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Summary II. Handing on the Faith Catechesis
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II. Handing on the Faith Catechesis
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II. Handing on the Faith: Catechesis4 Quite early on, the name catechesis was given to the totality of
the Church's efforts to make disciples, to help men believe that
Jesus is the Son of God so that believing they might have life in his
name, and to educate and instruct them in this life, thus building up
the body of Christ.7
5 "Catechesis is an education in the faith of children, young people
and adults which includes especially the teaching of Christian
doctrine imparted, generally speaking, in an organic and systematic
way, with a view to initiating the hearers into the fullness of
Christian life."8
6 While not being formally identified with them, catechesis is built
on a certain number of elements of the Church's pastoral mission
which have a catechetical aspect, that prepare for catechesis, or
spring from it. They are: the initial proclamation of the Gospel or
missionary preaching to arouse faith; examination of the reasons
for belief; experience of Christian living; celebration of the
sacraments; integration into the ecclesial community; and apostolic
and missionary witness.9
7 "Catechesis is intimately bound up with the whole of the Church's
life. Not only her geographical extension and numerical increase,
but even more her inner growth and correspondence with God's
plan depend essentially on catechesis."10
8 Periods of renewal in the Church are also intense moments of
catechesis. In the great era of the Fathers of the Church, saintly
bishops devoted an important part of their ministry to catechesis.
St. Cyril of Jerusalem and St. John Chrysostom, St. Ambrose and St.
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