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Directoire catéchétique général

DCG · Directoire · Congrégation pour le Clergé · 1971 · FR · 134 paragraphes · vatican.va ↗

Action is necessary for the development of the adolescent’s personality. Freedom from egocentrism and subjectivism demands dealing with reality itself, whether with success or with failure. Catechesis, which should encourage personal experience of faith and at the same time well-ordered reflection on religious matters, is brought to perfection when it Leads to the fulfilment of religious duties. Christian catechesis should educate adolescents to assume the responsibilities of faith and gradually make them capable of upholding their Christian profession before all men.