Reviews for The Essential Catholic Catechism: A Readable, Comprehensive Catechism of the Catholic Faith

The average rating for The Essential Catholic Catechism: A Readable, Comprehensive Catechism of the Catholic Faith based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-06-04 00:00:00 Chris Feliciano This book deserves more than a three star rating. Unfortunately I can't give it more than three stars because of the nature of the book: by nature a catechism is rather boring. Oh well. Schreck has done an excellent job, though, in narrowing down the very large Catholic Catechism into smaller, essential (hence the title) bits, without losing any clarity. Indeed, this essential catechism seems so thorough that I can't imagine how the actual catechism could be any longer, or why it needs to be any longer. There are, of course, lots of minor points that Schreck merely references and points to, but they are minor points and therefore you aren't missing anything by reading this catechism rather than the whole catechism. Even though I feel as if I had a good grasp of Roman Catholic theology, I still learned a lot. I say that only to recommend this book to anyone who has the slightest interest in learning what Catholics actually believe rather than condemning them outright. The sections are fairly short and fairly easy to find so I'd suggest picking it up even if you simply want to read a few points, or to have the book as a reference now and then.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-03-17 00:00:00 Blala Dada Incredibly rich and brief I have occasionally tried to figure out why we needed the CCC specifically when other Catechisms existed, this helped me see even deeper wisdom in its creation.