This was an amazing review. Thanks for taking the time. I will be using your links for these products. BTW for those reading this I'm coming from Atheism to the Catholic Church. My RCIA class starts August 6th and I will be joined to the body of Christ next Easter. Please pray for me.
I appreciate the in depth knowledge that Douglas Beaumont has on Catholic and Christian topics. Few people can provide this knowledge to us. Thank you Douglas.
Thanks for letting us know. I still read my copy of The Roman Catechism: The Catechism of the Council of Trent. Glad to know there's a new edition of the CCC in the format of Ascension Press.
Looks like a great edition for those not familiar with or haven't spent much time using the current CCC. The formatting changes do not look to necessitate the need to purchase if you are already comfortable with the CCC. I could see this edition to be helpful in RCIA classes. Really good review, Doug!
I’m wondering only because I’m getting older and my eyesight is failing. if someone like you who has a pleasant voice could do an audio book version of this new catechism. It would be truly helpful to those of us who are used to be protestant for many years and now want to convert, But don’t have enough information and especially those like me at 70 my eyes just won’t let me read very long. Thanks for the program always enjoy it.
I just finished this book. It is a treasure for all Christians. The historical context from the early church fathers to the timelines to the entire ecclesiastical history of the faith- this is a great reference piece.
Thanks, Doug. I've received a few emails from Ascension Press concerning their edition. It looks nice, but I wasn't sure if it was worth the price. Your detailed review about the unique features makes me reconsider. I read through the catechism while going through RCIA and love how beautifully it reads cover to cover. The additional features will help in a second reading (with Fr. Mike's CIY podcasts) and as a research & reference tool as a catechist in my parish and teacher at school.
I have the chunky hard cover edition, and the spine simply deteriorated on me, as I use it constantly. I was considering a new CCC and a number of individuals in my adult Ed class at church really enjoy their's. After listening to their comments and checking it out, I am definitely ordering one. Just hope I don't destroy this one. Thank you, brother, for a great review.
@DouglasBeaumont depends on whether or not the council is one that defines dogma and infallible degrees of required belief, or if it is merely a pastoral council and not required belief like private revelation is not obligatory.
I was a nice kid who hadn't even reached puberty in 1963, and was put into much trauma and personal emotional suffering by what was written in The Baltimore Catechim, as taught my my 8th grade nun. When I was converted to Christ and met the Lord w/ forgiveness at age 22, one of my first thoughts was: "why isn't this gospel taught in the Cath. church ? " I was flabbergasted that a person could be forgiven by faith in the Lord, rather than having to carry around a lot of accusation and guilt for periods of time, requiring catholics to confess to a Cath. priest. You could say that instead of the Jewish Law of Romans 7, it was the Catholic Law of Romans 7,,,,,and then receiving grace and forgiveness through Romans 8.
So glad I spent the money on this. I’ve also been calling it “the theology section.” I’ve started using the corresponding colors as Bible highlights as well in my Bible app!
Great job at telling us the fine details of the Ascension Press CCC version. I just received mine today and sure enough, Ascension press put a lot of thought into their catechism. I may not have picked what you highlighted in these few minutes. 1/5/2023.
Thank you Douglas. As usual you have provided a great overview to help us out. I always appreciate your view on things and your channel and the book Evangelical Exodus were a great helps in bringing me to the Catholic faith.
I went through the Father Schimt catechism in a year with my 2nd edition catechism of the Catholic Church I have had for years and it tracked exactly with the father’s subjects from beginning to end. So the was a very little difference between the ascension version. I think it is more elaborate and perhaps easier to use, and the map it comes with would have been useful. I found the catechism to very faithful to Catholic teaching and it was a wonderful experience for deepening your Catholic faith.
Ist time here, you have my L & S of course! It took a bit to save for my G.A. Bible but the CCC is next on my list! As a Gen Xer returned after 35 years, I see the blessing of modern tech to aide in our studies!!!! God Bless you and your family, brother!
I just ordered your book With One Accord. I can now use it to teach my 5 year old step son to deal with some of the deceptions that he may be exposed to when he's not with us. He's so smart and laughs at the fact that many protestants think that they teach isn't already taught in the Catholic Church. I hope that I can find some common language used in protestantism like "being born again" or "accepting Jesus as Lord and Savior" that we all know Catholics believe 😊
@DouglasBeaumont we need a book on apologetics for kids. We often think that they don't understand, but they do. I think that at least getting them acquainted to the most used language by protestants so they don't caught off guard would be helpful. Pictures are also helpful for me to explain the purely Catholic dogmas. Protestants get trained from childhood, I feel like Catholic kids need to be equipped to defend our faith in a charitable way
Look at Catholic homeschooling websites. Seton Homeschool, Catholic Heritage Curriculum, St Jerome’s library, Our Lady of Victory, Lepanto Press. There are tons of stuff for children. I would look for info prior to 1965, that was a pivotal year when they started to make little and big changes in the teachings of our faith. You want to teach the authentic Faith- not the “new” modernized and oftentimes water downed faith. God bless you for taking seriously your role as a spiritual provider!
@@DouglasBeaumont pls keep up with the good work. I wish many more people will come to realise that Catholicsm is the only true religion. God bless you and by his grace your journey will draw many to him.
Have they updated the binding? First printings have a glued binding and I have been waiting to order in anticipation of a sewn binding. I already have the blue cover paperback edition but it's binding and cover are coming undone. Definitely needing something sturdier.
Thanks for the review. This new publication looks wonderful. I was wondering about your view on Catholic scholarly study bibles? I personally, am yet to find a Catholic study bible that is close to the Protestant ESV study bible by Crossway in terms of comprehensive notes, charts, diagrams, various articles, as well as maps throughout, not just at the back etc. It is also more of a 'word for word' rather than 'thought for thought' translation. I have watched many videos on youtube about the ESV and it being the most comprehensive in terms of study tools. I have the larger study version, massive thing, but so well planned out. I also appreciate that even though there a significant differences in Protestant and Catholic faith, they acknowledge the Catholic point of view in their commentary articles. Why hasn't the oldest and largest Christian denomination, the Catholic Church, supplied a similarly well crafted Study bible? Ignatius Press are 'suppose' to be releasing a complete study bible to go along with their highly praised NT one written by Scott Hahn...but who knows when and if it will be as well laid out, and how many scholars are involved? If there was a Catholic study bible out there like Crossway's ESV I'd prefer that, being Catholic, but I know of none... I find this aspect of the Catholic faith to be dissapointing... Thanks.
GREAT QUESTION! First, I understand your frustration and I share it - but the issue is not a simple matter of "Evangelicals have it and Catholics do not." Second, the ESV study Bible was my favorite as an Evangelical. When I got the Catholic Study Bible hoping for something similar I was gravely disappointed. All of the NABRE translations are required to come with the modernistic notes typically associated with liberal protestant skeptical "scholarship." It is truly sad the Church has bought into that garbage. (BTW, there IS a Catholic ESV! See my review: ua-cam.com/video/n9RjsMvCpA4/v-deo.html). I reject the NABRE and all its works. ;) Third, the Church has some great commentaries on Scripture (see the Navarre commentary for example). I think the basic problem is that the Church has TOO MUCH! It's hard to consolidate 2,000 years of thinking into footnotes. For example, Ignatius's study Bible is top notch content-wise but as you noted, it's massive. If they ever get the entire Bible into a single volume it will have to be either gigantic or printed with miniscule text on onion-thin paper! Fourth, the best single-volume full study Bible remains the Didache from Ignatius Press. It's the RSV translation (the academic predecessor of the ESV) and its notes are keyed to the Catechism (what more could you want for study notes?). Check it out: amzn.to/3bBKwyA
Great review! But i will wait for it to be available here in the Philippines! Toooooo expensive to buy it from there to here... besides, i don't have a credit card. Haha! So i will wait for it to be available in... LAZADA. I am drooling over it now as you are reviewing it. Salamat po!
The RCC has constantly changed biblical doctrine. And any Catholic who spends time studying the Bible, leaves the RCC and becomes born-again Christians and labeled "protesters".... Kuipanaha!
That's hilariously false. I can name 10 top shelf Catholics who left Protestantism for every Protestant who has left Catholicism and made anything of themsleves. As the saying goes, "Catholics get the best Protestants and Protestants get the worst Catholics." :)
@@DouglasBeaumont Never heard (or seen) that idea. God is no respecter of person, so whatever "top shelf" means its just your personal view, not Reality. What is a protestant?
Are you familiar with the book: "A Catechism of Errors: A Critique of the Principle Errors of the Catechism of the Catholic Church" by Michael Haynes? I don't know anything more than its title and the blerb about it online. If you have already covered it, please point me in that direction. Thank you.
@po18guy Dr. Robert Sungenis has found an outright heresy in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. He will be asking Rome to remove it. It is in the first 45 min of Dr. Robert Sungenis Live 155 on YT.
Which CCC articles would be considered the most important? Is there a curated list somewhere? Or can someone just tell me? The CCC really blows my mind. I’m trying to gain insight into the faith through it a bit faster. Thanks
I think there is a sense in which they are in order of importance already simply from the logical nature of their layout. if I had very limited time I'd say the opening writings on the nature of faith and then Jesus' passion and resurrection are paramount though. Without those none of the rest matters.
I actually appreciate how hard Francis tries to get his view into the catechism because it shows that he actually can't. :) The best he could do was this vague and ambiguous statement which, when understood with the history of Church teaching, is at best (worst?) only a prudential judgment with limited application.
@@DouglasBeaumonti like your take and i think one day the Church will correct this error. unfortunately, young, impressionable, liberalized catholics are running with this by adding it to the ever-increasing list of "social justice" items they demand catholics adopt as new gospel. pray for Mother Church!
Omg…. I want it, I bought the Spanish version of the great adventure bible, but the catechism in ascension edition is exactly what I’ve been looking for, please can i get it in Spanish version….. please
I’m having trouble finding ‘Catechism of the Catholic Church, Ascension Edition’ in or delivered to Australia. Any other Australians here that have found a source for this book? Thanks 😊
@@DouglasBeaumont their website said no when I went thru the checkout. Amazon US has it, but won’t ship to AUS. I did find it on EBay US abut by the time it would be dispatched with shipping it would be close to AUD$200. Anyway, will chase the identified distributor here even though it’s not turn up on their website Great review of the book btw, I’m sold 🤣
But Does it Follow the pre1950 doctrines, the 1970 or is it updated with corrections and errors removed of the 1995, or is it new 2000 something version???
Great video, but very misleading title. "The Catechism of the Catholic Church Has Been Changed!" The video explains well the formatting improvements, but this is not a change to the Catechism! I hope Douglas Beaumont sees this and changes it to "The Format of the Catechism Has Been Greatly Improved" or something along those lines. The current title is uncalled for clickbait.
@@DouglasBeaumont I don’t want it reformed. I want to to go back to Truth: Evolution is a fantasy and the only purpose of marriage is to have Christian children. Only between a Man and a Woman, like God intended.
The perfect Bible was inspired by God Called King James version. There are some translations of word and phrases that add to it. But I've had no need for a more modern translation.
@@DouglasBeaumont where in the Bible does it say the pope is God? That Mary is God or even sinless? It doesn't. These are papal constructs in direct defiance of Jesus and the Bible. Why then are they accepted by the majority of catholics that don't flee the heresy of catholicism?
Perhaps it is nice. I am so very tired of all the changes in the church in my lifetime. In my 67 years I am able to recite most prayers in two versions. It is confusing. The last version of the catechism was great. Really the TRUTH does not change. Enjoy but I don’t care for yet another version. Tiresome.
I refuse to recite the watered down versions of prayers.... & stick to what's been passed down through the Ages. Truth doesn't change ! Personally might consider buying this second hand if only for the formatting & as a contemporary reference
@@sometimescharlotte5243 knowing Fr. Mike and how solid he is on Catholic dogma, truth would not be altered. It's just that it was made to navigate through that can be used together with the chart that brings you through salvation history so it makes it more understandable.
I hope its the text of the original catechism not the version in which Pope Francis passes of his personal opinion snd changes as Church doctrine...which he has no authority to deform or change. I have a hatd back copy of the first edition. The Catechism of the Council of Trent is essential reading before the new composition of JPII.
I actually appreciate how hard Francis tries to get his view into the catechism because it shows that he actually can't. :) The best he could do was this vague and ambiguous statement which, when understood with the history of Church teaching, is at best (worst?) only a prudential judgment with limited application.
Is God still agaist same sex marriages? I'm pretty sure my grandparents are stuck in the 1950s still (they didn't go to my cousins wedding) I don't really understand that😒 but on top of that there adult children including my mum have now been disowned apparently my grandad is mad that they went😢 is there something I can help them see that, it doesn't matter if your gay or straight or been divorced GOD LOVES US AS WE ARE because this is how he made us right?😢
No, because it does matter! God's love does not extend to sin nor to its celebration. That does not excuse treating people poorly of course, but willfully treating evil actions as good is a gravely serious problem.
For all English speakers of the 17th century who didn't have nearly the same number of early manuscripts or competent scholars. But ok. And BTW, the KJVs included the entire OT canon for hundreds of years. :)
Then I wonder why the Roman Catholic Church removed the 2nd Commandment from its catechism - "“You shall not make for yourself a carved image-any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments." Exodus 10:4-6
The best Catholic Catechism is the Council of Trent and it does come with a nice cover. You shouldn't trust a catechism after Pope St. Pius X Catechism.
I don't accept any material from later than 1970 when it comes to economics, history and geography re: dictionaries and encyclopedias. I won't use any Catholic Bible with a date after 1965. I use the Divinum Officium web site or app set to Divino Afflatu. For Catechisms there are many available pre-1962, Council of Trent, Baltimore, Pius X. We don't need Francis's schlock memory holed, Newspeak, Orwellian Bibles, Catechism, etc.
Catechism - questions and answers used to teach Christians. How about teach all of the falsehoods, ignorances, physical impossibilities, contrived and stolen stories and prophecy failures contained in the bible?
I just download the Dogma of the church, and read the Bible. It's good they didn't update the catechism, though. I don't see the Catholic Church as an authority. I see many grasps at truth, but many corruptions of the Apostolic Faith. I think the church makes true converts and is good for some people, but like anything else, it establishes error, which I find the Bible is more Authoritative than the Church. And the Apostolic Ministry and prophets. Like I'm raised Lutheran, but there's a lot of established custom in the church I divert from. For some reason people find authority in men, and that's when the faiths falter. It needs to be established on the person of Christ alone, revealed through the apostles and prophets. It's His ethos. Not Francis or Luther or Calvin.
@@BKNeifert But it's written by man, some apostles, some prophets...it is written Jesus told the 12 apostles to spread his church. Why would he entrust such a task to man? Maybe I'm misunderstanding your concern. But you're not going to convince anyone online. Same goes for me. I'm not special
@@chrisg0001 God apportions the administration of His kingdom to His saints. Plus, the Gospels are eyewitness accounts, all corroborating one another. We know exactly who wrote them, and when, through Papias, and the people who knew Jesus, those are the teachings they passed down. That's iron clad. Whether it convinces you or not, that's not the point. The point is, you have no rational or empirical grounds not to believe. This is just the beginning of it, too. There's myriads more to go over, that corroborates the Bible, and we don't need to just take it at its word, it's literally being written at the time of those events, and we know so, because we unearth things from archeology that prove it.
1 Timothy 2:5 “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;” Luke 1:46-47 And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, 47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior Romans 3:10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: 1 Corinthians 10:4 “And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.” 1 Samuel 2:2 “There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God. Mark 7:7. “Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.” 2 Timothy 2:15 “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” All you need is a KJV Bible, not a catechism.
CCC has a lot of good stuff but the gobbledygook commentaries simply undermine a good number of Catholic doctrines. Fine to have it if you already know the faith, but it's better to have it in connection with other Catechisms like Trent. Aquinas, Pius X and summaries like Canon Ripley's "This is the Faith" None are perfect but it's best to be thorough.
This was an amazing review. Thanks for taking the time. I will be using your links for these products. BTW for those reading this I'm coming from Atheism to the Catholic Church. My RCIA class starts August 6th and I will be joined to the body of Christ next Easter. Please pray for me.
Excellent!
May the Holy Spirit lead you to the Truth. Amen.
Prayers for you
Amen! Praise be to God!
How much did they charge you?
I appreciate the in depth knowledge that Douglas Beaumont has on Catholic and Christian topics. Few people can provide this knowledge to us. Thank you Douglas.
You're welcome!
I really value Doug's input and opinion.
What is meant by “Catholic and Christian”? Catholics are Christians. It’s like saying “I like Led Zeppelin and music”.
I have this beautiful Catechism. I completed Catchism in a Year with Fr. Mike. Well worth your time.
Very cool!
Thanks for letting us know. I still read my copy of The Roman Catechism: The Catechism of the Council of Trent. Glad to know there's a new edition of the CCC in the format of Ascension Press.
Looks like a great edition for those not familiar with or haven't spent much time using the current CCC. The formatting changes do not look to necessitate the need to purchase if you are already comfortable with the CCC. I could see this edition to be helpful in RCIA classes. Really good review, Doug!
Agreed, I could see someone just wanting a really nice edition but the tools are more for introduction and ease of use. Thanks!
I’m wondering only because I’m getting older and my eyesight is failing. if someone like you who has a pleasant voice could do an audio book version of this new catechism. It would be truly helpful to those of us who are used to be protestant for many years and now want to convert, But don’t have enough information and especially those like me at 70 my eyes just won’t let me read very long. Thanks for the program always enjoy it.
You have the Catechism in a Year podcast which reads the entire book. It’s a start.
I just finished this book. It is a treasure for all Christians.
The historical context from the early church fathers to the timelines to the entire ecclesiastical history of the faith- this is a great reference piece.
I very loudly applaud the judicious use of color troughout the various apparatus in the book.
I read the Catechism of the Council of Trent.
Congratulations.
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Thanks, Doug. I've received a few emails from Ascension Press concerning their edition. It looks nice, but I wasn't sure if it was worth the price. Your detailed review about the unique features makes me reconsider. I read through the catechism while going through RCIA and love how beautifully it reads cover to cover. The additional features will help in a second reading (with Fr. Mike's CIY podcasts) and as a research & reference tool as a catechist in my parish and teacher at school.
My RCIA team is switching to an annual Catechism curriculum as we speak! :)
This video is so well explained. Thank you.
I just ordered my copy of the Ascension Catechism, I cant wait to receive and read it.
I have the chunky hard cover edition, and the spine simply deteriorated on me, as I use it constantly. I was considering a new CCC and a number of individuals in my adult Ed class at church really enjoy their's. After listening to their comments and checking it out, I am definitely ordering one. Just hope I don't destroy this one. Thank you, brother, for a great review.
Shows you use it!
Catechism of the Council of Trent,
It's all we need !
Catholicism went on pause in 1963.
What does the Catechism of the Council of Trent say about ignoring Ecumenical Councils?
@DouglasBeaumont depends on whether or not the council is one that defines dogma and infallible degrees of required belief, or if it is merely a pastoral council and not required belief like private revelation is not obligatory.
I was a nice kid who hadn't even reached puberty in 1963, and was put into much trauma and personal emotional suffering by what was written in The Baltimore Catechim, as taught my my 8th grade nun. When I was converted to Christ and met the Lord w/ forgiveness at age 22, one of my first thoughts was: "why isn't this gospel taught in the Cath. church ? " I was flabbergasted that a person could be forgiven by faith in the Lord, rather than having to carry around a lot of accusation and guilt for periods of time, requiring catholics to confess to a Cath. priest. You could say that instead of the Jewish Law of Romans 7, it was the Catholic Law of Romans 7,,,,,and then receiving grace and forgiveness through Romans 8.
So glad I spent the money on this. I’ve also been calling it “the theology section.” I’ve started using the corresponding colors as Bible highlights as well in my Bible app!
Oh what a great idea!
I’ve had this for a while now and never knew this much about it. Thanks for the insight.
I am so grateful for your videos, they helped me a lot as a new believer. Please upload more.
Excellent review! Now, I really want one! I am following Fr. Mike’s CIY as I did the BIY last year.
Right on!
I bought this catechism. Now that I've watched this video I will start to work my way thru it.
Great job at telling us the fine details of the Ascension Press CCC version. I just received mine today and sure enough, Ascension press put a lot of thought into their catechism. I may not have picked what you highlighted in these few minutes. 1/5/2023.
Glad it was helpful!
Ooh thats a lovely edition of the Catechism, time to update my two 20+ year old editions. Thanks Mr Beaumont.
Enjoy!
Thank you Douglas. As usual you have provided a great overview to help us out. I always appreciate your view on things and your channel and the book Evangelical Exodus were a great helps in bringing me to the Catholic faith.
Very welcome!
I went through the Father Schimt catechism in a year with my 2nd edition catechism of the Catholic Church I have had for years and it tracked exactly with the father’s subjects from beginning to end. So the was a very little difference between the ascension version. I think it is more elaborate and perhaps easier to use, and the map it comes with would have been useful. I found the catechism to very faithful to Catholic teaching and it was a wonderful experience for deepening your Catholic faith.
Ist time here, you have my L & S of course! It took a bit to save for my G.A. Bible but the CCC is next on my list! As a Gen Xer returned after 35 years, I see the blessing of modern tech to aide in our studies!!!! God Bless you and your family, brother!
Mine arrived today. Love it and having a quick look through it your review is 100% correct ❤
Great to hear!
Brother PLEASE...if possible - we need more videos 🙏🏼 Thank you & God bless
I just ordered your book With One Accord. I can now use it to teach my 5 year old step son to deal with some of the deceptions that he may be exposed to when he's not with us. He's so smart and laughs at the fact that many protestants think that they teach isn't already taught in the Catholic Church. I hope that I can find some common language used in protestantism like "being born again" or "accepting Jesus as Lord and Savior" that we all know Catholics believe 😊
That's great!
@DouglasBeaumont we need a book on apologetics for kids. We often think that they don't understand, but they do. I think that at least getting them acquainted to the most used language by protestants so they don't caught off guard would be helpful. Pictures are also helpful for me to explain the purely Catholic dogmas. Protestants get trained from childhood, I feel like Catholic kids need to be equipped to defend our faith in a charitable way
Look at Catholic homeschooling websites. Seton Homeschool, Catholic Heritage Curriculum, St Jerome’s library, Our Lady of Victory, Lepanto Press. There are tons of stuff for children. I would look for info prior to 1965, that was a pivotal year when they started to make little and big changes in the teachings of our faith. You want to teach the authentic Faith- not the “new” modernized and oftentimes water downed faith. God bless you for taking seriously your role as a spiritual provider!
I just wish it wasn’t so expensive!
Wonderful video, thank you so much for it. I've just ordered my copy and can't wait to start studying it
Hopefully they release a spanish edition like they did with the great adventure bible
Nice! Since it's the same size as the Great Adventure I could take it to a book binder and rebind both into one book.
Cool idea
Thank you for the run through this is very helpful in deciding to buy this Catechism.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for the very thorough review.
Glad it was helpful!
I am following Fr Mike's CIY, will buy the resources. Thanks so much for your insight.
Very welcome!
@@DouglasBeaumont pls keep up with the good work. I wish many more people will come to realise that Catholicsm is the only true religion. God bless you and by his grace your journey will draw many to him.
Great video!
I use the CCC with my Ignatius Study Bible.
Thanks brother to shared love it ♥️
Have they updated the binding? First printings have a glued binding and I have been waiting to order in anticipation of a sewn binding. I already have the blue cover paperback edition but it's binding and cover are coming undone. Definitely needing something sturdier.
Sorry, I don't know.
Thanks for the review. This new publication looks wonderful. I was wondering about your view on Catholic scholarly study bibles?
I personally, am yet to find a Catholic study bible that is close to the Protestant ESV study bible by Crossway in terms of comprehensive notes, charts, diagrams, various articles, as well as maps throughout, not just at the back etc. It is also more of a 'word for word' rather than 'thought for thought' translation. I have watched many videos on youtube about the ESV and it being the most comprehensive in terms of study tools. I have the larger study version, massive thing, but so well planned out. I also appreciate that even though there a significant differences in Protestant and Catholic faith, they acknowledge the Catholic point of view in their commentary articles.
Why hasn't the oldest and largest Christian denomination, the Catholic Church, supplied a similarly well crafted Study bible? Ignatius Press are 'suppose' to be releasing a complete study bible to go along with their highly praised NT one written by Scott Hahn...but who knows when and if it will be as well laid out, and how many scholars are involved?
If there was a Catholic study bible out there like Crossway's ESV I'd prefer that, being Catholic, but I know of none... I find this aspect of the Catholic faith to be dissapointing...
Thanks.
GREAT QUESTION!
First, I understand your frustration and I share it - but the issue is not a simple matter of "Evangelicals have it and Catholics do not."
Second, the ESV study Bible was my favorite as an Evangelical. When I got the Catholic Study Bible hoping for something similar I was gravely disappointed. All of the NABRE translations are required to come with the modernistic notes typically associated with liberal protestant skeptical "scholarship." It is truly sad the Church has bought into that garbage. (BTW, there IS a Catholic ESV! See my review: ua-cam.com/video/n9RjsMvCpA4/v-deo.html). I reject the NABRE and all its works. ;)
Third, the Church has some great commentaries on Scripture (see the Navarre commentary for example). I think the basic problem is that the Church has TOO MUCH! It's hard to consolidate 2,000 years of thinking into footnotes. For example, Ignatius's study Bible is top notch content-wise but as you noted, it's massive. If they ever get the entire Bible into a single volume it will have to be either gigantic or printed with miniscule text on onion-thin paper!
Fourth, the best single-volume full study Bible remains the Didache from Ignatius Press. It's the RSV translation (the academic predecessor of the ESV) and its notes are keyed to the Catechism (what more could you want for study notes?). Check it out: amzn.to/3bBKwyA
Make sure it's Catholic with the seven Deuterocanonical books.
I ordered one thanks to your review. I trust your book reviews and 89% of your music reviews.
89% seems high. ;)
Yes Doug this is a GREAT EDITION OF THE CATECHISM.
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Great review! But i will wait for it to be available here in the Philippines! Toooooo expensive to buy it from there to here... besides, i don't have a credit card. Haha! So i will wait for it to be available in... LAZADA. I am drooling over it now as you are reviewing it. Salamat po!
Well done on this review. What a great resource.
A book like this needs and deserves a sewn binding.
A beautifully made video about a beautiful book. Great job.
What an excellent treasure to have.
😆 you got me with the headline!
Yeah, clickbait.
Just ordered one
Hello sir thank you for sharing
Wow, I love printed books again.
Council of Trent is leather, bound, or something like it
Thank you
The RCC has constantly changed biblical doctrine. And any Catholic who spends time studying the Bible, leaves the RCC and becomes born-again Christians and labeled "protesters".... Kuipanaha!
That's hilariously false. I can name 10 top shelf Catholics who left Protestantism for every Protestant who has left Catholicism and made anything of themsleves. As the saying goes, "Catholics get the best Protestants and Protestants get the worst Catholics." :)
@@DouglasBeaumont Never heard (or seen) that idea. God is no respecter of person, so whatever "top shelf" means its just your personal view, not Reality. What is a protestant?
Can this catechism be trusted, or has it been tainted by “synodalism” and it’s big brother “Modernism”? Can it be trusted?
Are you familiar with the book: "A Catechism of Errors: A Critique of the Principle Errors of the Catechism of the Catholic Church" by Michael Haynes? I don't know anything more than its title and the blerb about it online. If you have already covered it, please point me in that direction. Thank you.
No I haven't. I'll see what I can find out!
@@po18guy It's in the title. The Catechism of the Catholic Church. What other one might you think it be?
@po18guy Dr. Robert Sungenis has found an outright heresy in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. He will be asking Rome to remove it. It is in the first 45 min of Dr. Robert Sungenis Live 155 on YT.
@@littlerock5256there have been multiple versions of the catechism. So it is a valid question.
We have the catechism of the council of Trent before. What is the difference and what are the changes if any?
Which CCC articles would be considered the most important?
Is there a curated list somewhere?
Or can someone just tell me?
The CCC really blows my mind. I’m trying to gain insight into the faith through it a bit faster.
Thanks
I think there is a sense in which they are in order of importance already simply from the logical nature of their layout. if I had very limited time I'd say the opening writings on the nature of faith and then Jesus' passion and resurrection are paramount though. Without those none of the rest matters.
@@DouglasBeaumont thanks. Sounds good. By the way, You’re the only response.
Where to buy? What is the size and how many pages.
May I see the table of contents. Thank you.
See link in the description for link. It's about 9" x 6" x 2" and bbout 900 pages long. The TOC is several pages long and only in outline form.
it's special if it omits Francis' error on the death penalty "change" to catholic moral doctrine.
I actually appreciate how hard Francis tries to get his view into the catechism because it shows that he actually can't. :) The best he could do was this vague and ambiguous statement which, when understood with the history of Church teaching, is at best (worst?) only a prudential judgment with limited application.
@@DouglasBeaumonti like your take and i think one day the Church will correct this error. unfortunately, young, impressionable, liberalized catholics are running with this by adding it to the ever-increasing list of "social justice" items they demand catholics adopt as new gospel. pray for Mother Church!
Have the words been changed?
Great review Doug, thanks!
Glad you liked it!
Omg…. I want it, I bought the Spanish version of the great adventure bible, but the catechism in ascension edition is exactly what I’ve been looking for, please can i get it in Spanish version….. please
Its likely in production. :)
@@DouglasBeaumont ohhh I’ll be waiting for it….. thanx for the info
Seems like a very steep price of nearly 80 bucks Canadian for just better organization, colours and tabs.
I’m having trouble finding ‘Catechism of the Catholic Church, Ascension Edition’ in or delivered to Australia.
Any other Australians here that have found a source for this book?
Thanks 😊
Ascension won't ship to Australia?
@@DouglasBeaumont their website said no when I went thru the checkout. Amazon US has it, but won’t ship to AUS. I did find it on EBay US abut by the time it would be dispatched with shipping it would be close to AUD$200. Anyway, will chase the identified distributor here even though it’s not turn up on their website
Great review of the book btw, I’m sold 🤣
@@eddiej9733 Oh dang yeah not worth it! They have a paperback version coming out, maybe wait for that!
Very nice edition of the CCC, indeed.
Agreed! :)
What Daily Missal should I buy to match the Ascension Bible and Ascension Catechism? Thank you. ❤
As far as I know there is no Missal whose readings will exactly match these translations because one was made specifically for Mass.
@@DouglasBeaumont Thank you so much for your reply!
But
Does it Follow the pre1950 doctrines, the 1970 or is it updated with corrections and errors removed of the 1995, or is it new 2000 something version???
Thank you for this review!
My pleasure!
Great video, but very misleading title. "The Catechism of the Catholic Church Has Been Changed!" The video explains well the formatting improvements, but this is not a change to the Catechism! I hope Douglas Beaumont sees this and changes it to "The Format of the Catechism Has Been Greatly Improved" or something along those lines. The current title is uncalled for clickbait.
Did you find the best prayer book? I’m looking for one with a multitude of prayers and old and new?
The only one I have is St. Thomas Aquinas. :)
You mean the catechism that contradicts 2000 years of Church teachings? The one that’s been corrected twice?
Sounds like someone is ready to reform the Church!
@@DouglasBeaumont I don’t want it reformed. I want to to go back to Truth: Evolution is a fantasy and the only purpose of marriage is to have Christian children. Only between a Man and a Woman, like God intended.
@@DouglasBeaumonthe means Francis
The perfect Bible was inspired by God Called King James version. There are some translations of word and phrases that add to it. But I've had no need for a more modern translation.
The Catechism isn’t the Bible, it’s a separate book.
Kjv has been changed. It used to include the entire OT. And the Catholic douay-Rheims is older
Is there much differences between the print and the digital version?
The serpent in the Garden of Eden had legs according to Robin Bullock., a great prophet. This is confirmed by Scienxe
Is there much difference between the print and digital versions?
Just subbed 😊
How to own it
Does it decry praying to the dead, deifying Mary, or remove the false books used to further the cardinals evil schemes?
No, because it is not ignorant protestant propaganda.
@@DouglasBeaumont where in the Bible does it say the pope is God? That Mary is God or even sinless? It doesn't. These are papal constructs in direct defiance of Jesus and the Bible. Why then are they accepted by the majority of catholics that don't flee the heresy of catholicism?
Too bad I cannot afford them, even with the S&H.
It is not of Trent and therefore, is not our truth
Man has changed not God, it's your choice not soul
Perhaps it is nice. I am so very tired of all the changes in the church in my lifetime. In my 67 years I am able to recite most prayers in two versions. It is confusing. The last version of the catechism was great. Really the TRUTH does not change. Enjoy but I don’t care for yet another version. Tiresome.
Translation is an ongioing work with living languages, but this one is just new in the sense of being better formatted.
I refuse to recite the watered down versions of prayers.... & stick to what's been passed down through the Ages. Truth doesn't change ! Personally might consider buying this second hand if only for the formatting & as a contemporary reference
@@sometimescharlotte5243 knowing Fr. Mike and how solid he is on Catholic dogma, truth would not be altered. It's just that it was made to navigate through that can be used together with the chart that brings you through salvation history so it makes it more understandable.
Shame on you ..the spirit move with in us so does the church
Can babies be baptized? Please let me know. Thank you.
Not only can they, many have! :)
I hope its the text of the original catechism not the version in which Pope Francis passes of his personal opinion snd changes as Church doctrine...which he has no authority to deform or change. I have a hatd back copy of the first edition. The Catechism of the Council of Trent is essential reading before the new composition of JPII.
I actually appreciate how hard Francis tries to get his view into the catechism because it shows that he actually can't. :) The best he could do was this vague and ambiguous statement which, when understood with the history of Church teaching, is at best (worst?) only a prudential judgment with limited application.
@@DouglasBeaumontis this how you interpret Francis’s prestidigitation regarding the Church’s historic and established teaching on capital punishment?
Is God still agaist same sex marriages? I'm pretty sure my grandparents are stuck in the 1950s still (they didn't go to my cousins wedding) I don't really understand that😒 but on top of that there adult children including my mum have now been disowned apparently my grandad is mad that they went😢 is there something I can help them see that, it doesn't matter if your gay or straight or been divorced GOD LOVES US AS WE ARE because this is how he made us right?😢
No, because it does matter! God's love does not extend to sin nor to its celebration. That does not excuse treating people poorly of course, but willfully treating evil actions as good is a gravely serious problem.
Go Grandpa!
Bendiciones
Nice 👍
I'll stick with my King James version of THE HOLY BIBLE, the bible for all English speakers.
For all English speakers of the 17th century who didn't have nearly the same number of early manuscripts or competent scholars. But ok. And BTW, the KJVs included the entire OT canon for hundreds of years. :)
Douay-Rheims is older
Look into the 1611 version commissioned while king James was alive
I prefer the Roman catechism
Are you Catholic or are you just judging it?
Only the Bible is the authority.
Merely your opinion unless you can show me where the Bible says that. :)
Catachism changes but Gods word doesn't
Catechism*
Then I wonder why the Roman Catholic Church removed the 2nd Commandment from its catechism - "“You shall not make for yourself a carved image-any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments." Exodus 10:4-6
They didn't. douglasbeaumont.com/2021/04/29/do-we-really-know-the-ten-commandments/
God commanded Moses to make angels for the ark.
Strawman argument *yawn*
God does not change!
Anti Christ always changes methods.
The best Catholic Catechism is the Council of Trent and it does come with a nice cover. You shouldn't trust a catechism after Pope St. Pius X Catechism.
Spirago was great too
What year do you wantvto back to? It has changed from the very beginning. If you stay the same it dies.
@@annabrahamson4320Pope St Pius X started it a little while before he died. It was finished by Benedict XV in 1917. You can find it online.
There you go again. As if the Holy Spirit ceased to exist after the popes cited above. Please, stop it!
I don't accept any material from later than 1970 when it comes to economics, history and geography re: dictionaries and encyclopedias. I won't use any Catholic Bible with a date after 1965. I use the Divinum Officium web site or app set to Divino Afflatu. For Catechisms there are many available pre-1962, Council of Trent, Baltimore, Pius X. We don't need Francis's schlock memory holed, Newspeak, Orwellian Bibles, Catechism, etc.
How come
The Lord has not left His Church and all his children
Sounds like you're excommunicated. And if you've taken Holy communion while being excommunicated, you've brought judgment on your soul.
oh, a schismatic.
I want to understand you. How come? Can you explain and clarify?
Catechism - questions and answers used to teach Christians. How about teach all of the falsehoods, ignorances, physical impossibilities, contrived and stolen stories and prophecy failures contained in the bible?
How about backing up your implied claim?
@@DouglasBeaumont Pick one and I will be happy to oblige.
I just download the Dogma of the church, and read the Bible. It's good they didn't update the catechism, though. I don't see the Catholic Church as an authority. I see many grasps at truth, but many corruptions of the Apostolic Faith. I think the church makes true converts and is good for some people, but like anything else, it establishes error, which I find the Bible is more Authoritative than the Church. And the Apostolic Ministry and prophets. Like I'm raised Lutheran, but there's a lot of established custom in the church I divert from. For some reason people find authority in men, and that's when the faiths falter. It needs to be established on the person of Christ alone, revealed through the apostles and prophets. It's His ethos. Not Francis or Luther or Calvin.
Then why do you trust the Bible?
@@DouglasBeaumont Because of the evidence that it's true.
@@BKNeifert But it's written by man, some apostles, some prophets...it is written Jesus told the 12 apostles to spread his church. Why would he entrust such a task to man? Maybe I'm misunderstanding your concern. But you're not going to convince anyone online. Same goes for me. I'm not special
@@chrisg0001 God apportions the administration of His kingdom to His saints. Plus, the Gospels are eyewitness accounts, all corroborating one another. We know exactly who wrote them, and when, through Papias, and the people who knew Jesus, those are the teachings they passed down. That's iron clad.
Whether it convinces you or not, that's not the point. The point is, you have no rational or empirical grounds not to believe. This is just the beginning of it, too. There's myriads more to go over, that corroborates the Bible, and we don't need to just take it at its word, it's literally being written at the time of those events, and we know so, because we unearth things from archeology that prove it.
Sorry, you need more than a new Catechism..
Big deal. THROW IT AWAY, and read the Bible instead to get the truth.
Yeah because you get tour beliefs straight from the Bible LOL.
1 Timothy 2:5 “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;”
Luke 1:46-47 And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, 47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior
Romans 3:10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
1 Corinthians 10:4 “And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.”
1 Samuel 2:2 “There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.
Mark 7:7. “Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.”
2 Timothy 2:15 “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”
All you need is a KJV Bible, not a catechism.
It's missing books. Douay-Rheims is far superior😊
@@chrisg0001Couldn’t have said it better
CCC has a lot of good stuff but the gobbledygook commentaries simply undermine a good number of Catholic doctrines. Fine to have it if you already know the faith, but it's better to have it in connection with other Catechisms like Trent. Aquinas, Pius X and summaries like Canon Ripley's "This is the Faith" None are perfect but it's best to be thorough.