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Get Back to Basics

Dr. Martin Luther wrote the Small Catechism to provide Christians a simple way to teach and learn the Holy Scriptures. His work is as valuable to us today as it was when first written.

A new way to learn the essential teachings of Christianity

The Internet is being harnessed to have a profound effect on Christian education. Lutheran Online brings you a new way to learn the Small Catechism.

Learn by Interacting!

Now you can learn how you want to and when you want to. Whether it is online testing, MP3 audio, mobile text, iPaper, or digital slides, this is the Small Catechism for the Internet generation.

TheSmallCatechism.com is a production of Lutheran Online, an organization dedicated to proclaiming Law and Gospel to the Internet Generation.
An Understandable Translation

We use a modern translation of the Small Catechism by Rev. Robert E. Smith that speaks your language.

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Wartburg Castle is where Martin Luther hid out as "Knight George" after the Diet of Worms in 1521. Here he completed his translation of the Bible to German and is said to have "fought the Devil with ink".