Sentences with phrase «catechism says»

«To love him and serve him» as the penny catechism says might not be far from the truth — at least as far as the «serve him» bit goes (and ignoring the gender specific language for a bit as well).
And a falsehood which fosters formal cooperation with seriously wrong acts does, as the Catechism says, «irreparable harm -LSB-... to] the whole of society».
As a protestant, I don't know what the Catholic Catechism says, I do know what the Westminster Catechism says though, but more importantly, I know what the Bible says about the issue.
«By saying this, I said what the catechism says,» the pope told Spadaro.
As the Catechism says, «Charity... is always... the soul of the whole apostolate» (point 864).
The mutual attraction between man and woman naturally has its physical aspect and this too, as the Catechism says, is part of «the Creator's own gift» (no. 1607).
The Catechism says that the real distinction of the Persons comes about because of the real relations that each has to the other.
As the new Catechism says «Creation was made for the Church» (para. 760).
The Catechism says, «Everyone, man and woman, should acknowledge and accept his sexual identity.
Indeed the catechism says: «The world was made for the sake of the Church... [which] is the convocation of men in Christ», (n. 760).
The Catechism says that Reconciliation «brings about a true «spiritual resurrection» restoration of... [our] precious friendship with God» (CCC 1468).
I suggest you read what the catechism says not what you think it says.
«A sound Christian attitude consists in putting oneself confidently into the hands of Providence for whatever concerns the future,» the Catechism says.
communication with our God, is what makes us truly human, As the Old Catechism said.
Seems like the various catechisms say that «sin is breaking God's law.»
Is our chief end to glorify God and enjoy Him forever, as the old catechisms say?

Not exact matches

People need to get their facts straight on these issues and read what the Catechism of the Catholic Church says on these issues.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church says that «Christians of the first centuries said God created the world for the sake of communion with his divine life, a communion brought about by the «convocation» [gathering together] of men in Christ, and this «convocation» is the Church».
In primary schools, there should be atleast one classroom set (say, 30 copies) of The Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
Even those who formalized the doctrine (the RCC) say openly in their Catechism that nobody can properly understand it, so just accept it and don't ask questions.
Suffice it to say that implicit in the novel's conclusion is the understanding of confession articulated in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, which declares that «Interior repentance is a radical reorientation of our whole life, a conversion to God with all our heart, an end of sin, a turning away from evil, with repugnance toward the evil actions we have committed.»
«The most important book published by the Holy See in this generation for Catholic education,» says Bishop O'Donoghue, «is theCatechism of the Catholic Church, and its summary, the Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church»; he says that «it is vital that both the Catechismand the Compendiumare used by teachers in our schools and colleges, who can guide pupils in how to make best use of them»; that «the key to unlocking this treasury of Church teaching....
The Catechism again says that the Church is «already present in figure [in the community of our first parents] at the beginning of the world, this Church was prepared in marvellous fashion in the history of the people of Israel and the old Covenant.
The Catechism does say (1254) that an infant's godparents — and surely by implication his or her parents too — «must be firm believers, able and ready to help the newly baptized... on the road of Christian life.»
The Catechism of the Catholic Church says that «Harmony with creation is broken: visible creation has become alien and hostile to man.
As the Catechism of the Catholic Church says, it is «an eschatological image of this heavenly Bride of Christ [the Church] and of the life to come» (922 - 4).
As the Catechism of the Catholic Church says, the particularity of her service will vary according to her gifts.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church gives an appealing but also a very self - committing description, saying that consent is the act «by which the spouses mutually give and receive one another» (no. 1639).
It was, it will be remembered, received with great acclaim in Rome, among others by Archbishop Mauro Piacenza, Secretary for the Congregation for Clergy, who said that his outfit had «studied the document with great interest and hopes it will become an example for other Dioceses in the country in their implementation of the General Directory for Catechesis and the Catechism of the Catholic Church.»
He said that baptism means «that our sinful self, with all its evil deeds and desires, should be drowned through daily repentance, and that day after day a new self should arise to live with God in righteousness and purity forever» (The Small Catechism).
If I'm wrong post a citation from the Westminster or Roman catechism that says we don't have to give a reason for our beliefs.
«These are the truths we all know and have known since childhood catechism,» he says in effect, «but see what it means really to believe them; see what sort of person they should be fashioning us into, and fashioning us into from the inside; see what spiritual reality we should be expressing in our inner person and living out in our daily lives.»
After reducing the just causes for resort to force to one, self - defense (§ 2308), the Catechism further limits this in § 2309 by four prudential conditions, all of which it says must be satisfied: «the damage inflicted by the aggressor on the nation or the community of nations must be lasting, grave, and certain; all other means of putting an end to it must have been shown to be impractical or ineffective [last resort]; there must be serious prospects of success; the use of arms must not produce evils and disorders graver than the evil to be eliminated.
If you look back i mention several times that I am telling you why the catholic church doesn't accept gay marriage, I never said that this was my personal opinion about it or even that I completely agree with the catechism (sorry for my spelling errors).
«I thank thee», said the stranger, «and I shall be glad to take my share in the catechism with the others, if thou wilt.»
As a small project, why not photocopy those words from the Catechism, and send the copy to your Member of Parliament with a brief note, saying that this is the message that you will be teaching the children in your Confirmation group / parish youth group / RE class and you would like an assurance that it is not against the law to do so?
The Catechism of the Catholic Church says that «God has bound salvation to the sacrament of baptism, but he himself is not bound by his sacraments» (n. 1257).
There is no mention of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, published in 1992 and surely, as Bishop O'Donoghue in his document says, «the most important book published by the Holy See in this generation for Catholic education.»
Schools says, «The organic structure of the Catechism of the Catholic Church is divided into four parts or movements corresponding to the four fundamental aspects of our life in Christ that we see in The Acts of the Apostles.»
Theeditor too points to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, which says that we are in the image of God especially because of the soul and that the body shares in this image.
Catechumens who die before baptism are said to receive the grace of the sacrament because of «their desire to receive it, together with repentance of their sins and charity» (Catechism of the Catholic Church in 1259).
By this definition faith and vision are mutually exclusive, which leaves us in the curious position of holding that Jesus Christ did not possess the theological virtue of faith, the one perfect in his humanity did not share in which the Catechism describes as the «virtue by which we believe in God and believe all that he has said and revealed to us» (§ 1814).
In other words, it's time to junk everything the Church has ever said on the matter, clearly spelt out in the Catechism of the Catholic Church (article 2357): ``....
What does the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) say about the requirements for salvation?
The Catechism quotes St Augustine, who said:
And our real nature, transcending the level of any purely biological inheritance, is to imitate the goodness and fidelity of God, as Jesus said (Matt.5: 48; cf Catechism of the Catholic Church § 1648).
It is really not surprising, however, that religious education experts say the Catechism is «over the heads of the people.»
Alister McGrath is right in saying that the Catechism «must be in the hands of every person concerned with the future of evangelical relations with Roman Catholicism.»
It seems to follow» as the Catechism, in turn, seems to say» that if a murderer can be kept from killing again by any means short of execution, the death penalty can not legitimately be imposed.
After the Fall, says the Catechism, «the harmony in which they [Adam and Eve] had found themselves, thanks to original justice, is now destroyed: the control of the soul's spiritual faculties over the body is shattered» (400); and, it adds, this disorder can extend to the marital relationship itself: «the union of man and woman becomes subject to tensions, their relations henceforth marked by lust and domination» (ib.; cf. 409).
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