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Future CDF Prefect William Levada wrote the Catechism's glossary. The project's editorial secretary was the future Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, OP. [6] Reminiscing those days, Ratzinger said in 2011: "I must confess that even today it seems a miracle to me that this project [the Catechism of the Catholic Church] was ultimately successful". [7]
Codex Manesse, fol. 292v, "The Schoolmaster of Esslingen" (Der Schulmeister von Eßlingen). A catechism (/ ˈ k æ t ə ˌ k ɪ z əm /; from Ancient Greek: κατηχέω, "to teach orally") is a summary or exposition of doctrine and serves as a learning introduction to the Sacraments traditionally used in catechesis, or Christian religious teaching of children and adult converts. [1]
The Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, §. 432, enumerates the same five: [3] to attend Mass on Sundays and other holy days of obligation and to refrain from work and activities which could impede the sanctification of those days; to confess one's sins, receiving the sacrament of Reconciliation at least once each year;
The Common Catechism: A Book of Christian Faith is an ecumenical Christian catechism that is the result of Catholic-Protestant dialogue and work. [1] It was first published in 1973 and is the first joint catechism published by theologians of the Catholic Church, and the Lutheran Church and the Reformed Church, among other Protestant traditions, since the Reformation: [2] [3]
In 1536, the Abbot Castellino da Castello had inaugurated a system of Sunday schools in Milan.Around 1560, a wealthy Milanese nobleman, Marco de Sadis-Cusani, having established himself in Rome, was joined by a number of zealous associates, both priests and laymen, and pledged to instruct both children and adults in Christian doctrine.
Jean Gerson's L'ABC des simples gens was an important catechetical work published at the advent of the printing press. Along with Gerson's other catechetical works, it addressed the unique problems of teaching the faith to children. [19] Sixteenth-century Christian humanists considered the reform of catechesis to be a high priority. [20]
The Catholic Catechism is a major volume on the teachings of the Catholic Church written by John Hardon and published in 1975. It was written at the request of Pope Paul VI to counter the emergence of perceived rampant liberalism after the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). [citation needed] By 1977, 100,000 copies had been sold. [1]