Compendium of Catechism Available March 31

Zenit News Agency ^ | February 7, 2006

[NYer]

WASHINGTON, D.C., FEB. 7, 2006 (Zenit.org).- The new Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church will be available starting March 31, says the U.S. bishops' conference.

The 200-page synthesis of the 1992 Catechism will be published exclusively by USCCB Publishing, the publishing office of the episcopate.

USCCB Publishing will launch the Compendium in English and Spanish at the 2006 Los Angeles Religious Education Congress. The paperback version will be available first with the hardcover to follow shortly after.

The Compendium consists of 598 questions and answers, echoing to some degree the format of the popular Baltimore Catechism which was a standard text in many Catholic parishes and schools from 1885 to the 1960s.

Monsignor Daniel Kutys, the episcopate's deputy secretary for catechesis, noted that the Compendium "is not meant to replace religion textbooks, but to augment and complement them."

The Compendium is available for order at www.usccbpublishing.org.

[Pyro7480]

Finally!!

[Global2010]

Looking forward to it.

When was the last one out wasn't it in the early 90's?

[amdgmary]

"USCCB Publishing will launch the Compendium in English and Spanish at the 2006 Los Angeles Religious Education Congress."

I'm leary of anything published by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops. And the book will be launched at Cardinal Mahony's infamous Religious Education Congress.

[netmilsmom]

Me too.

[Convert from ECUSA]

One of my friends here bought me a Baltimore Catechism at my request when I was received into the Church. I guess I'm a "fuddy-duddy" who isn't "with the times", but I liked the Baltimore Catechism. Crisp, clear, and to the point. No shuck and jive.

Ah well, I was a "fuddy-duddy" when I was Anglican, so I guess I brought that over with me. Sigh! :))

[Dominick]

I liked the Baltimore Catechism. Crisp, clear, and to the point. No shuck and jive. I used the Baltimore Catechism as well, even had an computer search-able one published by Seton Hall. I don't understand why you would think the CCC has any shuck and jive.

[Convert from ECUSA]

I will clarify. I like the Baltimore Catechism because it doesn't have all the fuzziness of a lot of modernist writings - I did not intend to include, nor do I include, the CCC in with modernist writings. I'm just one of those weird Anglican converts to the Church who happens to like a lot of the old Catholic writings that seem sadly neglected.

[Pyro7480]

Part of the delay was the fact that the Vatican was double-checking the translation. I'm not too concerned.

[Dominick]

I'm just one of those weird Anglican converts to the Church who happens to like a lot of the old Catholic writings that seem sadly neglected.

Nothing weird about that! I would love more people to enjoy "Imitation of Christ" as much as I do. I think part of the problem is scholorship in general uses a lot of extra language to state simple things. Several pages to describe every caveat on a particular topic.

[netmilsmom]

COOL!

I'm going to order it!

[ELS]

I liked the Baltimore Catechism.

As a current archbishop said recently regarding the Baltimore Catechism, "You can't go wrong with that." The Baltimore Catechism is excellent.

[Theophane]

Who?

[Theophane]

Someone who knows Italian should carefully compare the English translation put out by these gentlemen versus the Italian. As I understand it, a lot of the good stuff in the Compendium is in the details, so the words wil be important.

[ShihanRob]

One of my friends here bought me a Baltimore Catechism at my request when I was received into the Church. I guess I'm a "fuddy-duddy" who isn't "with the times", but I liked the Baltimore Catechism. Crisp, clear, and to the point. No shuck and jive. Ah well, I was a "fuddy-duddy" when I was Anglican, so I guess I brought that over with me. Sigh! :)) How is the Baltimore Catechism different from the one that's on the Vatican's website?

Rob

[Convert from ECUSA]

The Baltimore Catechism is not as long as the newer catechism, and many of its answers are shorter and get to the point more quickly. As Dominick put it in comment #11:"scholorship in general uses a lot of extra language to state simple things. Several pages to describe every caveat on a particular topic."