title: Catechism of the Catholic Church
author: Various
description: A catechism has been defined as "a summary of principles, often in question-and-answer format". Documents of religious instruction have been written since the beginning of Christianity and the catechism is typically an assemblage of these smaller documents into one large compilation of Church doctrine and teachings. The Catechism of the Catholic Church, for which the usual English-language abbreviation is CCC, is instead a source on which to base such catechisms and other expositions of Catholic doctrine, called a "major catechism." It was given, as stated in the Apostolic Constitution Fidei depositum, "that it may be a sure and authentic reference text for teaching catholic doctrine and particularly for preparing local catechisms." The CCC is in fact not in question and answer format.
zlib_text: Living the Catechism of the Catholic Church
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  CHRISTOPH SCHÖNBORN, O.P.
  
  
  ### Living the  
  Catechism of the Catholic Church
  
  
  A Brief Commentary on the Catechism  
  for Every Week of the Year
  
  
  VOLUME ONE
  
  
  TRANSLATED BY DR. DAVID KIPP
  
  
  IGNATIUS PRESS SAN FRANCISCO
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Title of the German original:  
  Herzstücke unseres Glaubens  
  Das “Credo” im Katechismus der Katholischen Kirche  
  ©1994 Wiener Dom-Verlag Gesellschaft m.b.H., Vienna
  
  
  Cover by Riz Boncan Marsella
  
  
  © 1995 Ignatius Press, San Francisco  
  All rights reserved  
  ISBN 978-0-89870-560-7  
  Library of Congress catalogue number 95-75670  
  Printed in the United States of America
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Contents
  
  
  [Preface](index_split_004.html#filepos7539)
  
  
  [1\. To know God—the life of man](index_split_005.html#filepos9612)
  
  
  [2\. What is the Catechism?](index_split_006.html#filepos13279)
  
  
  [3\. Seeking and finding God](index_split_007.html#filepos17122)
  
  
  [4\. God reveals himself](index_split_008.html#filepos21033)
  
  
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