The Prologue – Catholic Catechism (1-25)

I am not sure how much elaboration I do given the topic covered. Like I said, I am not a theological scholar. So, I am just going to move through the days, note what I learn, hear, see, in the way I think best for the moment, and then move forward. It will develop the way it is meant to develop.

This post will be consistently updated to link to the parts of the Catechism as I move through it this year.

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The Prologue of The Catechism of the Catholic Church includes CCC#s 1 – 25 separated into the following six headings:

I. The Life of Man – to know and love God

II. Handing on the Faith: Catechesis

III. The Aim and Intended Readership of this Catechism

IV. Structure of this Catechism

V. Practical Directions for Using this Catechism

VI. Necessary Adaptations

The Life of Man – to know and love God

• Chapters 1-3
• The story of salvation: who God is, who we are, and His plan for us

God, infinitely perfect and blessed in himself, in a plan of sheer goodness freely created man to make him share in his own blessed life. For this reason, at every time, and in every place, God draws close to man.

Handing on the Faith: Catechesis

• Called on through and with the love of God to know and hand over to others knowledge and instruction for the purpose of building the body of Christ

The Aim and Intended Readership of this Catechism

• primarily for those responsible for catechesis and useful for all Christian faithful

Structure of this Catechism

• Part One: The profession of Faith
• Part Two: The sacraments of faith
• Part Three: The life of faith
• Part Four: Prayer in the life of faith

Practical Directions for Using this Catechism

• Numbers in the margin (references to some other part of the Catechism) 
• explanation of different font types

Necessary Adaptations

  The whole concern of doctrine and its teaching must be directed to the love that never ends.

• Above All – Charity
  • Take into account the difference of souls: children, adults, etc.
  • Roman Catechism (Catechism of the Council of Trent)\
    • Published in 1566
    • Response to Protestant reformation

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The Catechism

Part One: The Profession of Faith

Divine Revelation

Section One: I Believe – We Believe

Chapter One: Man’s Capacity for God (26-49)

Chapter Two: God Comes to Meet Man (50-141)

Chapter Three: Man’s Response to God (142-184)

Section Two: The Profession of the Christian Faith

The Creeds (185-197)

Chapter One: I Believe in God the Father (198-421)

Part Two: The sacraments of faith

Part Three: The life of faith

Part Four: Prayer in the life of faith