Catechism of the Catholic Church

Catechism of the Catholic Church: Encyclopedia - Catechism of the Catholic Church

The Catechism of the Catholic Church, or CCC, is an official exposition of the teachings of the Catholic Church, first published in French in 1992 by the authority of Pope John Paul II.[1] Subsequently, in 1997, a Latin text was issued which is now the official text of reference [2] the contents of the first French text being amended at a few points [3] The volume, which is a stout book of over 900 pages, has since been translated into many other languages, including English, and became an instant best-seller. Thi ...

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Catechism of the Catholic Church: Encyclopedia II - Catechism of the Catholic Church - Conclusion Whether one considers these criticisms well-founded or baseless, CCC is clearly a prime source today for knowledge of the teaching of the Catholic Church, both in general and on particular questions that were not raised in previous official compilations, such as the Catechism of Pope Pius V or of the Council of Trent,[13] or that of Pope Pius X[14]. It is an authoritative source, declared by Pope John Paul II to be "a sure norm for teaching the faith and thus ...

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Catechism of the Catholic Church: Encyclopedia - Book of Baruch

The Book of Baruch is a deuterocanonical book, found in the Greek Bible (LXX) and in the Vulgate Bible, but not in the Hebrew Bible, although it was included in Theodotion's version¹. Scholars propose that it was written during or shortly after the period of the Maccabees². Baruch is found among the prophetical books which include Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, (Baruch), Ezekiel, Daniel, and the twelve minor prophets. Book of Baruch - Liturgical use. Bar 3:9-38 is used in the liturgy of Holy Saturday dur ...

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Catechism of the Catholic Church: Encyclopedia - Catholicism

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Catechism of the Catholic Church: Encyclopedia - Second Vatican Council

9 decrees: Ad Gentes (Mission Activity) Apostolicam Actuositatem (Lay People) Christus Dominus (Bishops in the Church) Inter Mirifica (Social Communication) Optatam Totius (Priestly Training) Orientalium Ecclesiarum (Eastern Churches) Perfectæ Caritatis (Renewal of Religious Life) Presbyterorum Ordinis (Life of Priests) Unitatis Redintegratio (Ecumenism) 3 declarations: Including:

Second Vatican Council - Issues

Catechism of the Catholic Church: Encyclopedia - Baptism by desire

Baptism by desire (latin Baptismus Flaminis) is primarily a Roman Catholic teaching which asserts that those who desire baptism, but are not baptized with water through the Christian ritual because of death, nevertheless bring about the fruits of Baptism. Hence, the Catechism of the Catholic Church observes, "For catechumens who die before their Baptism, their explicit desire to receive it, together with repentance for their sins, and charity, assures them the salvation that they we ...

Catechism of the Catholic Church: Encyclopedia - Universal call to holiness

Universal Call to Holiness and Apostolate is a teaching of the Roman Catholic Church that all people are called to be holy. Not only does this term cover the need for all to enter the Roman Catholic Church (like the term "Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus", meaning that there is no salvation outside the Roman Catholic Church which means, according to the Roman Catholic Catechism, that all salvation comes from Christ), but also states that all within the church should live holy lives and spread holiness to others. This term is used by ...

Catechism of the Catholic Church: Encyclopedia - Full communion

Full communion is completeness of that relationship between Christian individuals and groups which is known as communion. Implying a unity unbroken by heresy or schism, it requires agreement on essential doctrine and practice and a willingness to have close relations. Absolute uniformity in theology and usage is not necessary: provided that this essential unity is maintained, different unders ...

Catechism of the Catholic Church: Encyclopedia - Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus

The Latin phrase Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus, meaning: "Outside the Church there is no salvation", is a teaching of the Roman Catholic Church that, though not formally defined as a dogma, is a definitive doctrine of the Church, and is mentioned in the profession of faith of the Fourth Lateran Council: "... One, moreover, is the universal Church of the faithful, outside of which no one at all is saved." Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus - Official Roman Catholic interpretation. The Church's own understandin ...

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Catechism of the Catholic Church: Encyclopedia - Catholic

Catholic (literally meaning: according to (kata-) the whole (holos) or more generally "universal" in Greek) is a Christian religious term with a number of meanings: The term catholic (lower-case c) can refer to the notion that all Christians are part of one Church, regardless of denominational divisions. This "universal" interpretation is often used to understand the phrase "one holy catholic and apostolic Church" in the Nicene Creed, the phrase "the catholic faith" in the Athanasian Creed, and the ph ...

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Catechism of the Catholic Church: Encyclopedia - Baltimore Catechism

A Catechism of Christian Doctrine, Prepared and Enjoined by Order of the Third Council of Baltimore (or, simply, the Baltimore Catechism) was the de facto standard Catholic school text in the United States from 1885 to the 1960s. Baltimore Catechism - History. In the nineteenth century, repeated efforts had been made in the United States towards an arrangement by which a uniform textbook of Christian Doctrine might be used by all Catholics. As early as 1829, the bishops assembled in th ...

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Catechism of the Catholic Church: Encyclopedia - Deaconess

Deaconess (and also deacon) comes from a Greek word diakonos (διακονος). This Greek word means a servant or helper and occurs frequently in the Christian New Testament of the Bible and is sometimes applied to Christ himself. Deaconess - Early Christian History. Deaconesses trace their roots to Biblical times when women were set apart by the early church to care for the poor, for widows and orphans, and provide catechism instruction to female candidates for baptism. The Apostle Paul commends a ...

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Deaconess - Denominations

Catechism of the Catholic Church: Encyclopedia - Westminster Confession of Faith

The Westminster Confession of Faith is a Reformed confession of faith, in the Calvinist theological tradition. Although drawn up by the 1647 Westminster Assembly largely of the Church of England, it became, and remains the 'subordinate standard' of doctrine in the Church of Scotland and has been influential within Presbyterian churches worldwide (with appropriate changes it has also been adopted by some Congregationalists and even Baptists). In 1643, the English Parliament called upon "learned, godly and judicious Divines", to ...

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Westminster Confession of Faith - External link

Catechism of the Catholic Church: Encyclopedia - Roman Catholic Church

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Roman Catholic Church - Note on liturgical rites in use within the Latin or Western Church

Roman Catholic Church - The hierarchical constitution of the Church

Catechism of the Catholic Church: Encyclopedia - Apostolic constitution

An Apostolic constitution (Latin constitutio apostolica) is a very solemn decree issued by the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. The use of the term constitution comes from Latin constitutio, which referred to any important law issued by the Roman emperor, and is retained in church documents because of the inheritance that the canon law of the Roman Catholic Church received from Roman law. By their nature, apostolic constitutions are addressed to the public. Generic constitutions use the title Apostolic ...

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Apostolic constitution - Examples of Apostolic Constitutions

Catechism of the Catholic Church: Encyclopedia - Heterodoxy

Heterodoxy includes "any opinions or doctrines at variance with an official or orthodox position". [1] As an adjective, heterodox is used to describe a subject as "characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards" (status quo). The noun heterodoxy is synonymous with unorthodoxy and heresy, while the adjective heterodox is synonymous with dissident and heretical. Including:

Heterodoxy - Footnotes

Catechism of the Catholic Church: Encyclopedia - Catholic church hierarchy

In its application to the Catholic Church, the term hierarchy originally referred to the "holy ordering" of the entire People of God. It is now almost exclusively used to refer to the holy ordering of the clergy of the church, those who have received the sacrament of Holy Orders. All churches that adopt a "catholic principle" of ecclesial order—Catholics, Orthodox, Anglicans, etc.—acknowledge a threefold hierarchical order which was divinely inspired and therefore a permanent structural feature of the church: Bishops ...

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Catholic church hierarchy - Links

Catechism of the Catholic Church: Encyclopedia II - Catechism - Catholic catechisms

The Catechism of the Catholic Church (see below) is the catechism is most widespread use among Catholics today. The term catechist is most frequently used in Catholicism, often to describe a lay catechist or layperson with catechetical training who engages in such teaching and evangelization. This can be in both parish church and mission contexts. Catechism - Roman Catechism. The Roman Catechism was first published in 1566 under the authority of the Council of Trent. It is unusual in that it was written as a guide for priests rath ...

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