Catechism of the Catholic ChurchThe Vatican
Catechism of the Catholic Church
by The Vatican · first published 1994
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The Catechism of the Catholic Church
on “Ask HN: Which books teach mental models?” ↗I would recommend reading the Catechism of the Catholic Church from section 2558 onward. It's free online and you might be surprised at how understandable, clear, and honest of a definition of prayer it is. https://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p4s...
on “Some Churches Are Still Packing in Crowds” ↗…sins of the father. Catholic teaching respects the human being and sees the bigger picture. What is wonderful is that if you want to understand what the Catholic Church teaches anyone can consult the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) which can be found at: http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM . The specific page that you are interested in is: http://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/what-we-believe/c... So, you…
on “Poll: How many HN readers are believers?” ↗…https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell Also, christian Churches don't teach Jewish theology, they teach a version of Catholisim, and eternal burning hell fire of punishment is found in the Vatican's own Catechism of the Catholic Church. "1035 The teaching of the Church affirms the existence of hell and its eternity. Immediately after death the souls of those who die in a state of mortal sin descend into hell, where they suffer the…
on “The Akrasia Effect: Why We Don’t Follow Through on What We Set Out to Do” ↗>... for thousands of years the Church said we should interpret it literally. This is completely false. Source is the Catechism of the Catholic Church: http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p1s1... In Sacred Scripture, God speaks to man in a human way. To interpret Scripture correctly, the reader must be attentive to what the human…
on “Ask HN: How can one be educated, smart, and believe in God?” ↗…Catch-22 Stranger in a Strange Lan The Hobbit (3rd read) The Illiad The Odessey Walden Leisure, The Basis of Culture The Seven Storey Mountain Confessions The City of God Ways of Life St Augustine Catechism of the Catholic Church These Truths Battle Cry of Freedom The Complete Guide to Fly Fishing The Lure and Lore of Trout Fishing The Duck Huntingest Gentlemen
on “Ask HN: Books you plan to read in 2020?” ↗…or whatever) and fasting (a related discipline) is to practice "ascesis and penance which prepare us for the liturgical feasts and help us acquire mastery over our instincts and freedom of heart." (cf. Catechism of the Catholic Church #2043)[+] [+] http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p3s1c3a3.htm#2043
on “Some rabbis just lifted an 800-year-old dietary rule” ↗This is incorrect. The Catholic Church still practices the use of indulgences, just not their sale. See the Catechism of the Catholic Church which was promulgated by John Paul II in 1992 and last revised by Pope Francis this year. http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P4G.HTM
on “Canada's last witch trials: Women accused of fake witchcraft” ↗…truly Catholics. These beliefs are laid down in many different ways and in many different books but they're all saying the same thing. The "table of contents" of these beliefs would be a book called the Catechism of The Catholic Church: http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM Even though it's a full book of its own, it only barely touches on the core beliefs of our religion, like a tree trunk. The branches go very far and very…
on “Bored Lonely Angry Stupid” ↗…speech". There are varying standards, and what metric will/do Rackspace and other hosting providers adhere to? For example, what if a Rackspace-hosted site contained all or portions of the text of the Catechism of the Catholic Church? Certainly the Catechism does not promote or incite physical violence. However, it contains unambiguous language regarding the immorality of homosexual acts: http://bit.ly/ccc2357 I'm not attempting…
on “Website pulled on US church that wants to burn Korans [by Rackspace]” ↗The Catholic Church teaches against persecution of gay people. From the Catechism of the Catholic Church: 2358 The number of men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not negligible. This inclination, which is objectively disordered, constitutes for most of them a trial. They must be accepted…
on “The Indian sanitary pad revolutionary” ↗…had come, God sent his Son as Redeemer and Saviour. In his Son and through him, he invites men to become, in the Holy Spirit, his adopted children and thus heirs of his blessed life. Adapted from the Catechism of the Catholic Church. It reflects my own belief and answer to this question, and I am happy to be numbered among billions over the centuries who would have answered Siver's question in the same way. http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P2.HTM
on “The Meaning of Life” ↗Sorry, but for Catholics, some 1.2 billion people "Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen" (Catechism of the Catholic Church.) Which is exactly what science is not. And if all your faith and your preaching depends on the actual historicity of an impossible event, to which you seek no further explanation than something equivalent…
on “In Germany, Syrians find mosques too conservative” ↗My reasons are whatever the Catholic Church's reasons are. The Catechism of the Catholic Church has a little more to say about it[1]: > (2425) The Church has rejected the totalitarian and atheistic ideologies associated in modem times with "communism" or "socialism." She has likewise refused to…
on “Screenshots from developers and Unix people taken in 2002 (2015)” ↗Mortal sins can absolutely be forgiven in Catholicism See for example the Catechism of the Catholic Church 1456
on “Texas Records All Inmates Last Words Before Execution And Puts Them All Online” ↗