The Baptist Catechism, Commonly Called Keach’s Catechism: Or, a Brief Instruction in the Principles of the Christian Religion
Overview
Published in 1693 by British Baptists, this historic catechism was frequently used to catechize congregations and children. Commonly attributed to Benjamin Keach, it is now thought likely compiled by William Collins. A Reformed Baptist catechism, it provides 118 questions and answers from Scripture, used to teach the basics of the faith. It holds to a Calvinistic principles, being similar to the Heidelberg Catechism and the Westminster Catechism, but altered in the sections on baptism.
Top Highlights
“Q. 45. What did God at first reveal to man for the rule of his obedience?” (Page 13)
“The Lord’s Supper is an ordinance of the New Testament, instituted by Jesus Christ, wherein by giving and receiving bread and wine, according to his appointment, his death is showed forth, and the worthy receivers are, not after a corporeal and carnal manner, but by faith, made partakers of his body and blood, with all his benefits, to their spiritual nourishment, and growth in grace.” (Pages 28–29)
“It is the duty of those who are rightly baptized, to give up themselves to some particular and orderly church of Jesus Christ, that they may walk in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.” (Page 28)
“The rule which God at first revealed to man for his obedience was the moral law” (Pages 13–14)
“God executes his decrees in the works of creation and providence” (Page 5)
- Title: The Baptist Catechism, Commonly Called Keach’s Catechism: Or, a Brief Instruction in the Principles of the Christian Religion
- Author: Benjamin Keach
- Publisher: American Baptist Publication Society
- Print Publication Date: 1851
- Logos Release Date: 2016
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Baptists › Catechisms; Baptists › Creeds; Baptists
- Resource ID: LLS:KCHSCTCHSCTCHSM
- Resource Type: text.monograph.catechism
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-08-11T19:11:09Z