Docat

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Docat is the name of a catechism on the social doctrine of the Catholic Church published in 2016 in question and answer form .

Title, goals, design

The full title is: DOCAT What to do? The Social Doctrine of the Church . The work was published by the Austrian Bishops' Conference , the approval was granted by the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization with the consent of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith . The part of the name “Do” is derived from the English verb “to do”, the second part “cat” refers to the word catechism (“catechism”). Based on the social teaching of the church, the book is intended to encourage young people to become more involved in social and political issues.

The book was published by the Youcat Foundation and is very similar in layout and presentation ( Ypsilon on the book cover), book size and text design to the sister project, the Catholic youth catechism Youcat . Instead of the Youcat's characteristic papal yellow cover , the Docat has the identification color sky blue within the row .

Emergence

26 authors wrote the docat under the guidance of Christoph Cardinal Schönborn and Reinhard Cardinal Marx . Bernhard Meuser was responsible for project management , and Alexander von Lengerke provided the illustrations. The Docat was presented to the public on World Youth Day 2016 in Krakow. Most of the photos in the book are taken from an international photo competition. Issues in 32 languages ​​are planned. There is also a Docat app that already had almost 40,000 users after a few days.

construction

The Docat comprises 328 questions, which are dealt with in question and answer form based on the example of the Youcat and the Catechism Compendium. The questions are again divided into 12 chapters: 1. God's master plan: Love (No. 1–21), 2. Together we are strong: The Church and the social (No. 22–46), 3. Unique and infinite valuable: the human person (nos. 47–83), 4. common good, personality, solidarity, subsidiarity: the principles of social teaching (nos. 84–111), 5. the foundation of society: the family (nos. 112–133 ), 6. Profession and calling: Human work (nos. 134–157), 7. Prosperity and justice for all: The economy (nos. 158–194), 8. Power and morality: The political community (No. 195 –228), 9. One World - One Humanity: The International Community (Nos. 229–255), 10. Preserving Creation: The Environment (Nos. 256–269), 11. Living in Freedom and Nonviolence: Peace ( 270–302), 12. Personal and Community Engagement: Doing Love (No. 305–328).

All 328 questions are cross-referenced to the corresponding numbers in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, in Youcat and in the Compendium of Social Doctrine of the Catholic Church. The quotations from the Holy Scriptures and from magisterial texts are specially marked. Several encyclicals, for example Rerum Novarum , Pacem in Terris , Laborem exercens and Laudato si ' , are also explained in the docat.

The docat contains a foreword by Pope Francis .

expenditure

Editions in German and English have already appeared. Issues in a total of 32 languages ​​were planned.

literature

  • Austrian Bishops' Conference (Ed.): DOCAT What to do? The Social Doctrine of the Church . Youcat Foundation, Augsburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-945148-06-8 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The DOCAT - the new social textbook of the Catholic Church. (No longer available online.) Diocese of Regensburg, September 8, 2016, archived from the original on September 15, 2016 ; accessed on September 9, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bistum-regensburg.de
  2. ↑ a b c Small, blue and for the revolution. The DOCAT. kathisch.de - Internet portal of the Catholic Church, September 7, 2016, accessed on September 9, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Austrian Bishops' Conference (ed.): DOCAT What to do? The Social Doctrine of the Church . Youcat Foundation, Augsburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-945148-06-8 , pp. 5-9 .
  4. ↑ Austrian Bishops' Conference (ed.): DOCAT What to do? The Social Doctrine of the Church . Youcat Foundation, Augsburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-945148-06-8 , pp. 319 .
  5. ↑ Austrian Bishops' Conference (ed.): DOCAT What to do? The Social Doctrine of the Church . Youcat Foundation, Augsburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-945148-06-8 , pp. 10 .