What is man?
Man is a creature composed of a body and soul, and made to the image and likeness of God.
Kinkead’s explanation of the Baltimore Catechism · approved historical edition.
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The Catechism in a Year
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Why Be Catholic and Not Just Christian?
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What Would It Mean to ‘Prove’ God Exists?
The Thomistic Institute · Aquinas 101
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Thomas L. Kinkead; sixth edition; Benziger Brothers, copyright 1891. Printed page 38, question 3.
Michael Augustine, Archbishop of New York; nihil obstat D. J. McMahon; 1891-09-05.
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