In Fidei Depositum, Pope John Paul II declared that the Catechism of the Catholic Church was " a valid and legitimate instrument for ecclesial communion and a sure norm for teaching the faith, and stated that it " is not intended to replace the local catechisms duly approved by the ecclesiastical authorities ( Vatican ), the Diocesan Bishops and the Episcopal Conferences ".

by the Catholic Bishops ' Conference of the Philippines through the Episcopal Commission on Catechism and Christian Education.

The English text of Catechism of the Catholic Church, Second Edition, 1997, under the heading " Episcopal ordination — fullness of the sacrament of Holy Orders ", uses " episcopal consecration " as a synonymous term, using " episcopal ordination " and " episcopal consecration " interchangeably.

In the 1990s, the Catechism of the Catholic Church defined hell not as punishment imposed on the sinner but rather as the sinner's self-exclusion from God.

An extensive account of the teaching of the Catholic Church on Anointing of the Sick is given in Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1499 – 1532.

The Catholic faith is detailed in the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

* Catechism of the Catholic Church.

Introducing the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Traditional Themes and Contemporary Issues.

" The most recent edition of the Catechism of the Catholic Church restates this view.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church says:

Most denominations ( a notable exception being the Seventh Day Adventists ) would affirm the statement from the Catechism of the Catholic Church ( above ), with the exception of the parenthetical phrase, " through a purification or immediately.

According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church the body after resurrection is changed into a spiritual, imperishable body:

The Catechism of the Catholic Church states " men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies ... must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity.

* Catechism of the Catholic Church ( III. 2. I )

The Catholic Church condemns abortion in all circumstances, as the Catechism of the Catholic Church states, " Human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception.

The Eastern Orthodox Church also identifies itself as Catholic, as in the title of The Longer Catechism of the Orthodox, Catholic, Eastern Church.

* Catechism of the Catholic Church

* Catechism of the Catholic Church, an official exposition ( catechism ) of the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church

* Catechism of the Catholic Church: Hyperlinked references to demons in the online Catechism of the Catholic Church

* Sacrament of the Eucharist — Catechism of the Catholic Church

"- United States Catholic Catechism for Adults.

* Catechism of the Catholic Church – English translation ( U. S. A., 2nd edition ) ( English translation of the Catechism of the Catholic Church: Modifications from the Editio Typica, copyright 1997, United States Catholic Conference, Inc., Libreria Editrice Vaticana ) ( Glossary and Index Analyticus, copyright 2000, U. S. Catholic Conference, Inc .).

* United States Catholic Catechism for Adults – English "... resource for preparation of catechumens in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults and for ongoing catechesis of adults " ( USCCB, 2006 ).

Several Protestant denominations in North America presently honor the Catechism officially: the Presbyterian Church in America, the Christian Reformed Church, the United Reformed Churches, the Presbyterian Church ( USA ), the Reformed Church in America, the United Church of Christ ( a successor to the German Reformed churches ), the Reformed Church in the United States ( also of German Reformed heritage ), the Free Reformed Churches of North America, the Heritage Reformed Congregations, the Canadian and American Reformed Churches, and several other Reformed churches of Dutch origin around the world.

Although the United States Conference approves only the New American Bible as adapted for liturgical use, the NRSV, along with the RSV, is adapted and quoted in the English-language edition of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

The Special Committee on a Brief Contemporary Statement of Faith began preparing the Confession of 1967 in 1958 as a response to the Presbytery of Amarillo's 1957 overture to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America for an updated version of the Westminster Shorter Catechism in contemporary language.

After considering the rewrite of the Catechism, the General Assembly instead decided to draft a new, contemporary statement of faith to be included in the constitution of the church after its 1958 union with the United Presbyterian Church of North America.

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 late 1960s.

The Baltimore Catechism became the standard text for Catholic education in the United States.

With most faculty and board members being formerly associated with the Christian Reformed Church in North America, and now affiliated with the recently-created United Reformed Churches, all members of the faculty and of the Board of Trustees are committed to the Holy Scriptures as the infallible and inerrant Word of God, and in conformity with the Word are committed to the ecumenical creeds of Christendom ( the Apostles ' Creed, Athanasian Creed, and Nicene Creed ) and the Reformed Confessions ( the Belgic Confession, the Heidelberg Catechism, the Canons of Dort, and the Westminster Confession of Faith ) as faithfully setting forth the system of truth taught in Scripture.

Before the assembly, Arminius finally explained his call to rewrite the Belgic Confession and the Heidelberg Catechism, saying that he did not feel obligated to explain his position before, for " as a professor, he considered himself subject only to the authority of the Leiden Curators and the States, not to the Church ".

Schaff's broad views strongly influenced the German Reformed Church, through his teaching at Mercersburg, through his championship of English in German Reformed churches and schools in America, through his hymnal ( 1859 ), through his labours as chairman of the committee which prepared a new liturgy, and by his edition ( 1863 ) of the Heidelberg Catechism.

These councils resulted in the Baltimore Catechism and the establishment of the Catholic University of America.

It was the first such catechism written for Catholics in North America, replacing a translation of Bellarmine's Small Catechism.

In 2009, the Trubar Forum Association printed Trubar's Catechism and Abecedarium in modern Slovene, in a scholarly edition that includes both the Trubar-era Slovene and the modern Slovene translation with scholarly notes.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church ( item 499 ) also includes to the term Aeiparthenos and referring to the dogmatic constitution Lumen Gentium ( item 57 ) states: " Christ's birth did not diminish his mother's virginal integrity but sanctified it.

The Roman Catholic Church includes John Cassian in its official list of recognized saints, with a feastday on 23 July, and cites him in the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

The Chemical Catechism includes poetical descriptions of chemical processes.

* Catechism of Filaret, 307 – 314 – Eastern Orthodox teaching on Confirmation / Unction with Chrism / Chrismation

The first action was to adopt a different translation of the Heidelberg Catechism from 1962, removing the words " homosexual perversions " among other changes.

“…. the Catechism has raised throughout the world, even among non-Christians, and confirms its purpose of being presented as a full, complete exposition of Catholic doctrine, enabling EVERYONE to know what the Church professes, celebrates, lives, and prays in her daily life .” – Pope John Paul II ( CCC pg xiv )

The modern Catholic Church holds that, among those who " do not profess the Catholic faith in its entirety or have not preserved unity or communion under the successor of Peter … those who believe in Christ and have been properly baptized are put in a certain, although imperfect, communion with the Catholic Church " and that "( t ) hose who have not yet received the Gospel are related to the People of God in various ways " ( Catechism of the Catholic Church, 838-839 ).

The Second Eve teaching continued to grew among Catholics, and in discussing perpetual virginity, the 1566 Catechism of the Council of Trent explicitly taught that while Eve by believing the serpent brought malediction on the human race, Mary by believing the angel brought benediction to mankind.

“ …. the Catechism has raised throughout the world, even among non-Christians, and confirms its purpose of being presented as a full, complete exposition of Catholic doctrine, enabling EVERYONE to know what the Church professes, celebrates, lives, and prays in her daily life .” – Pope John Paul II ( CCC pg xiv )

“…. the Catechism has raised throughout the world, even among non-Christians, and confirms its purpose of being presented as a full, complete exposition of Catholic doctrine, enabling EVERYONE to know what the Church professes, celebrates, lives, and prays in her daily life .” – Pope John Paul II ( CCC pg xiv )

“ …. the Catechism has raised throughout the world, even among non-Christians, and confirms its purpose of being presented as a full, complete exposition of Catholic doctrine, enabling EVERYONE to know what the Church professes, celebrates, lives, and prays in her daily life .” – Pope John Paul II ( CCC pg xiv )

“…. the Catechism has raised throughout the world, even among non-Christians, and confirms its purpose of being presented as a full, complete exposition of Catholic doctrine, enabling EVERYONE to know what the Church professes, celebrates, lives, and prays in her daily life .” – Pope John Paul II ( CCC pg xiv )

It is likely that some of the text had been prepared by the Italian exile Fausto Sozzini, who had settled among the Polish Brethren in 1579, without ever formally joining, and who died in the year before the Catechism was drafted.

The German National Catechism, a pamphlet widely used in schools, included among its questions