The Essential Catholic Catechism: A Readable, Comprehensive Catechism of the Catholic Faith
Product Description
The Essential Catholic Catechism is the revised and expanded edition of the title, Basics of the Faith (ISBN 0892833076). This popular summary of the faith is designed for general readers wo are curious about spiritual matters and the Catholic Church.
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Schrek’s book is a very nice summary of the Catholic Catechism. One difference between the Catholic faith and the Protestant faiths is that Catholics have what can be considered checks and balances on their faith. The Bible, the Tradition, and Past Teachings must all be in agreement or there must be a reason why. So where Protestants are often under the gun to protect their belief from modern changes (whether it’s something as simple as women pastors or as difficult as gay marriage) since the Bible doesn’t speak to every detail of modern life, Catholics have past Tradition and past Teachings to stabilize the faith. Some reviewers would give books like this a low rating because they believe the Bible and the Bible alone should inform their faith. Since the goal of the book is to describe, summarize, explain and teach the Catholic faith, it seems wrong to blast the book for doing just that. This is an excellent read and I recommend it to anyone who wants to understand the Christian faith better than they do now.
Schreck is one of a handful of Catholic catechists producing excellent, orthodox expressions of the Faith based on the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
The author of “Catholic and Christian”, a book which gently explains Catholic beliefs to Protestants, Schreck in “The Essential Catholic Catechism” describes the richness of the Catholic Faith in a comprehensive guide suitable for laymen.
The book is fully indexed to the CCC and parallels it in presentation. One reviewer has called it “a readable Catechism of the Catholic Church”, an apt description.
Readers should ignore the disturbing pan of the book by an anti-Catholic nearby. Unfortunately, there will always be those who feel the need to howl against Truth.
I meant that title with the utmost respect…. I am one of those people who does not understand any pages of the bible. This book explains everything in a way that even a non catholic can understand. I love how it goes through the old testament and describes who every person is. For example who Moses was , who Abraham was who was their father etc… It’s like reading a story. tThen at the end of each chapter it summerizes it , so for example one could just go to the summery and only read that if you need some quick answers.
Wow, this book may actually make me a catholic again!