CATECHISM of the CATHOLIC CHURCH

SECOND EDITION

revised in accordance with the official Latin text promulgated by Pope John Paul II

contains glossary and analytical index

LIBRERIA EDITRICE VATICANA

Imprimi Potest

+ Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger

Interdicasterial Commission for the Catechism of the Catholic Church

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Latin text copyright © 1994, 1997 Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Citta del Vaticano.

In the United States: English translation of the Catechism of the Catholic Church for the United States of America copyright © 1994, United States Catholic Conference, Inc.—Libreria Editrice Vaticana. English translation of the Catechism of the Catholic Church: Modifications from the Editio Typica copyright © 1997, United States Catholic Conference, Inc.—Libreria Editrice Vaticana.

In Canada: Catechism of the Catholic Church copyright © Concacan, Inc.—Libreria Editrice Vaticana. 1994, 1997, 2006 for the English translation in Canada.

English translation of Laetamur Magnopere from L’Osservatore Romano.

Glossary and Index Analyticus copyright © 2000, United States Catholic Conference, Inc.

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Scripture quotations contained herein are adapted from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1946, 1952, 1971, and the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1989, by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America, and are used by permission. All rights reserved.

Excerpts from the Code of Canon Law, Latin/English Edition, are used with permission, copyright © 1983 Canon Law Society of America, Washington, D.C.

Citations of official Church documents from Neuner, Josef, SJ, and Dupuis, Jacques, SJ, eds., The Christian Faith: Doctrinal Documents of the Catholic Church, 5th ed. (New York: Alba House, 1992). Used with permission.

Excerpts from Vatican Council II: The Conciliar and Post Conciliar Documents, New Revised Edition edited by Austin Flannery, OP, copyright © 1992, Costello Publishing Company, Inc., Northport, NY, are used by permission of the publisher, all rights reserved. No part of these excerpts may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without express permission of Costello Publishing Company.

The design of the logo on the cover is adapted from a Christian tombstone in the catacombs of Domitilla in Rome, which dates from the end of the third century. This pastoral image, of pagan origin, was used by Christians to symbolize the rest and the happiness that the soul of the departed finds in eternal life. This image ...

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About Catechism of the Catholic Church (U.S. Edition with Glossary and Index)

Any study of Catholicism must begin with the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Officially promulgated by Pope John Paul II in 1997, it is the first “universal” Catholic catechism since the Reformation and only the second in history. It is an epochal work that expresses the tenets of the Catholic faith consistent with their articulation at the Second Vatican Council, while remaining in organic unity with the tradition of the Church, drawing in abundance on the sources of Sacred Scripture, the Fathers of the Church, the liturgy, and magisterial authority. If one wants to know what the Catholic Church teaches, the Catechism, as John Paul II stated, is the “sure norm.”

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