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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]
It is a more concise, dialogic and illustrated version of the Catechism. [33]: Introduction The text of the Compendium is available in fourteen languages on the Vatican website, which also gives the text of the Catechism itself in ten languages. [33] Youcat is a 2011 publication aimed at helping youth understand the Catechism.
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;
Catechesis (/ ˌ k æ t ə ˈ k iː s ɪ s /; from Greek: κατήχησις, "instruction by word of mouth", generally "instruction") [1] [2] is basic Christian religious education of children and adults, often from a catechism book.
A Catechism of Christian Doctrine, Prepared and Enjoined by Order of the Third Council of Baltimore, or simply the Baltimore Catechism, [1] was the national Catholic catechism for children in the United States, based on Robert Bellarmine's 1614 Small Catechism. The first such catechism written for Catholics in North America, it was the standard ...
Luther's Large Catechism (German: Der Große Katechismus) is a catechism by Martin Luther. It consists of works written by Luther and compiled Christian canonical texts , published in April 1529. This book was addressed particularly to clergymen to aid them in teaching their congregations, and to fathers for instructing their families.
The 1559 Book of Common Prayer, [note 1] also called the Elizabethan prayer book, is the third edition of the Book of Common Prayer and the text that served as an official liturgical book of the Church of England throughout the Elizabethan era. Elizabeth I became Queen of England in 1558 following the death of her Catholic half-sister Mary I.
The Confraternity of Christian Doctrine is now commonly referred to by its abbreviation, CCD, or simply as "Catechism", and provides religious education to Catholic children attending secular schools. Inconsistently, CCD has also been offered under a spectrum of banners and acronyms, but all serve the same parochial function of providing a ...