Adult Catholic Catechism
The Catholic Adult Catechism (KEK) published by the German Bishops' Conference explains in two volumes the Church's creed (Volume 1, 1985) and the life of faith (Volume 2, 1995) from the perspective of the Roman Catholic Church . It was created on the basis of the developments and findings of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) and the Würzburg Synod (1971-1975).
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In the first volume, which under the direction of Walter Kasper was developed by a catechism Commission is along the major creed in three parts ( God the Father - Jesus Christ - The work of the Holy Spirit ) the doctrine unfolded.
The second volume - Cardinal Wetter headed the preparatory work from 1982 onwards - was published in 1995 after references to the Catechism of the Catholic Church (1992) and the encyclical Veritatis Splendor (1993) had been incorporated into the original text. It presents the Christian ethos in two parts and a final part ( call of God - answer of man , the commandments of God , conclusion: love is greatest - abiding in love ). It explicitly represents the Christian life in the sense of the 10 commandments .
Members of the catechism commission for the first volume
- Herman Cardinal Volk
- Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
- Archbishop Friedrich Wetter
- Bishop Franz Kamphaus
- Bishop Karl Lehmann
- Alfons Deissler
- Walter Kasper
- Karl Lehmann
- Leo Scheffczyk
- Rudolf Schnackenburg
- Otto Semmelroth
Members of the catechism commission for the second volume
- Alfons Deissler
- Wilhelm Ernst
- Bernhard Fraling
- Walter Kasper
- Karl Lehmann
- Ludwig Mödl
- Lothar Roos
- Hans Rotter
- Leo Scheffczyk
- Rudolf Schnackenburg
- Friedrich Weather
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- Adult Catholic Catechism. Vol. 1: The Church's Creed. Verlagsgruppe Engagement 1985 ISBN 3-7666-9388-3 (Butzon and Bercker) (4th edition 1989)
- Adult Catholic Catechism. Vol. 2: Living by Faith. Freiburg im Breisgau u. a .: Herder u. a. 1995 ISBN 3-451-23762-8
- Both volumes are also freely accessible online on the website of the German Bishops' Conference ( online editions )
Web links
- Literature on Catholic adult catechism in the catalog of the German National Library
- German Bishops' Conference (ed.): Catholic adult catechism. [1] (online version of the KEK with search function)
Remarks
- ^ German Bishops' Conference: Catechism. Retrieved April 9, 2020 .
- ↑ Members of the commission for volume 1 were: Hermann Cardinal Volk , Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (until January 1982), Archbishop Friedrich Wetter , Bishop Franz Kamphaus (from June 1982), Karl Lehmann (from 1983 as bishop), Alfons Deissler , Walter Kasper, Leo Scheffczyk , Rudolf Schnackenburg and Otto Semmelroth SJ (until September 1979). Alfons Auer , Adolf Exeler , Erwin Iserloh and Emil Lengeling acted as advisors ; Wolfhart Pannenberg prepared an ecumenical report .
- ↑ The publication of the original text as the second volume of CEC was decided at the autumn conference of the DBK 1992 in Fulda, the Congregation for the clergy approved it on June 28, 1994 after the last modifications, unanimously agreed to the final text. ”(Karl Lehmann: Foreword. In: KEK II, pp. 5–7, here: 6.)