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Excerpt from The Doctrine of the Russian Church: Being the Primer or Spelling Book, the Shorter Longer Catechisms,& a Treatise on the Duty of Parish Priests A translation of it into English was published shortly afterwards at London, A.D. 1723, under the title of The Russian Catechism; and reached a second edition. II. and III. The Shorter and Longer Catechisms are printed and published by the Synodal Press not only in the Slavonic, but also in the modern-Russian character and idiom. Both of them in that form, in which they now stand, and in which alone they are enjoined to be used, were drawn up by Philaret, the present illustrious Metropolitan of Moscow, and after careful revision were not merely approved and licensed, but adopted and promulgated by the Most Holy Synod as the Catechisms of the Church Herself, A.D. 1839. The Longer Catechism, in particular, having been translated into Greek, and sent to all the Eastern Patriarchs and other Churches of the same Rite and Communion, and having been received on all sides with unanimous approbation, has a just claim to that title which it bears in the original, and which literally translated would stand thus: A Full Catechism of the Orthodox Catholic Church of the East: though the word 'Full' having reference also to the 'Short Catechism' of the Russian Church, it was found difficult to give this title with exactness in the translation. It must not, however, be supposed that these two Catechisms either in their present form, or in that in which they were first published for the single Diocese of Moscow, originated solely with the Metropolitan, who has been named as their Author. They are in fact, though recast, and much improved in method and style by his labour, and by that of the Synod itself, yet in substance the representatives of older Catechisms under similar titles, which have been from time to time authorized by the Spiritual Authorities; though none before these have ever been appropriated in so distinct a manner by the Church Herself. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.