A Pastime for Parents

A Puritan catechism structured as a dialogue between Father and Child, designed to impart the foundations of Christian doctrine through household conversation. Moving systematically through the nature of God, the Trinity, creation, the fall, salvation through Christ, the law, the sacraments, and Christian living, it equips parents to instruct their children in the faith. Written in 1606 by Arthur Dent, a beloved Essex minister, this warm and accessible work exemplifies practical Puritan piety at its most intimate — theology taught in the home, one question at a time.