Instructions, 1853

File — Box: 5, Folder: 10

1853

Scope and Contents

An unnamed set of 111 instructions (1-25): (1) "The Necessity of Catechism & the Study of Religion," (2) "The Creed and the Existence of God," (3) "The Nature and Perfections of God," (4-5) "The Mystery of the B[lessed] Trinity," (6) "The Creation," (7) "The Angels," (8) "Of Man," (9) "Fall of Adam," (10) "Consequence of the Sin of Adam," (11) "The Descendents of Adam & the Deluge," (12) "The Descendents of Noe, of Abraham & the Sacrafice [sic] of Isaac," (13) "The People of God from Abraham to Their Exodus from Egypt," (14) "Of the Law of Moses, of Josue and the Judges," (15) "Saul, David & Solomon," (16) "The Schism of the Ten Tribes, the Kingdom of Israel to Its Dispersion, & of the Tribe of Juda to the Captivity of Babylon," (17) "On the Prophecies," (18) "Of the Jews from the Captivity of Babylon to the Coming of Jesus Christ, and of the Gentiles," (20) "The Conception of Jesus Christ," (23) "The Presentation of Jesus Christ in the Temple, His Flight Into Egypt, and the Massacre of the Holy Innocents," (24) "The Life of Jesus Christ in Nazareth," and (25) "The Baptism of Jesus Christ by St. John, the Fast of This Man--God and His Temptation in the Desert."

Note: beginning with (40), Mulledy assigned a numeral to each sewn booklet that does not match the number written out in the title; the processing archivist has chosen to follow the former for the remaining documents (41-111). Further, (19), (21-22), and (42) are missing from the collection.

Dates

1853

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