catechism

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He may have gone to catechism class, but he hasn't done his homework.

From Salon • May 23, 2025

Billie Jo Medders can recite her history with Kevin McCarthy like a well-worn catechism.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2023

When she was just 4 years old, Quintanilla recited creeds — statements of belief — at her grandmother’s catechism classes in church.

From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2023

Francis quoted the catechism of the church, which teaches that L.G.B.T.Q. people should not be marginalized but instead welcomed.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2023

After dinner their father sat down to read the Bible, and Grandpa and James and George sat as still as mice on their bench with their catechism.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder