Concise Catholic Catechism 10 Pack - Softcover

Bloomsbury

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826465714 ISBN 13: 9780826465719

Publisher: Burns & Oates, 2003

Synopsis

The Catechism of the Catholic Church has been and remains a worldwide bestseller. It was published in the UK by Continuum under the Geoffrey Chapman imprint. Many people found the language of the original Catechism quite hard to follow. It was also comprehensive and extremely long. There has been a need ever since for a concise version of the original Catechism - in simpler language with all technical terms explained fully for the lay reader. Michael Shaughnessy has achieved this aim brilliantly and his final text has received the full approval of the Church authorities.The language used is clear and the author has taken some pains to provide lucid explanations, which are elegantly written and as non technical as possible. The material from the original Catechism has been effectively synthesised to provide a reliable and readable resource text.The book has been written in narrative style which is preferable to the traditional question and answer form of catechisms of past times.Throughout, a great weight has been given to the second sections of each part of the original Catechism, in order to focus on the application of the general truths of the faith to particular circumstances.Michael Shaughnessy set himself an ambitious task. He has accomplished it with enormous skill and intelligence.

About this title

Synopsis

The Catechism of the Catholic Church was hard to follow in its original language. It was also comprehensive and extremely long. This concise version is in simpler language with all technical terms explained fully for the lay reader. It is in narrative style rather than the traditional question and answer form of catechisms of past times. Throughout, a great weight has been given to the second sections of each part of the original Catechism, in order to focus on the application of the general truths of the faith to particular circumstances.

About the Author

Michael Shaughnessy is a Roman Catholic member of an ecumenical religious order, The Society of the Word. He devotes his time to pastoral work, teaching the faith and is strongly involved in his order`s work in Northern Ireland.'

Edition details

• Publisher: Burns & Oates
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826465714
• ISBN 13: 9780826465719
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192