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  • The Catechism Explained: An Exhaustive Exposition of the Christian Religion, with Special Reference to the Present State of Society and the Spirit of the Age: A Practical Manual for the Use of the Preacher, the Catechist, the Teacher, and the Family; Made Attractive and Interesting by Illustrations, Comparisons, and Quotations from the Scriptures, the Fathers, and other Writers, from the original of Rev. Francis Spirago, edited by Rev. Richard F. Clarke, S.J., with a new foreword by Fr. Chad Ripperger, Ph.D. (Post Falls, ID: Mediatrix Press, 2020). With Imprimatur. The paperback may be purchased on this page of Mediatrix Press. The ebook, paperback, and hardcover may be purchased at Amazon.

For the support of faithful Catholic Christian publishers, we ask all readers with material means to purchase the book or ebook on this page of Mediatrix Press or through Amazon. Nonetheless, for the spiritual benefit of all, especially those without ample temporal wealth, we post the following links to legally free or legally online copies of the ebook–with the request that, if they read it to their edification, they purchase the text from faithful Catholic publishers when they gain the means to do so:

  • The Catechism Explained: An Exhaustive Exposition of the Christian Religion, with Special Reference to the Present State of Society and the Spirit of the Age: A Practical Manual for the Use of the Preacher, the Catechist, the Teacher, and the Family; Made Attractive and Interesting by Illustrations, Comparisons, and Quotations from the Scriptures, the Fathers, and other Writers, from the original of Rev. Francis Spirago, edited by Rev. Richard F. Clarke, S.J. (New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: Benziger Brothers, 1899). May be read online, and available in multiple formats (pdf, epub, kindle/mobi, txt, Daisy, and djvu) at Internet Archive and Open Library.

One may also read these other works by the same author:

  • Anecdotes and Examples Illustrating the Catholic Catechism, selected and arranged by Rev. Francis Spirago, supplemented, adapted to the Baltimore Catechism, and edited by Rev. James J. Baxter (New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: Benziger Brothers, 1904). Available in various formats (pdf, epub, mobi/kindle, etc.) at Internet Archive with a second copy at Internet Archive; and available in pdf format at FishEaters. [N.B., The website FishEaters evinces hostility to the Second Vatican Council that requires correction with the hermeneutic of continuity. Please read other texts on the website with prayerful caution.]
  • Spirago’s Method of Christian Doctrine; a Manual for Priests, Teachers, and Parents, by Franz Spirago, edited by Archbishop Sebastian Gebhard Messmer (New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: Benziger Brothers, 1901). With Imprimatur. Available on Internet Archive and Open Library, with a second copy at Open Library and Internet Archive, and another copy at Open Library.

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