[Legatus]

Did JPII actually write the Catechism or did he merely give it his Imprimatur? Also, are you saying that this document consists completely of ex cathedra declarations so everything it says is infallible?

No St. JPII Didn't write the CCC, it was edited by Christoph Cardinal Schönborn who has since turned into a complete loon. It has turned out to be an awful tool for catechesis (the purpose of a catechism I would think) evidenced by the fact that most of the world that has been heavily exposed to it has lost the faith. We've had it for 20 (very) odd years and rather than being the foundation of a "new springtime" it has helped to usher in Catholicism's nuclear winter.

That's not to say it's totally worthless, necessarily. There are some profoundly beautiful passages in it, but it suffers from the same problem of the documents of Vatican II: it reads like it was written by a UN committee.

[Resettozero]

We've had it for 20 (very) odd years and rather than being the foundation of a "new springtime" it has helped to usher in Catholicism's nuclear winter.

Perhaps this is the will of God.

[boatbums]

No St. JPII Didn't write the CCC, it was edited by Christoph Cardinal Schönborn who has since turned into a complete loon. It has turned out to be an awful tool for catechesis (the purpose of a catechism I would think) evidenced by the fact that most of the world that has been heavily exposed to it has lost the faith. We've had it for 20 (very) odd years and rather than being the foundation of a "new springtime" it has helped to usher in Catholicism's nuclear winter. That's not to say it's totally worthless, necessarily. There are some profoundly beautiful passages in it, but it suffers from the same problem of the documents of Vatican II: it reads like it was written by a UN committee.

Interesting....hey, Amihow, are you aware of this?

[metmom]

No St. JPII Didn't write the CCC, it was edited by Christoph Cardinal Schönborn who has since turned into a complete loon. It has turned out to be an awful tool for catechesis (the purpose of a catechism I would think) evidenced by the fact that most of the world that has been heavily exposed to it has lost the faith. We've had it for 20 (very) odd years and rather than being the foundation of a "new springtime" it has helped to usher in Catholicism's nuclear winter.

OK, so now when FRoman Catholics appeal to *official church teaching*, then the CCC is NOT the place to go?

Then what is?

[ealgeone]

I tell ya....for a group that claims to have a lock on the truth roman catholics sure have a lot of doubters of their materials.