The Small CatechismLuther, for the head of the household

Written in 1529 to be taught at home: short texts, each followed by the question “What does this mean?” and a plain answer.

The Catechism

1. Luther’s Preface
2. Part One: The Ten Commandments
3. Part Two: The Creed
4. Part Three: The Lord’s Prayer
5. Part Four: Holy Baptism
6. Of Confession
7. Part Five: The Sacrament of the Altar

Appendix

1. Morning and Evening Prayer
2. Blessing and Thanksgiving at Table
3. Table of Duties

Text: The Book of Concord, translated by Henry Eyster Jacobs (Philadelphia, 1911), public domain. The wording is Jacobs’s, not the modern Concordia text, so it will differ from the version you may know. Luther’s fuller teaching on the same parts is in the Large Catechism.