According to one of your Catholic cohorts, You will not possibly be able to understand the catechism without years of study in the footnotes, scripture, history, ancient languages and customs and wardrobes...
So good luck to ya...
It is a dubious feeling to be misquoted and not cited, but I said "study" not "years of study". Regardless of the time involved, takes more than YOPIC (Your Own Personal Interpretation of the Catechism) obtained in a few Google sessions to gain an understanding sufficient to formulate a cogent opinion.
Besides, you have absolutely no way of knowing what Jvette's Catholic education is or any qualifications to actually judge it.
the Catholic understanding of Scripture, just as her understanding of Tradition and the Magisterium are not fly by night teachings. They are the result of years of exegesis by thousands of theologians.
Just as we see here on this thread, a word or phrase misused or misunderstood creates further confusion and debate. That is why the Church is very careful in her descriptions.
When I said that the catechism could better explain, it is because I am just a simple person who has tried to faithfully understand and accept the teachings given me by the Church. I do this because I accept, after much prayer and study, that the Church is the one church founded by Christ.
Therefore, when I write here or speak with others, I do not always say it as clearly or surely as the Church has done so in her official documents.
It is not the Church which complicates, but our human nature and free will. The Church neither accepts or rejects something out of hand. It is only after many years that a declaration as binding is made, and that usually after a challenge that compels clarification of a teaching.
Other Catholics here, I think, believe as I do, and do as I do, which is to take all that we are taught into our hearts to ponder and understand. First we must come to accept the Church and her authority. It is a very intimate relationship that one outside of it may not be able to understand.