Brother Adam Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 Have you ever read the Catechism of the Catholic Church cover to cover? While I had read a goodly amount of it before my conversion, all those areas that I was concerned about with reconciliation to the Church, I've finally embarked on reading all of it, and want to finish before school starts on January 13. Of the 2865 paragraphs, I'm on paragraph number 1877 (Part 3, Chapter 2, Article 1). While it is LONG I think every Catholic should read it through at least once. I've been working on it for about 3 weeks now and hope to be done in two more weeks. If you read an hour a day (about 100 paragraphs) you can finish in a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benedict Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 If anyone wanted to give me a prize, I could finish the Catechism in a week. But I am reading a Bible study and a few other books while I am on break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnanc Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 that is awesome, I would also like to sometime make it all the way through the bible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
journeyman Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 I skimmed it during RCIA - not really reading for content - but looking for conflict - I've gone back and read parts in more detail since, but never cover to cover. Last year's project was the Bible cover to cover - which probably isn't the way to do it - but I finished it in about six months - found some old memories, discovered some new concepts (or maybe new perspectives) - and had a real hard time with some of the duller books in the Pentateuch - my next project there is to work my way through the Psalms by themselves - for the "lyric" part of the Bible, I found it tough sledding . . . maybe I need to change translations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benedict Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 John Martignoni (president of the Bible Christian Society, a Catholic apologetics group in Alabama) read through the whole Bible a few times. He started by reading one chapter of the New Testament every day. Then he went through the Old Testament. Before you knew it, he finished the Bible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Adam Posted December 27, 2004 Author Share Posted December 27, 2004 Hmm...I guess coming from a Fundamentalist backround, reading the Bible cover to cover isn't an unusual concept. It is actually encouraged that you read it through once a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelly_freak Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 I actually need to get myself one...then I'd read it cover to cover. I am happy to say that today I read The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe cover to cover *cough* geek *cough* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fides_et_Ratio Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 [quote name='Brother Adam' date='Dec 26 2004, 08:33 PM'] Have you ever read the Catechism of the Catholic Church cover to cover? While I had read a goodly amount of it before my conversion, all those areas that I was concerned about with reconciliation to the Church, I've finally embarked on reading all of it, and want to finish before school starts on January 13. Of the 2865 paragraphs, I'm on paragraph number 1877 (Part 3, Chapter 2, Article 1). While it is LONG I think every Catholic should read it through at least once. I've been working on it for about 3 weeks now and hope to be done in two more weeks. If you read an hour a day (about 100 paragraphs) you can finish in a month. [/quote] That is really awesome. I'm actually attempting the same (I've read through most of it, but not the whole thing). I want to highlight that which I'm usually referencing the most so I don't have to keep memorizing paragraph numbers If you decide to be really ambitious, you should read Bishop Wuerl's [u]The Teaching of Christ[/u], it's a commentary on the Catechism (a good one). If you want, I can let you borrow it when I get to Steubenville in January (oy, I am not looking forward to being stuck in Steubie again! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmotherofpirl Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 I have read the entire Catechism, and Bishop Weurls book. If you are in the Pittsburgh area you can watch the [i]Teachings of Christ[/i] every Sunday morning on KDKA TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DancesforLove Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 Awesome! I'd love to read the entire Catechism, but I don't have a copy or anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachael Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 :thinking: i probably should get it first. :scratch: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemonSlayer Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 I should get a Cathecism one of these days as well, I guess the cheapest one would be $15 ($15.50 US). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Red Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 get a hardback covered one.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemonSlayer Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 Why? They'll be a lot more expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeTeamFamily Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 ive been meaning to start reading the catechism....ive got quite a lengthy list of books to read already lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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