The Assembly’s shorter catechism
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his small textbook contains two separate works. The Assembly's Shorter Catechism was originally compiled in 1647, at the height of the English Reformation, so parents and clergy could train their children to be good Protestants. It contains more than 100 questions and answers about God, sin, human nature, Jesus Christ, the Ten Commandments and other doctrinal subjects; the final questions teach and explain the Lord's Prayer. It became a popular work among Protestant missionaries. In this edition, after the text of the Assembly Catechism are printed Rev. Isaac Watts "Shorter Catechism for Children," excerpts from the gospels of John and Matthew, and selected Psalms. At the foot of page 34 is the note, "The foregoing is printed in the Moheakunnuk, or Stockbridge Indian language." This translation into Mohican was made by Stockbridge Indian sachems John W. Quinney (1787-1855) and Capt. Hendrick Aupaumut (c. 1757-1829), before the Stockbridge moved to Wisconsin. It is one of several works
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Westminster Assembly, 1643-1652
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- Recollection Wisconsin
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- Wisconsin Historical Society
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- Pamphlets in Rare Book Collection
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- Native Americans
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- Mahican
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- Westminster Assembly, 1643-1652. The Assembly’s shorter catechism. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/29178. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
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- Westminster Assembly, 1643-1652, The Assembly’s shorter catechism. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/29178
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- Westminster Assembly, 1643-1652. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/29178>.