4 December 1861: “What is the chief end of man?”

Item description: Small printed catechism “ratified by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in The United States at August, Ga.” published by the Presbyterian Committee of Publication in Richmond, Virginia. Much of the content is arranged as a set of questions and answers.

To see inside, view the entire scanned catechism as a PDF via this link.

Item citation: The Westminster shorter catechism ratified by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States at Augusta, Ga., December 4, 1861. Richmond, Va. : Presbyterian Committee of Publication, 1861. So. Pam. 4115. Southern Pamphlet Collection, Rare Book Collection, Wilson Library, UNC Chapel Hill.

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