Two Short Catechisms

Name: Two Short Catechisms
Author: John Owen

John Owen (1616–1683) was the foremost Puritan theologian of seventeenth-century England. A child prodigy at Oxford, he became dean of Christ Church and vice-chancellor of the university under Cromwell, while preaching and writing works of great depth. The Mortification of Sin, Communion with God, and his massive exposition of Hebrews — many of them in our library — still define Puritan divinity at its most searching and exact.

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First published: 1645
Category: Theology
Length: 10k words · about 1 hour
Chapters: 31

About this book

Two catechisms by the young John Owen, published in 1645: a greater catechism for instructed believers and a lesser one for beginners. In question-and-answer form Owen sets out the doctrines of God, the covenant, Christ, and the Christian life. An early work from the theologian who became Puritan England's leading divine.

Two Short Catechisms wherein the Principles of the Doctrine of Christ are Unfolded and Explained
Prefatory Note
The Epistle Dedicatory
The Lesser Catechism 🔒
Chapter I — Of the Scripture 🔒
Chapter II — Of God 🔒
Chapter III — Of the Holy Trinity 🔒
Chapter IV — Of the Works of God; and, First, of those that are Internal and Immanent 🔒
Chapter V — Of the Works of God that outwardly are of Him 🔒
Chapter VI — Of God’s actual Providence 🔒
Chapter VII — Of the Law of God 🔒
Chapter VIII — Of the State of Corrupted Nature 🔒
Chapter IX — Of the Incarnation of Christ 🔒
Chapter X — Of the Person of Jesus Christ 🔒
Chapter XI — Of the Offices of Christ; and, First, of His Kingly 🔒
Chapter XII — Of Christ’s Priestly Office 🔒
Chapter XIII — Of Christ’s Prophetical Office 🔒
Chapter XIV — Of the Two-fold Estate of Christ 🔒
Chapter XV — Of the Persons to whom the Benefits of Christ’s Offices do belong 🔒
Chapter XVI — Of the Church 🔒
Chapter XVII — Of Faith 🔒
Chapter XVIII — Of our Vocation, or God’s Calling us 🔒
Chapter XIX — Of Justification 🔒
Chapter XX — Of Sanctification 🔒
Chapter XXI — Of the Privileges of Believers 🔒
Chapter XXII — Of the Sacraments of the New Covenant in particulalr, — a holy right whereunto is the Fourth Privilege of Believers 🔒
Chapter XXIII — Of Baptism 🔒
Chapter XXIV — Of the Lord’s Supper 🔒
Chapter XXV — Of the Communion of Saints, — the Fifth Privilege of Believers 🔒
Chapter XXVI — Of Particular Churches 🔒
Chapter XXVII — Of the Last Privilege of Believers, — being the Door of Entrance into Glory 🔒