The Anglican Church in North America has issued a new catechism. The damn thing makes my head hurt. It was put together by a task force, don't you know, and is seventy-two pages long. (That's not the extended version, which contains a vision statement.)
Now, I have only glanced at the thing, but you can see right away that it's doomed. Among the 'guidelines for drafting' used by the task force we read, 'Everything taught should be compatible with, and acceptable to, all recognized schools of Anglican thought . . . ' (p. 4). That gives away the game before it has even started. It is that sort of latitudinarian 'comprehensiveness' that sank the Anglican Church.
For my house, Luther's Small Catechism will do just fine. If you want something larger, he also wrote a Large Catechism, so you should have plenty to read.
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