No, I said the first edition was recalled. The final edition is flawed, also.
After all, this is what the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops states:
What is the doctrinal or teaching authority of the Catechism?
"The Catechism is part of the Church's official teaching in the sense that it was suggested by a Synod of Bishops, requested by the Holy Father, prepared and revised by bishops and promulgated by the Holy Father as part of his ordinary Magisterium. Pope John Paul II ordered the publication of the Catechism by the Apostolic Constitution, Fidei Depositum, on October 11, 1992. An apostolic constitution is a most solemn form by which popes promulgate official Church documents. The new Code of Canon Law, for example, was promulgated by the Apostolic Constitution, Sacrae Disciplinae Leges. In Fidei Depositum, Pope John Paul II said, "The Catechism of the Catholic Church, which I approved June 25th last and the publication of which I today order by virtue of my Apostolic Authority, is a statement of the Church's faith and of catholic doctrine, attested to or illumined by Sacred Scripture, the Apostolic Tradition, and the Church's Magisterium. I declare it to be a sure norm for teaching the faith and thus a valid and legitimate instrument for ecclesial communion." John Paul II also stated that the Catechism "is given as a sure and authentic reference text for teaching Catholic doctrine."
And,
Does this mean that the Catechism can be disregarded?
"No. The Catechism is part of the Church's ordinary teaching authority. Pope John Paul II placed his apostolic authority behind it. Its doctrinal authority is proper to the papal Magisterium. In Fidei Depositum John Paul II termed the Catechism a "sure norm for teaching the faith" and "a sure and authentic reference text." He asked "the Church's pastors and the Christian faithful to receive this catechism in a spirit of communion and to use it assiduously in fulfilling their mission of proclaiming the faith and calling people to the Gospel life."
So, who are YOU, if you're a Catholic, to question JP II's apostolic authority? Do you know more than "Christ's Vicar"?
It appears to me that the Roman Catholic Church, and you, are hoist on your own petard.
The CCC teaches heresy, Roman Catholics must believe it, and are thus in the grips of a false gospel -- a blasphemous, heretical, and un-Christian teaching.
It says what it says, and it's authorized teaching of the RCC.
If you have an issue with it, take it up with the Vatican.
Hoss
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