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This introduction is written by the Catechism’s general editor, Christoph Cardinal Schönborn, and the head of the Bishops Commission for the implementation of the Catechism, Joseph Cardinal Razinger. It provides helpful insights on how to read and study the Catechism. Included are a prehistory of the Catechism, an overview of its structure and contents, its major themes and methods, a special...

At this point, the question regarding the right structure for the work comes into view. But first we must consider two other questions: one concerns the binding authority of the Catechism, and the second has to do with its authorship. Let us begin with the latter of the two. How, in the concrete, should the book be produced? Who should write it? Among the many difficult problems which had been set us, this was perhaps the hardest of all. It was clear
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