Kevin DeYoung

A catechism is simply a tool for teaching the fundamentals of the faith. Unlike a creed or confession, a catechism uses questions and answers. Many Protestant confessional traditions, like Lutherans, Presbyterians, and Reformed, have used catechisms for centuries. Initially, most catechisms were intended for children.

American Theologian

Octavio Paz

Little by little, not without astonishment, I rediscovered the great names of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, who had been the master thinkers of my grandfather and other Mexican liberals. They did no offer me a doctrine or a catechism: they were and they are a source, an inspiration.

Mexican Poet

Stephen J. Dubner

We took our Catholicism very seriously. We never missed Mass; our father was a lector, and both our parents taught catechism. At 3 in the afternoon on Good Friday, we gathered in the living room for 10 minutes of silence in front of a painting of the Crucifixion.

American Journalist

Matteo Salvini

We apply the catechism by opening Italy's doors to women and children who come here legally on aeroplanes, but no more men on rubber dinghies. We will help them grow up and work in their own countries. Let's spend in Africa the money that needs to be spent.

Italian Politician

Rocco Buttiglione

I support non-discrimination for homosexuals, but I think, or at least I have the right to think - without saying whether I think it or not - I have the right to think, along with the catechism of the Catholic Church, that homosexuality is morally wrong.

American Politician

Tim Allen

I like Pixie Sticks. Yeah, screw the middle man. Just a tube of sugar... I'd pour two of those in a big 12 ounce coke. And I'd go out to catechism class and try to concentrate on the priest. I saw Jesus several times. I swear I did.

American Comedian

When we use old confessions and catechisms, we help teach our people that their faith is an old faith, shared by millions over many centuries. We also help them realize that other Christians have asked the same questions.

The catechism says rich nations should welcome strangers within the limits of the possible. In Italy, we have reached the limits of the possible.

Claudio Hummes

The Church doesn't censor. It tries to guide its faithful through catechism.

Brazilian Clergyman

Catechism originated in religion, and it still holds strong ties to those roots.

Religious Origin

Catechism can be a memorization tool to learn faith basics.

Memorization Tool

Catechism utilizes a question-and-answer format to promote interactive learning.

Question-Answer Format

A catechism book often contains a comprehensive summary of a belief system.

Comprehensive Summary

Catechism is commonly used for religious education, especially in Christianity.

Religious Education

Nowadays, catechism can be adapted to any systematic instruction, not just religious.

Beyond Religion

Catechism can act as a framework for organized teaching on various subjects.

Instructional Framework

 swine flu, bird flu, West Nile, we can begin almost a catechism and listen to all the cacophony of these names. But there were 30 to 50 novel viruses that jumped into human beings. And I'm afraid, looking forward, we are in the age of pandemics, we have to behave like that,