History A-Level
Catechism
What Catechism means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Catechism
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
A teaching text, the Large Catechism for clergy and adults and the Small Catechism for children and households, both of 1529.
Topics that use Catechism
- The development of Lutheranism, 1521–46 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- German Mass
- Political authority and obedience
- Princely alliances
- Real Presence
- Reformation and social revolt
- Religious radicalism and order
- Edict of Worms
- heretic
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