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The enclosed Catechism of the Catholic Church is offered to you as a gift for your reference library. This Catechism gives a clear and unambiguous presentation of the Church’s teachings on a variety of topics regarding faith and morals.
I have found that there are a number of common misperceptions and misunderstandings among Christians about the Catholic Church and its teachings. For example, Catholic Christians are often accused of worshipping Mary, praying to statues, re-sacrificing Jesus at each Mass, believing in a salvation by works, and of not even being Christian, among other things. It is also often said that Catholics don’t abide by the Bible and that the Catholic Faith is opposed to what is taught in the Bible. None of these things are accurate.
It is because of such misperceptions and misunderstandings that I would like to present you with this Catechism of the Catholic Church. It is my hope, should you ever have occasion to speak about the Catholic Faith from the pulpit, in a Bible study, or in your Sunday school classes, that the Catechism will be of service to you in your presentation. That it will allow you to present what Catholics believe, and why we believe it, straight from the horse’s mouth, so to speak.
I understand that there are some fundamental disagreements between our belief systems, so I am of course not asking you to necessarily agree with what Catholics believe and teach, nor to even refrain from teaching about where you think Catholics are wrong. What I hope to do is to simply eliminate many of the misperceptions and misunderstandings in regard to Catholic teaching, so that if someone disagrees with what we believe, they are disagreeing with what we actually believe and not with some mistaken notion of what we believe. In that way, I hope to build greater unity within the Body of Christ.
One thing to please note about the Catechism, which will give you an idea of how seriously the Catholic Faith takes the teachings of Holy Scripture, beginning on page 689 there is an index with 32 pages of citations from the Word of God. This index cross references literally hundreds of Scripture passages with the corresponding Catholic beliefs as presented in the Catechism.
If you have any questions, would like more information, or would like to engage in further discussions and possibly have a Catholic come to your place of worship for a dialogue, please feel free to call or email me using the contact information above.
Sincerely in Christ,