What does the RCC really teach? A Study Guide to the Catholic Catechism [CCC]

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• The CCC
• CCC Study Guide
• Catholic Catechism and the Bible
• Some points where the CCC and the Bible differ
• The New Catholic Catechism By David W. Cloud
• The Catholic Catechism
• Contrasting The Bible with the CCC [16 min 58 sec]

Disclaimer [Plausible Deniability]:

CCC 24

Tradition Is Equal With Scrip-ture:

CCC 80-83~CCC 95~CCC 97~CCC 111-114~Tradition

Interpretation Of The Bible Is To Be Done Only By The Pope And Bishops:

CCC 100

Keeping the 10 Commandments are necessary for salvation:

CCC 2068~The Ten Commandments

The loss of Saving Faith:

CCC 161-162~Faith

Doctrine Of Purgatory:

CCC 1030~CCC 1031~PURGATORY

Doctrines Of Indulgences And Good Works For The Dead:

CCC 1032~Indulgences

Sacraments And Liturgy Communicate Grace:

CCC 1084~CCC 1131

Sacraments Are Necessary For Salvation:

CCC 1129~Sacraments Save?

Infants Are Born Again Through Water Baptism:

CCC 1250~Infant Baptism

Salvation Comes Through Water Baptism

CCC 1263~CCC 1257~CCC 1265~CCC 1267~ Regeneration~Baptism

Celibacy:

CCC 1579~Celibacy

Mass Conducted In Communion With The Dead:

CCC 1370

Priest Has Supernatural Power To Convert The Bread And Wine Into Christ:

CCC 1375~Priesthood

The Mass Is A Conversion Of Bread And Wine Into The Very Christ

CCC 1376~CCC 1413~CCC 1374~ Eucharist

The Mass Is A Re-Sacrifice Of Christ:

CCC 1414~CCC 1365~CCC 1367~MASS

Elements Of The Mass To Be Worshipped And Carried In Processions:

CCC 1418~CCC 1378

Forgiveness Of Sins And Escape From Purgatory Through Indulgences:

CCC 1471~CCC 1478~CCC 1479~Purgatory

Salvation by Works:

CCC 2027~CCC 1821~Salvation by Works

Salvation Through The Good Works Of The “Saints”:

CCC 1475-77~The Communion of Saints

All Sins Must Be Confessed To A Priest:

CCC 1493~CCC 1456~CCC 1497~The Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation

Veneration Of Relics:

CCC 1674~Relics Exposed~Peter's Bones and Rome's Truth~Body Parts~In Defense of Idolatry

Veneration Of Images:

CCC 2131~IMAGES~Idolatry~Idolatry

Mary is: Sinless, a Perpetual Virgin, the Mother of God, the Queen Of Heaven, the Co-Redeemer with Christ

CCC 491~CCC 494~CCC 495~CCC 966~CCC 508~CCC 964~CCC 969

The Promotions of Mary~Immaculate Conception~Assumption

All Grace Comes Through The Catholic Church:

CCC 819~CCC 834

No Christian Unity Apart From The Catholic Church:

CCC 820

Salvation Includes The Muslims:

CCC 841~ Muslims go to heaven?~Same God?

Salvation Only Comes Through The Catholic Church:

CCC 846~Outside the Church there is No Salvation

The Doctrine Of The Supremacy Of The Pope:

CCC 882~CCC 891~The Papacy

Prayers From The Dead:

CCC 956~Talking to the dead?

Prayers For The Dead:

CCC 958~Praying for the Dead

Doctrines of the Rosary And Prayers To Mary:

CCC 971~The Rosary

Penance Necessary For Salvation:

CCC 980~Penance (Confession)

The Church Can Forgive Sins:

CCC 982

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Question What is necessary to be saved?




Answer You have to be brought into spiritual contact with that saving death of Jesus by faith and Baptism and loyal membership in His Church, by love of God and neighbor proved by obedience to His commandments, by the other Sacraments especially Holy Communion, by prayer and good works and by final perseverance, that is, preserving God's friendship and grace until death.


Note the lack of emphasis on Jesus in this answer. The only mention of Him is with reference to being brought into spiritual contact with that saving death of Jesus. What the catechism means by this is that the person must have sanctifying grace in his soul. This, says the Church, unites a person to Jesus and gives him a participation in the divine life of God.



According to the catechism, to obtain sanctifying grace and preserve it in one's soul, a Catholic must accomplish a list of ten requirements:

• believing
• being baptized
• being a loyal member of the Church
• loving God
• loving his neighbor
• keeping the Ten Commandments
• receiving the sacraments, especially Holy Communion
• praying
• doing good works
• dying in a state of grace

Based on this list, I have developed a technique for sharing the gospel with Catholics called the Pocket Evangelism Kit. It is made up of a number of illustrated cards, each representing one aspect of the Catholic plan of salvation. The cards are placed before the Catholic with a brief explanation of what each represents. The person is then asked to pick up those cards that he or she considers necessary for salvation. The purpose is to help the person see what he is trusting in for his salvation.


Catholics typically pick up several cards. A well-taught Catholic will take most, if not all of them, as the catechism answer above instructs. Most Catholics make their selection with an attitude of the more the better!



The Catholic Way of Salvation

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Theologian and Reformation scholar Peter Toon summarizes the main features of the official Roman doctrine of justification:

• Justification is both an event and a process. An unrighteous man becomes a righteous man. Becoming a child of God in baptism and having the remission of sins, the Christian is made righteous. (If during this process he should lose faith or fall away, he may be restored through the sacrament of penance.)

• Justification occurs because of the "infusion" of the grace of God into the soul, whereby inherent righteousness becomes one of the soul's characteristics.

• This imparted, "infused" righteousness is described as the "formal cause" of justification. The "meritorious cause" is Christ's passion and death.

• The believer will only know for certain that he is justified at the end of the process. In the meantime, his constant duty is to co-operate with the grace of God given to him.

The main features of the official Roman doctrine of justification

Roman Catholicism: Christian or Pagan? (8/97)
Roman Catholicism: General Notes (8/97)
Roman Catholicism: Is It A Cult? (12/01)
Roman Catholicism: Mariology (8/97)
Mary Worship: A Study of Catholic Practice and Doctrine (12/03)
Roman Catholicism: Constantine and the Catholic Church-State (2/04)
Popedom: An Overview of the History of the Papacy (Pt.1); (Pt.2) (12/03)
Reality Catholicism: Research Papers by a Former Catholic Nun (10/05)
The New Catholic Catechism (English:1994) - Analysis by David Cloud