The Catechism Explained (Classic Reprint): An Exhaustive Exposition of the Christian Religion, With Special Reference to the Present State of Society ... and the Spirit of the Age (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Spirago, Francis Quincy

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ISBN 10: 1330936175 ISBN 13: 9781330936177

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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This Catechism is suited to the needs of the day, and may either be placed in the hands of the people, or employed as a manual for the use of Priests and Catechists. The small print is the part adapted for popular reading or for catechetical instruc tion. The author thinks it necessary to give the following explan ation of the plan of the book.

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Excerpt from The Catechism Explained: An Exhaustive Exposition of the Christian Religion, With Special Reference to the Present State of Society and the Spirit of the Age

This Catechism is suited to the needs of the day, and may either be placed in the hands of the people, or employed as a manual for the use of Priests and Catechists. The small print is the part adapted for popular reading or for catechetical instruc tion. The author thinks it necessary to give the following explan ation of the plan of the book.

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Excerpt from The Catechism Explained: An Exhaustive Exposition of the Christian Religion, With Special Reference to the Present State of Society and the Spirit of the Age

Spirit the understanding is enlightened and the will strengthened. Thus a close connection exists between the different parts of this Catechism. Each part is subdivided and arranged to form a whole, so that the connection between and the coherence of all the truths of religion are plainly apparent. This is a very important point. For the more clearly we perceive the manner in which the truths of religion are linked together, the easier will it be for us to apprehend each one singly. The Catechism is a marvellously connected system of revealed truth. If Catholics were thoroughly acquainted in their childhood with the fundamental truths of religion; if they were taught to see how all the different parts of this divine edifice combine to form one beauteous structure, the darts of hell would have no power to injure them.

2. The large print in this Catechism is the scaffolding, or skeleton; it contains all the essential truths of religion. The small print might, as a matter of fact, be omitted; but in that case there would be nothing calculated to touch the heart and kindle the flame of charity towards God and one's neighbor, and is not this the effect which every good hand-book of religion, every good sermon, every good catechetical instruction ought to produce? We already possess in abundance catechisms and religious manuals which appeal only to the intellect; books which do not aim at the warmth of expression and the fervent, persuasive eloquence which appeal to the heart, the force and vivifying power which affect the will through the influence of the Holy Spirit.

3. This Catechism aims at cultivating, to an equal extent, all the three powers of the soul: the understanding, the affections, and the will. It does not therefore content itself with mere definitions. The principal object proposed in it is not to teach men to philosophize about religion, but to make them good Christians who will delight in their faith. Consequently questions of scholastic theology, doctrines debated among divines, are either omitted altogether or merely receive a passing mention. The author has endeavored to divest religious teaching of the appearance of learning, and to present it in a popular and simple form. Technical terms, in which almost all religious manuals abound, even those intended for children, are carefully eliminated from his pages since, while useful and necessary for seminarians and theologians, they are out of place in a book intended for the laity.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1330936175
• ISBN 13: 9781330936177
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 754
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