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The '''''Catechism of the Catholic Church''''' ({{langx|la|Catechismus Catholicae Ecclesiae}}; commonly called the '''''Catechism''''' or the '''''CCC''''') is a reference work that summarizes the [[Catholic Church]]'s doctrine. It was [[Promulgation (Catholic canon law)|promulgated]] by [[Pope John Paul II]] in 1992 as a reference for the development of local [[catechism]]s, directed primarily to those (in the church) responsible for [[catechesis]] and offered as "useful reading for all other [[Christians|Christian faithful]]".<ref>{{CCC|12|accessdate=April 4, 2023|note=This work is intended primarily for those responsible for catechesis: first of all the bishops, as teachers of the faith and pastors of the Church....}}</ref> It has been translated into and published in more than twenty languages worldwide.

John Paul II referred to it as "the Catechism of the [[Second Vatican Council]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/speeches/2002/october/documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_20021011_congresso-catechistico.html|quote=
The Catechism so often refers to it that it might well be called the Catechism of the Second Vatican Council. The conciliar texts constitute a sure "compass" for the believers of the third millennium.|title=Address of John Paul II to the International Catechetical Congresso|date=October 11, 2002}}</ref><ref>Pope John Paul II, Apostolic Letter "[https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/it/motu_proprio/documents/hf_ben-xvi_motu-proprio_20111011_porta-fidei.html Porta Fidei]" 11. Quote: "In order to arrive at a systematic knowledge of the content of the faith, all can find in the Catechism of the Catholic Church a precious and indispensable tool. It is one of the most important fruits of the Second Vatican Council. In the Apostolic Constitution Fidei Depositum, signed, not by accident, on the thirtieth anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council, Blessed John Paul II wrote: “this catechism will make a very important contribution to that work of renewing the whole life of the Church ... I declare it to be a valid and legitimate instrument for ecclesial communion and a sure norm for teaching the faith."</ref>

== Drafting ==
The decision to publish an official catechism was taken at the [[Second Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops]], which was convened by [[Pope John Paul II]] on 25 January 1985 to evaluate the progress of implementing the [[Vatican II council]]'s goals on the 20th anniversary of its closure. The assembly participants expressed the desire that "a [[catechism]] or [[compendium]] of all Catholic doctrine regarding both [[Catholic theology|faith]] and [[Catholic moral theology|morals]] be composed, that it might be, as it were, a point of reference for the catechisms or compendiums that are prepared in various regions. The presentation of doctrine must be [[Catholic Bible|biblical]] and [[Catholic liturgy|liturgical]]. It must be sound doctrine suited to the present life of Christians".<ref>{{Cite web|last=John|first=Paul II|date=11 October 1992|title=Apostolic Constitution Fidei Depositum|url=https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_constitutions/documents/hf_jp-ii_apc_19921011_fidei-depositum.html|url-status=live|access-date=30 November 2021|website=vatican.va|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203182529/http://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_constitutions/documents/hf_jp-ii_apc_19921011_fidei-depositum.html |archive-date=2019-12-03 }}</ref>

John Paul II says that in 1986 he formed a commission composed of 12 [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinals]] and bishops chaired by cardinal [[Joseph Ratzinger]] (who later became [[Pope Benedict XVI]]) to prepare the first draft of the ''Catechism''.<ref name="FIDEI DEPOSITUM" /> The commission was assisted by a committee consisting of seven [[diocesan bishops]], experts in [[theology]] and [[catechesis]].<ref name="FIDEI DEPOSITUM">{{cite web|date=11 October 1992|title=''Fidei depositum''|url=https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_constitutions/documents/hf_jp-ii_apc_19921011_fidei-depositum_en.html|access-date=5 October 2007|publisher=Libreria Editrice Vaticana}}</ref> 

The first principal part of the ''Catechism'', which deals with the Profession of Faith, was drafted by Bishop [[José Manuel Estepa Llaurens]] and Bishop [[Alessandro Maggiolini]]. The second principal part, on the sacraments, was drafted by future Cardinals [[Jorge Medina (cardinal)|Jorge Medina]] and [[Estanislao Esteban Karlic]]. The third principal part, on life in Christ, was drafted by the future Cardinal [[Jean Honoré]] and Bishop [[David Konstant]]. The final principal part, on prayer, was drafted by Fr. Jean Corbon, a Lebanese Melkite priest. Future CDF Prefect [[William Levada]] wrote the ''Catechism'''s glossary. The project's editorial secretary was the future Cardinal [[Christoph Schönborn]], OP.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Catechism of the Catholic Church {{!}} Encyclopedia.com |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/catechism-catholic-church |access-date=2023-08-19 |website=www.encyclopedia.com}}</ref>

Reminiscing those days, Benedict said in 2011: "I must confess that even today it seems a miracle to me that this project [the ''Catechism of the Catholic Church''] was ultimately successful".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Preface Written by the Holy Father Benedict XVI in YOUCAT, Aids to the Catechism of the Catholic Church for Young People, in view of WYD 2011 in Madrid|url=https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/it/letters/2011/documents/hf_ben-xvi_let_20110202_youcat.html|url-status=live|access-date=30 November 2021|website=Vatican.va|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191120223300/http://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/it/letters/2011/documents/hf_ben-xvi_let_20110202_youcat.html |archive-date=2019-11-20 }}</ref>

Cardinal [[Georges Cottier]] said he had worked on the catechism.<ref>{{Cite web|title="If everything is grace, then grace is no more" (by Gianni Valente)|url=http://www.30giorni.it/articoli_id_3545_l3.htm|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-23|website=30Giorni|quote=Going back to the early years, the first 'big' text I worked on was the social encyclical ''Centesimus annus''. And then the ''Ut unum sint'' on ecumenicalism, the moral encyclical ''Veritatis splendor'', and the ''Fides et ratio''… also the Catechism of the Catholic Church|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203020855/http://www.30giorni.it/articoli_id_3545_l3.htm |archive-date=2014-02-03 }}</ref>

== Promulgation ==
{{Redirect|Fidei depositum|the body of revealed truth in the scriptures and sacred tradition|Deposit of faith}}{{Blockquote|text=The ''Catechism of the Catholic Church'', which I approved 25 June last and the publication of which I today order by virtue of my Apostolic Authority, is a statement of the Church's faith and of Catholic doctrine, attested to or illumined by [[Catholic Bible|Sacred Scripture]], [[Sacred tradition#Catholic Church|Apostolic Tradition]] and the Church's [[Magisterium]]. I declare it to be a valid and legitimate instrument for ecclesial [[Koinonia|communion]] and a sure norm for teaching the faith.|author=John Paul II|source=part IV|title=''Fidei depositum''}}
The ''Catechism'' was [[Promulgation (Catholic canon law)|promulgated]] by [[John Paul II]] on 11 October 1992, the 30th anniversary of the opening of the [[Second Vatican Council]], with his [[apostolic constitution]] ''Fidei depositum'' (in English, ''The Deposit of Faith'').<ref name="FIDEI DEPOSITUM" /><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.usccb.org/sites/default/files/flipbooks/uscca/files/assets/basic-html/page-17.html#|title=United States Catholic Catechism for Adults|publisher=[[United States Conference of Catholic Bishops]]|year=2006|location=Washington, DC|pages=xv|chapter=INTRODUCTION}}</ref>

On 15 August 1997—the [[Solemnity]] of the [[Assumption of Mary|Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary]]—[[John Paul II]] promulgated the [[Ecclesiastical Latin|Latin]] [[typical edition]], with his [[Ecclesiastical letter#Letters of the popes in modern times|apostolic letter]] ''Laetamur magnopere''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Laetamur magnopere (August 15, 1997) {{!}} John Paul II |url=https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_letters/1997/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_15081997_laetamur.html |access-date=2022-12-13 |website=www.vatican.va}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Bill Dodds |date=June 14, 2017 |title=Surfing the Catechism on its silver anniversary |publisher=Our Sunday Visitor |url=https://www.osv.com/Article/TabId/493/ArtMID/13569/ArticleID/22512/Surfing-the-Catechism-on-its-silver-anniversary.aspx |url-status=dead |access-date=January 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105180324/https://www.osv.com/Article/TabId/493/ArtMID/13569/ArticleID/22512/Surfing-the-Catechism-on-its-silver-anniversary.aspx |archive-date=January 5, 2018}}</ref> 

== Publication ==
The ''CCC'' was published in the French language in 1992.<ref>{{cite book |title = Catéchisme de l'Église Catholique |language = fr |year = 1992 |publisher = Mame/Plon |location = Tours/Paris |isbn = 2-266-00585-5 }}</ref> In the United States, the [[English language|English]] translation was published in 1994 and more than 250,000 copies had been pre-ordered before its release,<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/28/us/after-long-delay-a-new-catechism-appears-in-english.html |title = After Long Delay, a New Catechism Appears in English |first = Peter |last = Steinfels |date = May 28, 1994 |newspaper = The New York Times }}</ref> with a note that it was "subject to revision according to the Latin [[typical edition]] (''editio typica'') when it is published".<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/catechismofcatho0000cath_h3c9/page/n5/ |title=Catechism of the Catholic Church |date=1994 |publisher=Libreria Editrice Vaticana |isbn=978-0-8294-0772-3 |pages=ii}}</ref>

The Latin typical edition, the official text of reference [[Promulgation (Catholic canon law)|promulgated]] on 15 August 1997,<ref>{{cite web |date=17 September 1997 |title=Latin Edition of Catechism Promulgated |url=http://www.ewtn.com/library/PAPALDOC/JP2LAETM.HTM |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001021231636/http://www.ewtn.com/library/PAPALDOC/JP2LAETM.HTM |archive-date=21 October 2000 |access-date=5 October 2007 |publisher=[[L'Osservatore Romano]]}}</ref> amended the contents of the provisional French text at a few points.<ref>{{cite web |title=Modifications from the ''Editio Typica'' |url=http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/updates.htm |access-date=30 May 2016 |website=St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church |publisher=Amministrazione Del Patrimonio Della Sede Apostolica}}</ref> As a result, the earlier translations from the [[French language|French]] into other languages (including English) had to be amended and re-published as "second editions".{{NoteTag|In the U.S., the bishops then published a new English translation, from the official Latin text. (English translation of the ''Catechism of the Catholic Church: Modifications from the Editio Typica'', copyright 1997, United States Catholic Conference, Inc.—Libreria Editrice Vaticana.) The U.S. bishops added a "Glossary and ''Index Analyticus''" (copyright 2000, United States Catholic Conference, Inc.) and published the new translation, with glossary and index, as the ''Catechism of the Catholic Church, Second Edition,'' "revised in accordance with the official Latin text promulgated by John Paul II". (From the title page.) It was noted that "a glossary had been proposed" previously, before initial promulgation, "to provide assistance to those who would use the new Catechism".<ref>United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, [https://web.archive.org/web/20080918040032/http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/glossary.shtml Glossary: Prefatory Note to the Glossary], archived 18 September 2008, accessed 21 May 2023</ref>}}

Over eight million copies have been sold worldwide and the book has been published in more than twenty languages.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Catechism of the Catholic Church |publisher=Image Doubleday |year=1997 |isbn=0-385-47967-0 |edition=With Modifications From The Editio Typica |location=New York |pages=868 |language=en}}</ref><!-- The Image Doubleday printing of the Catechism of the Catholic Church includes this information on the back cover. Example seen at: https://archive.org/details/catechismofcatho00cath/page/n867/mode/2up?view=theater ) -->

== Doctrinal value ==
In the [[apostolic constitution]] ''Fidei depositum'', [[John Paul II]] declared that the ''Catechism of the Catholic Church'' is "a valid and legitimate instrument for ecclesial [[Koinonia|communion]] and a sure norm for teaching the faith", and stressed that it "is not intended to replace the local [[catechisms]] duly approved by the ecclesiastical authorities, the [[Diocesan bishop|diocesan Bishops]] and the [[Episcopal conference|Episcopal Conferences]]".<ref name="FIDEI DEPOSITUM"/>

The ''Catechism'' states:<ref>{{Cite CCC|v=2.1|para=11-2}}</ref>

{{Blockquote|text=11 This catechism aims at presenting an organic synthesis of the essential and fundamental contents of Catholic doctrine, as regards both [[Catholic theology|faith]] and [[Catholic moral theology|morals]], in the light of the [[Second Vatican Council]] and the whole of the [[Sacred tradition#Catholic Church|Church's Tradition]]. Its principal sources are the [[Catholic Bible|Sacred Scriptures]], the [[Fathers of the Church]], the [[Catholic liturgy|liturgy]], and the Church's [[Magisterium]]. It is intended to serve "as a point of reference for the [[catechisms]] or [[compendia]] that are composed in the various countries".
<br>12 This work is intended primarily for those responsible for [[catechesis]]: first of all the [[Catholic bishop|bishops]], as teachers of the faith and pastors of the Church. It is offered to them as an instrument in fulfilling their responsibility of teaching the People of God. Through the bishops, it is addressed to redactors of [[catechism]]s, to priests, and to [[catechist]]s. It will also be useful reading for all other Christian faithful.}}

== Contents ==
The ''Catechism'' is a source on which to base other Catholic catechisms (e.g., ''[[Youcat|YOUCAT]]'' or the ''Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church'') and other expositions of Catholic doctrine. As stated in the [[apostolic constitution]] ''Fidei depositum'', with which its publication was ordered, it was given so "that it may be a sure and authentic reference text for teaching Catholic doctrine and particularly for preparing local catechisms".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_constitutions/documents/hf_jp-ii_apc_19921011_fidei-depositum_en.html|title=Fidei Depositum – John Paul II – Apostolic Constitution (11 October 1992)|publisher=Vatican.va|access-date=2014-07-31}}</ref>

The ''Catechism'' is arranged in four principal parts:<ref>{{Cite CCC|2.1|toc}}</ref>
* The [[Profession of faith|Profession of Faith]] (the [[Apostles' Creed]])
* The Celebration of the [[Sacred mysteries#Christianity|Christian Mystery]] (the [[Catholic liturgy|Sacred Liturgy]], and especially the [[Sacraments of the Catholic Church|sacraments]])
* Life in [[Christ]] (including [[Ten Commandments in Catholic theology|the Ten Commandments]])
* [[Christian prayer|Christian Prayer]] (including the [[Lord's Prayer]])

The section on Scripture in the ''Catechism'' covers the [[Church Fathers|Patristic]] tradition of "spiritual [[exegesis]]" as further developed through the [[Scholasticism|scholastic]] doctrine of the "[[Four senses of Scripture|four senses]]".<ref>{{Cite CCC|2.1|101–141}}</ref> The ''Catechism'' by specifies that the necessary spiritual interpretation should be sought through the four senses of Scripture.<ref>{{Cite CCC|v=2.1|para=111, 113, 115–119}}</ref>

The literal sense pertains to the meaning of the words themselves, including any figurative meanings.<ref>{{Cite CCC|2.1|116}}</ref> The spiritual senses pertain to the significance of the things (persons, places, objects or events) denoted by the words. Of the three spiritual senses, the allegorical sense is foundational. It relates persons, events, and institutions of earlier covenants to those of later covenants, and especially to the [[New Covenant]]. Building on the allegorical sense, the moral sense instructs in regard to action, and the anagogical sense points to man's final destiny.<ref>{{Cite CCC|2.1|117}}</ref> The teaching of the ''Catechism'' on Scripture has encouraged the pursuit of [[Covenantal theology (Roman Catholic)|covenantal theology]], an approach that employs the four senses to structure salvation history via the biblical covenants.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pQjXjnoS3GcC |title=Covenant and Communion: The Biblical Theology of Pope Benedict XVI |author=Scott W. Hahn |author-link=Scott Hahn |publisher=Brazos Press |year=2009 |isbn=9781441205230 |pages=108–109}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5hO1wCHP0nUC |title=For the Sake of Our Salvation: The Truth and Humility of God's Word |others=Volume 6 of Letter & spirit |editor=Scott Hahn |editor-link=Scott Hahn |publisher=Emmaus Road Publishing |year=2011 |isbn=9781931018685 |pages=126–127}}</ref>

=== Paragraph 2267 (capital punishment) ===
{{Main|Catholic Church and capital punishment#Modification to the Catechism (2018)}}
One of the changes in the 1997 update consisted of the inclusion of the position on the [[death penalty]] that is defended in John Paul II's [[encyclical]] ''[[Evangelium vitae]]'' of 1995.<ref>{{cite web|title=The death penalty and the catechism|url=http://old.usccb.org/sdwp/national/criminal/catechism.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130312145145/http://old.usccb.org/sdwp/national/criminal/catechism.shtml|archive-date=12 March 2013|access-date=12 May 2012|publisher=[[United States Conference of Catholic Bishops]]}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=May 2016}}

The paragraph dealing with the death penalty (2267) was revised again by [[Pope Francis]] in 2018.

The text previously stated (1997):<ref name="Bordoni">{{Cite web|date=August 2, 2018|title=Pope Francis: 'death penalty inadmissable' – Vatican News|url=https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2018-08/pope-francis-cdf-ccc-death-penalty-revision-ladaria.html|website=www.vaticannews.va}}</ref>

{{cquote|Assuming that the guilty party's identity and responsibility have been fully determined, the traditional teaching of the Church does not exclude recourse to the death penalty, if this is the only possible way of effectively defending human lives against the unjust aggressor.

If, however, non-lethal means are sufficient to defend and protect people's safety from the aggressor, authority will limit itself to such means, as these are more in keeping with the concrete conditions of the common good and more in conformity to the dignity of the human person.

Today, in fact, as a consequence of the possibilities which the state has for effectively preventing crime, by rendering one who has committed an offense incapable of doing harm – without definitely taking away from him the possibility of redeeming himself – the cases in which the execution of the offender is an absolute necessity "are very rare, if not practically nonexistent."
}}

The 2018 change to the ''Catechism'' reads:<ref>{{cite web|title=Nuova redazione del n. 2267 del Catechismo della Chiesa Cattolica sulla pena di morte|url=http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2018/08/02/0556/01209.html|access-date=9 August 2018|publisher=[[Holy See Press Office]]}}</ref><ref name="Bordoni" />

{{cquote|Recourse to the death penalty on the part of legitimate authority, following a fair trial, was long considered an appropriate response to the gravity of certain crimes and an acceptable, albeit extreme, means of safeguarding the common good.

Today, however, there is an increasing awareness that the dignity of the person is not lost even after the commission of very serious crimes. In addition, a new understanding has emerged of the significance of penal sanctions imposed by the state. Lastly, more effective systems of detention have been developed, which ensure the due protection of citizens but, at the same time, do not definitively deprive the guilty of the possibility of redemption.

Consequently, the Church teaches, in the light of the Gospel, that "the death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person", and the Catholic Church works with determination for its abolition worldwide.
}}

== Reception ==

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In 1992, [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] Joseph Ratzinger (later [[Pope Benedict XVI]]) stated:<ref>{{cite web|date=1992-12-09|title=The ''Catechism of the Catholic Church'' in Context|url=http://www.usccb.org/catechism/resource/rat92art.htm#intro|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926234355/http://www.usccb.org/catechism/resource/rat92art.htm#intro <!-- Bot retrieved archive -->|archive-date=2007-09-26|access-date=2007-10-05|publisher=United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Office for the Catechism}}</ref>

{{blockquote|[The ''Catechism of the Catholic Church''] clearly show[s] that the problem of what we must do as human beings, of how we should live our lives so that we and the world may become just, is the essential problem of our day, and basically of all ages. After the fall of ideologies, the problem of man—the moral problem—is presented to today's context in a totally new way: What should we do? How does life become just? What can give us and the whole world a future which is worth living? Since the catechism treats these questions, it is a book which interests many people, far beyond purely theological or ecclesial circles.}}

[[Ulf Ekman]], former [[Charismatic movement|Charismatic]] pastor and the founder of [[Livets Ord]], says that the ''Catechism'' is "the best book he has ever read".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.charismanews.com/world/43126-ulf-ekman-says-prophetic-word-confirmed-his-catholic-conversion | title=Ulf Ekman Says Prophetic Word Confirmed His Catholic Conversion | first=Lukas | last=Berggren | access-date=2018-01-03 | date=2014-03-14 | publisher=Charisma News}}</ref>

== Derived works ==
The ''Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church'' was published in 2005, and the first edition in English in 2006. It is a more concise, [[dialogic]] and illustrated version of the ''Catechism''.<ref name=compend />{{rp|Introduction}} The text of the ''Compendium'' is available in fourteen languages on the Vatican website, which also gives the text of the ''Catechism'' itself in ten languages.<ref name=compend>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc/index.htm|title=Catechism of the Catholic Church ''and'' Catechism of the Catholic Church: Compendium |website=[[Vatican.va]]|date=28 June 2005|access-date=2023-05-22}}</ref>

''[[Youcat]]'' is a 2011 publication aimed at helping youth understand the ''Catechism''.

== See also ==
{{Portal|Catholicism|Christianity}}

* [[Catechism of Saint Pius X]]
* [[Roman Catechism]]
* ''[[The Common Catechism]]''
* ''[[Baltimore Catechism]]''
* [[Catholic Catechist]]
* [[Catholic spirituality]]
* [[History of the Catholic Church since 1962]]
* [[Christ - Our Pascha]]
* [[Outline of Catholicism]]
* [[Pastoral care in Catholicism]]
* [[Timeline of the Catholic Church]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==

*{{Cite book|last1=Wrenn|first1=Michael J.|url=http://www.christendom-awake.org/pages/catechism/flawed-expectations/fe-home-page.htm|title=Flawed Expectations: The Reception of the Catechism of the Catholic Church|last2=Whitehead|first2=K. D.|date=1996|publisher=[[Ignatius Press]]|isbn=978-0-89870-591-1|language=en}}
*{{Cite book|last1=Ratzinger|first1=Joseph|url=|title=Introduction to the Catechism of the Catholic Church|last2=Schönborn|first2=Christoph von|date=1994|publisher=Ignatius Press|isbn=978-0-89870-485-3|language=en|author-link=Joseph Ratzinger|author-link2=Christoph von Schönborn}}
*{{Cite web |last=Schönborn |first=Christoph |author-link=Christoph Schönborn |date=2022-12-31 |title=Benedict XVI: 'Father of Catechism of the Catholic Church' |url=https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2022-12/cardinal-christoph-schonborn-benedict-xvi-catechism.html |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=Vatican News |language=en}}
== External links ==
{{Commons category|Catechism of the Catholic Church}}

=== Promulgations ===
* ''[https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_constitutions/documents/hf_jp-ii_apc_19921011_fidei-depositum.html Fidei depositum]'', the apostolic constitution promulgating the ''Catechism''
* [https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_letters/1997/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_15081997_laetamur.html ''Laetamur magnopere''], on the promulgation of the ''editio typica'' of the ''Catechism''

=== Text of the ''Catechism'' ===
* [https://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc/index.htm The Holy See – Archive – ''Catechism of the Catholic Church''] {{in lang|ar|zh|en|fr|de|it|la|lv|mg|pt|es}} ({{as of|2021|5|29|lc=y}})
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080913014703/http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/index.shtml United States Conference of Catholic Bishops]; English – Second edition (revised in accordance with the Latin ''[[editio typica]]'')

=== Text of the ''Compendium'' ===
* [https://www.vatican.va/archive/compendium_ccc/documents/archive_2005_compendium-ccc_en.html ''Compendium'' at Vatican/Holy See website]

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