Catechism of the Catholic Church

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Contents 1 Introduction 2 References/Links 2.1 Sites that carry the full CCC text 2.2 Sites that carry comments on the CCC 2.3 Text of the Compendium of the CCC

Introduction

The Catechism of the Catholic Church or CCC, is an official exposition of the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. It was first published in Latin and French in 1992 by the authority of Pope John Paul II. The volume has been translated into many other languages, including English. In 1997, a Latin text was issued which is now the official text of reference the contents of the first French text being amended at a few points.

The Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church was published in 2005, and the first edition in English in 2006. It is a more concise and dialogic version of the CCC. The text is available in twelve languages on the Vatican website, which gives the text of the Catechism itself in eight languages.

References/Links

• Catechism of the Catholic Church - English translation (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2000). ISBN 1-57455-110-8
• Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church - English translation (USCCB, 2006). ISBN 1-57455-720-3
• United States Catholic Catechism for Adults - English "...resource for preparation of catechumens in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults and for ongoing catechesis of adults" (USCCB, 2006). ISBN 1-57455-450-6

Sites that carry the full CCC text

• Vatican Latin editio typica; English, French and Italian texts revised in accordance with the Latin editio typica; German and Spanish unrevised texts (based on the provisional French text)
• Fulltext Search Latin editio typica; English text revised in accordance with the Latin editio typica
• United States Conference of Catholic Bishops English - Second edition (revised in accordance with the Latin editio typica)
• St. Charles Borromeo English - Second edition (revised in accordance with the Latin editio typica), with full text search and list of changes between the First and Second editions

Sites that carry comments on the CCC

• US Catholic Bishops Conference: Office for the Catechism
• Catechism of the Catholic Church Simplified - A condensation of the text, not the text itself

Text of the Compendium of the CCC

• Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovenian, Spanish