Katekismen

The Catholic Church Catechism

On 11 October 1992, presented Pope John Paul II the believers in the world, the Catholic Church Catechism, which he characterized as "a reference text for a catechesis which is renewed from living sources of faith." Thirty years after the opening of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) became the desire that the Extraordinary Synod of Bishops had uttered in the year 1985, namely that it would prepare a catechism of the Catholic religious and moral teachings, met. Five years later confirmed the Holy Father the basic objective of the work: "To provide a complete and clean presentation of Catholic teaching, making it possible for everyone to get to know what the Church in their daily lives professes, celebrates, lives and prays ". Catechism consists of 2,700 paragraphs elaborate describes and explains the Catholic faith. Footnotes referring to the Bible, the Fathers and ecclesiastical documents.

This version of the Catechism app uses the catechism texts published in Issue 2, St. Olav publishing in 2014.