Luther teaches that the catechism holds the entirety of the Christian faith. Even the educated laity and clergy need simple words and short summaries; how much more the simple and uneducated? Actually that’s why Luther thinks the simple need the catechism so badly: the educated have lost or abandoned it. Who will teach it?
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Todd Hains
Todd R. Hains (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is academic editor for Lexham Press. He previously served as assistant project editor for the Reformation Commentary on Scripture.
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