of it gives me the impression that it is a meritorious work which ought to be encouraged.

R IGHT R EV. J AMES M C G OLRICK, D . D ., B ISHOP OF D ULUTH:

I think you have prepared a thoroughly practical work in your Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism. You have in well selected and plain English enabled teachers to give useful lessons from the text itself without the need of resort to other books. Your book will find its way to the desk of every Catholic teacher, and we hope to the home of every Catholic family. I am glad you marked the Scripture references, for the higher classes after Confirmation can unite their Scripture lessons with such study of your book as to prepare themselves for teaching. Your series of questions and good index are certainly very useful.

R IGHT R EV. C AMILLUS P . M AES, D . D ., B ISHOP OF C OVINGTON:

I have examined your Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism on some of the most important points of doctrine and morals. I find its teachings sound, and the manner of presenting them practical. I take pleasure in commending your book to priests and teachers, and in congratulating you for having bestowed so much time on the greatest of all pastoral work, viz: giving children a thorough and sound knowledge of Holy Church and of her divine teachings.

R IGHT R EV. C . E . M C D ONNELL, D . D ., B ISHOP-ELECT OF B ROOKLYN:

I beg you to accept my hearty congratulations.

R IGHT R EV. R . M ANOGUE, D . D ., B ISHOP OF S ACRAMENTO:

We have ponderous works from distinguished authors on the Catechism in general, but yoursAn Explanation of the Baltimore Catechismis the simplest, most concise, most natural and instructive I have yet encountered. It is good not only for advanced pupils, teachers, preachers and priests, but also for the sacred precincts of every Catholic family.Next page