Jest a Wee Bit Catholic…

You are a 97% traditional Catholic!

 

Congratulations! You are more knowlegeable than most modern theologians! You have achieved mastery over the most important doctrines of the Catholic Faith! You should share your incredible understanding with others!

Do You Know Your Baltimore Catechism?
Make Your Own Quiz

I’ve taken this thing over. and over. and over. trying to figure out WHAT I’m getting wrong… mainly because I want to correct my understanding… Still, 97% after only two years in the faith isn’t too bad… and yet there is SO. MUCH. LEFT. to learn! **insert happy dance**

(Hat tip: Andrew at Unam Sanctum)

 ETA: I don’t know why that quiz block won’t show properly.

ETA Again:

You are a 100% traditional Catholic!

 

Congratulations! You are more knowlegeable than most modern theologians! You have achieved mastery over the most important doctrines of the Catholic Faith! You should share your incredible understanding with others!

Do You Know Your Baltimore Catechism?
Make Your Own Quiz

No, we are NOT happy with not knowing… Turns out (Thanks Andrew) that I had the Holy Days right, but the feast days were off by one and the Confirmation question was tricky because of the way the answers were similar to my mind. (The right one was included in my not so humble opinion in the one I DID choose. oh well.)  Like I said, so much to learn… enough to keep me busy and growing until He calls me Home.

 

Tackling the Catechism: Laetamur Magnopere and Fidei Depositum

Ok, all jesting about looking smart quoting Latin titles aside, I really liked the Fidei Depositum!!! I settled in for a nap today accompanied by my copy of the CCC and a highlighter… and ACTUALLY USED THE HIGHLIGHTER! I’m getting seriously excited about finally getting to go through this Catechism! Being the anal-retentive, obsessive compulsive type, I elected to read the Apostolic Letter Laetamur Magnopere first… and highlighted in THAT too! One part is in the Fidei so I won’t duplicate…

Laetamur Magnopere quote…

“This text will provide every catechist with sound help for communicating the one, perennial deposit of faith within the local Church, while seeking, with the help of the Holy Spirit, to link the wondrous unity of the Christian mystery with the varied needs and
conditions of those to whom this message is addressed.”

Call me crazy, but that spoke to me. Maybe it was because I’m feeling the need for that ‘help in communicating’ it speaks of.

Fidei quotes…

Considering the number of people involved in consultation etc on the Catechism…

“This response elicits in me [JPII] a deep feeling of joy, because of the harmony of so many voices truly expresses what acould be called the “symphony” of the faith.”

I have experienced something of that deep joy as I, at long last, experience true unity in the faith.

“The four parts are related one to another: the Christian mystery is the object of faith (first part); it is celebrated and communicated in liturgical actions (second part); it is present to enlighten and sustain the children of God in thier actions (third part); it is the basis for our prayer, the privileged expression of which is the Our Father, and it represents the object of our supplication, our praise and our intercession (fourth part).”

I loved this because I could see the beauty of the order, and the way each part is the natural result and extension of that which came before, and how they all work together so beautifully.

“If faith is not expressed in works, it is dead (cf. Jas 2:14-16) and cannot bear fruit unto eternal life.”

Beautifully said… it isn’t that works save us, it is that faith with no works isn’t faith!

“The Catechism of the Catholic Church, lastly, is offered to every individual who asks us to give an account of the hope that is in us (cf 1 Pet 3:15) and who wants to know what the Catholic Church
believes.”

How wonderful is that… it is the result of doing what we are TOLD to do by the Lord, be ready to give an account. Available to anyone who wants to know what we REALLY believe… Praise God for JPII, who was so good to provide this resource to those of us who seek… and God bless all those who spent the innumerable hours and effort which such a work took over so many years.