Mechelse Catechismus

Study the Catechism of the Catholic Church in question-and-answer format.

Mechelen The Catechism is a catechism that at the beginning of the 17th century at the request of Archbishop Matthias Hovius (1542-1620) was developed. By the Jesuits He first appeared in 1607 and was prepared in question and answer form. The 1623 version of this catechetical manual might well into the twentieth century form the basis for religious education in all Belgian dioceses.

The text of our official catechism valid for the whole country in 1954 and later, here and there adapted to the current laws in the Church (eg with regard to the fasts, the Eucharistic sobriety etc).

Incidentally carries this catechism as all Catholic catechisms some eternal value, in the sense that he enjoys "Just Universal Leather office." By the faithful to the ancient Tradition of the Church, the infallibility In this "G.U.L." is, according to the Doctrine of the Church, a bishop indeed infallible in his teaching office (here: catechism), in that it always reflects what everywhere and has been believed ("quod semper, ubique et ab omnibus creditum est by everyone in the Church "), in other words what belongs to the Faith Estimate and as such advance to the teaching of the Apostles and drawing on the infallible teachings of the Church. The latter can be found in the ex cathedra pronouncements of Popes and Church Meetings, in the unanimous teaching of the majority of the Church Fathers and theologians over the centuries. This is a characteristic of the true Church: she is, in many ways include: one in her Learn about the centuries. Therefore, this catechism as burning-date.