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ROBERT E DUNN

catechism

8/9/2022

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The Catechism of the Catholic Church is a catechism promulgated by Pope St. John Paul II in 1992. Its aim is to summarize, in book form, the main beliefs of the Catholic Church.

According to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, “The Catechism consists of 2,865 paragraphs, each of which is numbered. There is an internal cross-referencing system among the paragraphs which makes it simple to find all the passages in the Catechism which treat a particular subject. In addition, the Catechism provides several indices for ease in locating particular passages. Indices are organized according to themes, Scriptural citations, symbols of the faith, documents of ecumenical councils, documents of other councils and synods, pontifical documents, ecclesiastical documents, canon law, liturgical texts, and ecclesiastical authors.”

It is at the level of doctrine, and all people are obliged to accept.

Page length, my editions
Catechism (AD 1992)  928
Douay-Rheims Bible (AD 1582, 1609, 1610 - first English Bible)  1,408
Roman Missal (AD 1962 - this Missal uses the Douay-Rheims)  1,852

Note: Sometimes, I lift quotes from a Catholic Bible other than the Douay-Rheims.
1 Comment
Sam
8/20/2022 10:08:17 am

It is my understanding that the Catechism of the Catholic Church is not infallible, that is, it may contain error. It is my understanding that we are not obliged to accept error, I don't think anyone would deny us that right. It is my understanding that if we prayerfully do our research and we encounter a teaching in the Catechism or by clergy that we find to be in doubt or incorrect, we may lawfully withhold our assent. That means, we need to know our faith (they call it "proper formation"). Maybe if you don't know your faith then you are obliged to accept what is written in the Catechism or taught by the clergy. If proper belief is needed to be saved, God, please help us to have proper formation. To know my faith, at least I can trust (with certainty) Scripture, the 8 Fathers of the Church (Sts Jerome, Augustine, Gregory the Great and Nazianzus, Basil, Ambrose, Athanasius, John Crysostom), as well as the first 19 of 21 councils. There is more I can trust, like St Aquinas and St Alphonsus, ex cathedra statements, and more, but Scripture, 8 Fathers, and Councils are a good start in our formation. Lets start with that and build on a good foundation, always relying on the Holy Spirit. I have had clergy discourage me from such an approach. I always thought that to be curious and still do not understand why. "It is at the level of doctrine, and all people are obliged to accept." is a very powerful statement and there is a disconnect between the "Principle" and that statement, and I know that statement is from Vatican 1 or is very similar to what is said in Vatican 1, so that statement carries alot of authority but I have doubt about it.

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