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Dive into its timeless wisdom and deepen your faith journey.\n\n---\n\n*Note: The Baltimore Catechism is not just a relic of the past—it's a living resource for spiritual growth.* 🙏📖\" aria-description=\"\" class=\"content user-select-text\" aria-level=\"6\" role=\"heading\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ac-container ac-adaptiveCard\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ac-textBlock\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeight: 1.56 kg I Dimension: 18 x 5 x 26 cm I Paperback: 740 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis edition of the Baltimore Cathechism contains all four volumes of the catechism in one edition. A Catechism of Christian Doctrine, Prepared and Enjoined by Order of the Third Council of Baltimore (or, simply, the Baltimore Catechism) was the de facto standard Catholic school text in the United States from 1885 to the late 1960s. It was the first such catechism written for Catholics in North America, replacing a translation of Bellarmine's Small Catechism. In response to criticisms, various editions include annotations or other modifications. The Baltimore Catechism remained in use in nearly all Catholic schools until many moved away from catechism-based education, though it is still used up to this day in some. In the nineteenth century, repeated efforts had been made in the United States towards an arrangement by which a uniform textbook of Christian Doctrine might be used by all Catholics. As early as 1829, the bishops assembled in the First Provincial Council of Baltimore, Maryland decreed: \"A catechism shall be written which is better adapted to the circumstances of this Province; it shall give the Christian Doctrine as explained in Cardinal Bellarmine's Catechism (1597), and when approved by the Holy See, it shall be published for the common use of Catholics\" (Decr. xxxiii). The clause recommending Bellarmine's Catechism as a model was added at the special request of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith. 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Fr Armand de Malleray has a gift in explaining traditional doctrine and practice without losing anything in depth or precision. In a lively, innovative and engaging style ‘Ego Eimi – It is I’ passes on the timeless treasures of Traditional Catholic Faith and is a great service to the Church.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"endorsement-source\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"endorser-name\"\u003eFr. Marcus Holden\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"endorser-title\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"endorsement-repeater-row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"endorsement-column-right\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMay the present book of Rev. Fr. de Malleray, FSSP, a beautiful and impressive ‘paper shrine to the Most Holy Eucharist,’ have a wide diffusion and be a practical spiritual aid in order to renew the Catholic Faith, the Catholic love, and the Catholic worship of the Sacrament of the Most Holy Eucharist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"endorsement-source\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"endorser-name\"\u003eVery Rev. Athanasius Schneider\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"endorser-title\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"endorsement-repeater-row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"endorsement-column-right\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"endorsement-text\"\u003eThis highly readable, informative, and edifying treatise on the Holy Eucharist will enrich the understanding and devotion of Catholics regardless of their prior knowledge of the subject: I recommend it wholeheartedly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"endorsement-source\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"endorser-name\"\u003eDr. Joseph Shaw\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"endorser-title\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"endorsement-repeater-row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"endorsement-column-right\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"endorsement-text\"\u003eIn this book, Fr. de Malleray has given us a vivid introduction to the ‘font and apex of the Christian life,’ with unexpected angles and brilliant connections that refresh an old subject for contemporary readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"endorsement-source\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"endorser-name\"\u003eDr. Peter Kwasniewski\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"endorser-title\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"endorsement-repeater-row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"endorsement-column-right\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"endorsement-text\"\u003eA very useful contribution to the people’s understanding of the mystery of the Eucharist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"endorsement-source\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"endorser-name\"\u003eMost Rev. 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Theologian Laennec Hurbon may be cited as representing a belief among many authors that no Pope before 1890 condemned slavery when he states that, \\\".. . one can search in vain through the interventions of the holy See-those of Pius V, Urban VIII and Benedict XIV-for any condemnation of the actual principle of slavery.\\\" \"],[\"span\",{\"bold\":true,\"color\":\"rgb(0, 204, 0)\",\"sz\":11,\"szUnit\":\"pt\",\"data-type\":\"leaf\"},\"[2]\"],[\"span\",{\"color\":\"rgb(0, 204, 0)\",\"sz\":11,\"szUnit\":\"pt\",\"data-type\":\"leaf\"},\" \"],[\"span\",{\"color\":\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\",\"sz\":11,\"szUnit\":\"pt\",\"data-type\":\"leaf\"},\"Author John F. Maxwell wrote in his 1975 work on slavery that the Church did not correct its teaching on the moral legitimacy of slavery until 1965, with the publication from the Second Vatican Council of the Constitution \"],[\"span\",{\"bold\":true,\"color\":\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\",\"italic\":true,\"sz\":11,\"szUnit\":\"pt\",\"data-type\":\"leaf\"},\"Gaudium et Spes\"],[\"span\",{\"color\":\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\",\"sz\":11,\"szUnit\":\"pt\",\"data-type\":\"leaf\"},\". \"],[\"span\",{\"color\":\"rgb(0, 204, 0)\",\"sz\":11,\"szUnit\":\"pt\",\"data-type\":\"leaf\"},\"[3]\\n\\n\"],[\"span\",{\"color\":\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\",\"sz\":11,\"szUnit\":\"pt\",\"data-type\":\"leaf\"},\"There existed of course the practice of various types of slavery before the 15th century. However, it was not until the 15th century, and with growing frequency from the 16th to the 19th centuries, that racial slavery as we know it became a major problem. It is this form of servitude that is called to mind when we think today of the institution of slavery, and is the type which was to prevail in parts of the New World for over four centuries.\\n\\nThis brings us back to our initial question: When did the Church condemn this slavery? If it was not until 1890, or even 1965, then a great shadow has indeed been cast upon the Magisterium. 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In this article we will address three-from many more-of the responses of the Papal Magisterium to the widespread enslavement that accompanied the Age of Discovery and beyond.\"]]]]'\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen did the Catholic Church condemn slavery? According to some notable figures, the Church did not finally condemn slavery until recently. Federal judge and scholar John T. Noonan states that it was not until 1890 that the Church condemned the institution of slavery. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e[1]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e He and others argue that slavery is one of the areas in which the Church has changed its moral teaching to suit the times, and that the time for this change did not come until near the end of the last century. 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