Excerpt from Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism: Based on Dr. Erick Pontoppidan For obvious reasons a literal translation has not been made of certain questions and answers whose origi nal phraseology depended on the Norwegian Catechism text. In these cases the translation has been conformed to the text of the Standard English Version. Otherwise the original has been followed as closely as possible. May the blessing of God attend this little book on its mission among the children and young people of our Church, and prosper it as a means of establishing them in the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.