First Catechism of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church to appear soon

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What is in our new Catechism?
Our catechism will reflect our Ukrainian Eastern theology. It is a depository of the faith which reflects our 1000 year old Kyivan tradition. The underlining thread that will keep the catechism will be the anaphora of St Basil the Great (the prayers recited during the act of Consecration during the liturgy). The spirituality that we speak of here is at the very heart of our soul. Our Church is our liturgy, our spirituality and tradition is liturgical. These themes will be presented both theologically and practically.
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To make this catechism specific to the expression of our Eastern Church, the writers of this catechism will draw on the following sources: Sacred Scripture, the works of the Eastern Fathers of the Church, the teaching of the Ukrainian Catholic Fathers such as Metropolitan Andrei (Sheptytsky) and Patriarch Joseph Slipyj, The decrees of the Synods of our Church, our liturgical texts, the lives of our Saints and Blesseds, sacred art, in particular our iconography, the teachings and documents of the Universal Catholic Church and, of course, last but not least, the teaching Magisterium of the Universal Church.
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The catechism will have three sections: our Faith, our Prayer, and our Life. In other words, a theological, liturgical and moral section. Each of these sections will be about 200 pages in length. There probably will also be a fourth section which will contain many historical documents and facts from our history and tradition. If all goes as it is being planned, this is going to be a substantial resource book.
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catholicukes.org.au/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=150
 
Any information on when it will come out? I seem to remember reading late 2010.
God Bless,
Pakesh
 
this has been promised since about 2006. It’s taking a loooonnnnngggg time.
 
It would be interesting to see what Orthodox theologians have to say about this Catechism (apart, of course, from the papal thing 🙂 ) and to hear their assessment as to how well it reflects Eastern theology from their vantage point.

Alex
 
That would be great if you would volunteer to do that Friend!

There have always been Roman Catholics who appreciated the UGCC even MORE than the cradle UGCCers and did much for it.

It would be great if we could count you among that esteemed number.

Alex
 
Alexander_Roman said:
That would be great if you would volunteer to do that Friend!

There have always been Roman Catholics who appreciated the UGCC even MORE than the cradle UGCCers and did much for it.

It would be great if we could count you among that esteemed number.

Alex
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Thanks! I think it will also go a long way in my education in Eastern Catholicism. I’d like to build up my knowledge so I can approach everything from both East and West perspectives
 
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