Word: catechismic
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Catechism in Dutch
Last November a group of conservative Dutch laymen sent a letter of protest to Pope Paul asking for an official probe; old-guard cardinals in the Vatican agreed that there should be a full investigation. They particularly objected to the catechism's comments on the virgin birth and original...
The Dutch authors disagree that the catechism is in error. "Everything that is alive has to renew itself if it wants to stay alive," The Netherlands' episcopate wrote in the introduction. "The faith stays the same; the approach toward it is new." For all that, three liberal clerics from...
A Deeper Problem. When translated excerpts of the new catechism were first read to the Pope, his reaction was apparently tolerant and understanding. But since preparations had been made to publish it in six other countries, the Pontiff feared that widespread distribution would make it appear that the catechism had...
The Rev. Willem Bless, director of the Higher Catechetical Institute in Holland, expects that a compromise solution for the new catechism will finally be found, but adds, "The problem goes deeper, of course. There are certain people in Rome who would like to ban this book completely. The publication of...