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Directorium catechisticum generale

DCG · Directorium · Congregatio pro Clericis · 1971 · LA · 134 paragraphi · vatican.va ↗

A person mature in the faith knows the mystery of salvation revealed in Christ, and the divine signs and works which are witnesses to the fact that this mystery is being carried out in human history. Ibis, therefore, not sufficient for catechesis merely to stimulate a religious experience, even it ibis a true one; rather, catechesis should contribute to the gradual grasping of the whole truth about the divine plan by preparing the faithful for the reading of Sacred Scripture and the learning of tradition.