A CATECHISM OF CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE Prepared and Enjoined by Order of The Third Plenary Council of Baltimore QUESTIONS NUMBERED TO AGREE WITH "EXPLANATION OF THE BALTIMORE CATECHISM" WITH PRAYERS AND HYMNS No. 1 {For First Communion Classes} IMPRIMATUR New York, April 6, 1885. John Cardinal McCloskey, Archbishop of New York. Baltimore, April 6, 1885. "The Catechism ordered by The Third Plenary Council of Baltimore, having been diligently compared and examined, is hereby approved." + James Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, Apostolic Delegate. {Transcriber's Note: This book is commonly known as "The Baltimore Catechism No. 1" and is part of a four volume e-text collection. See the author's note to Baltimore Catechism No. 3 for the background and purpose of the series. Please note that there are gaps in the numbering, and some questions are out of order, because Catechism No. 1 is essentially an abridgement of Catechism No. 2. There are also minor phrasing differences in some of the questions and answers of this text compared with No. 2. This e-text collection is substantially based on files generously provided by http://www.catholic.net/ with some missing material transcribed and added for this release. Transcriber's notes in this series are placed within braces, and usually prefixed "T.N.:".}