Religion & Catechisms

Catechism of the Catholic Church

5 stars (Intelligent Presentation Of Roman Catholic Doctrine) - Of everything that came out of the twenty-six years of John Paul II's pontificate, I believe this book is the most important and will have the most lasting impact. I love how this expertly-composed book removed so much of the confrontation-inducing confusion about Church doctrine and made teachings clear. This is a sort of "rule book" for the game of Catholic life. Anyone within or outside the faith can easily find answers to questions about what Catholicism teaches is right and wrong. In the process this admirably useful and straightforward work can readily dispel many persistant myths about the world's largest and most frequently misunderstood religion. I joked to friends in high school, about the time this first revision of catechism in 400 years came out, that unless we read this book "how are we going to know what we should stop doing?" But there's much more than that to the catechism. This is akin to a written constitution for a religion founded in stages of revelation and fits of growth spurts that lasted in some cases for centuries. Is it the all-time final word on Catholic beliefs? Probably not. But for this present age it is exactly the document needed for the education of the world in which the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church resides. 5 stars (An endlessly fascinating source.) - "If God...the creator of the ordered...world, cares for his creatures, why does EVIL exist? To this question, as pressing as it is unavoidable and as painful as it is mysterious, no quick answer will suffice. [...] There is not a single aspect of the Christian message that is not in part an answer to the question of evil." [CCC, Part One, Paragraph 309.] Here it is, the Catholic synthesis of that answer: an absorbing, utterly monumental one. This book, more than anything else, constitutes the late pope John Paul II's real legacy to the world: an immensely important contribution to man's life. Written in ...
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