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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.
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 role of a Catholic catechist is to catechize (teach; variant spelling is catechise [1]) the faith of the Catholic Church by both word and example. The Directory for Catechesis states that faith must be "known, celebrated, lived, and turned into prayer" in a personal and total encounter of the heart, mind and senses with Christ. [2]
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The word catechumen comes from the passive form of the Greek word κατηχέω (katēcheō), which is used seven times in the New Testament. In the passive, it means "to be instructed, informed." The catechumenate slowly developed from the development of doctrine and the need to test converts against the dangers of falling away.
The Catechism, using very traditional arguments, posits that God gave permission for images that symbolize Christian salvation by leaving symbols such as the bronze serpent, and the cherubim on the Ark of the Covenant. It states that "by becoming incarnate, the Son of God introduced a new economy of images". [39] [40]
The Roman Catechism or Catechism of the Council of Trent is a compendium of Catholic doctrine commissioned during the Counter-Reformation by the Council of Trent, to expound doctrine and to improve the theological understanding of the clergy. It was published in 1566.