«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).