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In addition to being handsomely designed, this edition of the CCC features multiple indexes, helpful charts, and a valuable glossary.
When the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) was promulgated by Pope John Paul II in 1992, a huge gap in catechesis was closed. For the first time in over four-hundred years, the Church had a single, authoritative volume on the essentials of the faith. To be sure, there were already comprehensive and accessible presentations of Church teaching – for example, Fr. Kenneth Baker’s three-volume Fundamentals of Catholicism and Fr. John Hardon’s The Catholic Catechism, which of course continue to be valuable resources.
But the CCC, with its full incorporation of the Second Vatican Council’s momentous teachings, had and continues to have a magisterial universality that is integral to its authority. Countless catechists, RCIA participants, sincere inquirers of the Catholic way, and many, many others have found it an indispensable guide.
Nevertheless, when the CCC appeared, the edition issued by Liguori Publications was a big volume in an ugly, mustard-brown cover. Shortly thereafter, Doubleday brought out a conventional paperback that remains in wide use today. It is a very serviceable edition. What has followed is the publication of the Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church and a youth catechism, YOUCAT. Both of these volumes are truly splendid and provide thoroughly reliable guidance in Church doctrine.
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When the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) was promulgated by Pope John Paul II in 1992, a huge gap in catechesis was closed. For the first time in over four-hundred years, the Church had a single, authoritative volume on the essentials of the faith. To be sure, there were already comprehensive and accessible presentations of Church teaching – for example, Fr. Kenneth Baker’s three-volume Fundamentals of Catholicism and Fr. John Hardon’s The Catholic Catechism, which of course continue to be valuable resources.
But the CCC, with its full incorporation of the Second Vatican Council’s momentous teachings, had and continues to have a magisterial universality that is integral to its authority. Countless catechists, RCIA participants, sincere inquirers of the Catholic way, and many, many others have found it an indispensable guide.
Nevertheless, when the CCC appeared, the edition issued by Liguori Publications was a big volume in an ugly, mustard-brown cover. Shortly thereafter, Doubleday brought out a conventional paperback that remains in wide use today. It is a very serviceable edition. What has followed is the publication of the Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church and a youth catechism, YOUCAT. Both of these volumes are truly splendid and provide thoroughly reliable guidance in Church doctrine.
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Ascension Press’s new edition of the Catechism is elegant and accessible
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