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Beginning Catholic study

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Library introduction · Catechism 1–25

Beginning Catholic study

Catholic study begins with God’s invitation to communion, rather than a collection of isolated rules. The Creed, worship, moral life, and prayer describe one life of faith from different directions. Read a teaching alongside Scripture and its historical setting; distinguish the Church’s teaching from an author’s argument, a local custom, or this library’s explanation.

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