Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church
Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church , also called Catechism of the Catholic Church - Compendium or simply Compendium , is the manual (the short version) for the Catechism of the Catholic Church (KKK). With an apostolic letter of June 28, 2005 it was approved by Pope Benedict XVI. approved and then published.
To the formation
In 2003, Pope John Paul II set up a commission to revise the great Catholic Catechism from 1992. A special commission headed by the then chairman of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith , Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, later Pope Benedict XVI., Worked intensively on the content and editorial design for more than two years. "The compendium wants to renew interest and zeal for the catechism," Pope Benedict describes his expectations of the compendium. It should motivate Christians to work “with renewed vigor for evangelization and education in the faith”.
Motu Proprio
For approval and publication of the Compendium, Benedict XVI turned. with an Apostolic Letter, dated June 28, 2005, in the form of a Motu Proprio to all cardinals, patriarchs , archbishops and bishops , to priests and deacons and to all members of God's people , stating:
“The Compendium that I am now presenting to the whole Church is a faithful and reliable summary of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. It briefly contains all the essential and fundamental elements of the Church's faith and, as my predecessor wanted, it forms a kind of vademecum that enables people - whether they are believers or not - to see the whole panorama in one place of the Catholic Faith.
The compendium reflects the structure, content and language of the Catechism of the Catholic Church and, as a summary, offers help and inspiration to make it even more known and deepened. "
compendium
This new manual, also simply called the “Compendium”, is part of the history of the “Catechism of the Catholic Church” (also: KKK) and describes the Catholic doctrine in a summarized form. The introduction to the compendium was written by Cardinal Josef Ratzinger during his time as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith . The compendium follows the catechism and refers to it by naming the reference numbers. So a more detailed presentation can be read. Furthermore, the dialogical structure was adopted in question and answer.
Structure and structure
In terms of content, the compendium, again following the catechism, is structured in sections on the creed , worship and the sacraments , life in Christ and Christian prayer with special emphasis on the Our Father . The general Christian prayers, basic statements of Catholic teaching and a register are included in an appendix .
New forms
The compendium contains 598 questions and answers. Quotations from the Holy Scriptures , especially the New Testament , are assigned to the respective version of the compendium. Statements by the church fathers introduce the individual texts or are used as short mnemonics. The Church Fathers of the East, the liturgy of the Eastern Churches and icons are extensively taken into account. 13 color images are intended to complement the catechesis .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Catechism of the Catholic Church - Compendium. Vatican website. Retrieved October 26, 2011.
- ↑ a b c Introduction to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Compendium, by Karl Cardinal Lehmann, DBK press release. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Website of the German Bishops' Conference. Accessed October 26, 2011.
literature
- Catechism of the Catholic Church - Compendium . Pattloch-Verlag, Munich, ISBN 3-629-02140-9