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Article: Catechism of the Catholic Church.(Review)
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- Journal of Ecumenical Studies
- Article date:
- March 22, 1997
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An Image Book. New York: Doubleday, 1995. Pp. 825. $7.99, paper.
Introducing the Catechism of the Catholic Church: Traditional Themes and Contemporary Issues. Edited by Berard L. Marthaler. New York and Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1994. Pp. 182. $11.95, paper.
First, it should be noted that a catechism is not intended to be a fully-worked-out statement of dogmatic theology, nor is it intended to be a complete liturgical manual or any other such specialized work. As Dooley (Marthaler) points out, a catechism is a unique genre of writing. The Catechism is a fairly complete concise statement of the beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church as verified and approved ...