Talk:Catechism of the Catholic Church
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I have removed the sentence reading: "The Roman Catholic Church looks at the CCC as being equal in authority and value to other scripture, like the Bible" because I believe this overstates the case.
The Catholic Church teaches that Holy Scripture is divinely inspired and inerrant; that beside the written Scripture there has always been an unwritten Holy Tradition that is equally a part of the 'deposit of faith;' and that the Church will faithfully interpret and teach the truths of the Faith under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, through the dogmatic definitions of the Councils and the Popes.
The Church teaches no such thing about the Catechism. Rather, the Catechism represents an authoritative exposition of the Church's teaching, as derived from Holy Scripture and Holy Tradition. The Catechism presents and explains divinely inspired and infallible truths, but it is not itself either divinely inspired nor infallible, any more than I am if I quote from Scripture or from one of the Ecumenical councils.
Athanasius 01:05, 21 Jan 2004 (UTC)
[edit] POV
The article seems to me to take a very negative POV toward the Catechism. We define what it is in a few lines, then move to a "Critics" section that focuses almost entirely on the Society of Pius X and their objections to specific doctrines. Shouldn't we have more positive information here. As it stands, it seems like "Traditionalist Views on the Catechism". I was tempted to try a small edit to fix it, but I think it needs quite a bit of reworking to really be neutral. If I get time, I'll try to look into it, but if someone else can do it, so much the better. Mpolo 18:36, Aug 19, 2004 (UTC)
[edit] War
Wasn't there opposition to the Catechism for its doctrine on just war and death penalty?
[edit] More on the POV & Criticisms
The section on the CCC's "sexism," while rather interesting, strike me as entirely groundless. Obviously "the poor and humble of the Lord" are not going to be only women! The fact that CCC took pains to call out the roles of the many poor and humble women who did God's will is anything but sexism. Just because "some people" (yay for weasel words!) have a certain criticism does not mean it merits inclusion here.
For now I'm going to leave it is at is, but I'm adding the "weasel words" and "non-neutral" tags as well. Obviously there's plenty of value in some of the sections, but, as Mpolo said, the article is mostly filled with critiques and that's not a neutral POV. Vespers 05:42, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
By all means take it out. The history of the page shows that it arose from an accusation of sexism made precisely within the article, which called for a refutation. Lima 05:47, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
