The Companion to the Catechism of the Catholic Church: A Compendium of Texts Referred to in the Catechism of the Catholic Church

by Ignatius Press

Publisher:

Ignatius

, 2002

Overview

This companion volume to the Catechism contains all the passages of Sacred Scripture referred to in the Catechism, arranged according to the paragraphs in which the references are made. The Companion to the Catechism of the Catholic Church also refers to conciliar texts, papal documents, writings of the church fathers and of the saints. There are more than 3,600 of these references extending from the earliest credal formulations of the ancient Church, to the documents of Vatican II, to the magisterial teaching of Pope John Paul II. It includes all the texts referred to arranged, along with the Scripture passages, according to the paragraphs of the Catechism in which they are referred. The Companion to the Catechism of the Catholic Church is a handy one-volume reference library and valuable instrument in teaching, understanding, and implementing the Catechism.

Contents

Top Highlights

“Modern civilization itself, though not of its very nature but because it is too engrossed in the concerns of this world, can often make it harder to approach God.” (source)

“God alone, who calls man to deeper thought and to more humble probing, can fully and with complete certainty supply an answer to this questioning.” (source)

“oppose the dignity of man, since such dignity is grounded and brought to perfection in God” (source)

“The truths studied in catechesis are the same truths that touched the person’s heart when he heard them for the first time. Far from blunting or exhausting them, the fact of knowing them better should make them even more challenging and decisive for one’s life.” (source)

“The dignity of man rests above all on the fact that he is called to communion with God” (source)

Product Details

• Title: The Companion to the Catechism of the Catholic Church: A Compendium of Texts Referred to in the Catechism of the Catholic Church
• Author: Ignatius Press
• Edition: Second Edition
• Publisher: Ignatius
• Print Publication Date: 2002
• Logos Release Date: 2018
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Catholic Church › Catechismus Ecclesiae Catholicae; Catholic Church › Catechisms--English
• ISBNs: 9780898704501, 0898704510, 0898704502, 9780898704518
• Resource ID: LLS:CMPNNCTCHCMPNDM
• Resource Type: Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T19:26:07Z

About Ignatius Press

Scott Hahn is one of the most prominent Catholic authors and theologians of our time. A former Presbyterian minister, Hahn entered the Catholic Church in 1986 and has since become a bestselling author and respected professor of Scripture. He currently teaches at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, a Catholic university in the United States. “My work is about reading the Bible,” writes Hahn on his website, “Reading it with you, and reading it ‘from the heart of the Church’.” Many of his most notable workd can be found in the Scott Hahn Bundle (27 vols.).

Curtis Mitch is research fellow and trustee of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology in Ohio. A former student of Scott Hahn, Mitch is the general editor for the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible, has contributed essays and commentary for the Catholic for a Reason series, and has coauthored The Gospel of Matthew in the Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture series. He lives with his wife, author Stacy Mitch, near Steubenville, Ohio.