Question about the catechism?

[GoldenEagle]

New to the forum, first post, so not sure if this is the right place to put this.
I became Catholic in my mid teen’s, went through the RCIA, Baptized and Confirmed. Was very active in the Church for around 4 to 5 years, but fell out a few years ago.
Anyways, been going back again here recently, but have a question.

From what I remembered, either in my RCIA class or our Parish School of Religion classes, I remember one of teachers saying that there was one statement or article in the Catechism, towards the end I recall, that said something like “if any of these rules do not pertain to your situation, or you feel that you are in disagreement with any of these rules for some reason, than that is between you and God”

I have been reading this message board for the past couple days, and its very common for members to say that if you do this you are excommunicated, or you CANNOT be Catholic and believe this or that. Not interested in speaking about those beliefs and what they may or may not be.

However from what i remember that teacher saying, the Catechism had an article that said just the opposite, that there is nothing that prevents you from being Catholic or automatically means your are out of the Church. Obviously there are pretty big sticking points, (ex. murder), but if you truly believe something, and have reconciled yourself with God, is it not ok? And where in the Catechism is this article??

 

[Bl_Pope_Pius_IX]

New to the forum, first post, so not sure if this is the right place to put this.
I became Catholic in my mid teen’s, went through the RCIA, Baptized and Confirmed. Was very active in the Church for around 4 to 5 years, but fell out a few years ago.
Anyways, been going back again here recently, but have a question.

From what I remembered, either in my RCIA class or our Parish School of Religion classes, I remember one of teachers saying that there was one statement or article in the Catechism, towards the end I recall, that said something like “if any of these rules do not pertain to your situation, or you feel that you are in disagreement with any of these rules for some reason, than that is between you and God”

I have been reading this message board for the past couple days, and its very common for members to say that if you do this you are excommunicated, or you CANNOT be Catholic and believe this or that. Not interested in speaking about those beliefs and what they may or may not be.

However from what i remember that teacher saying, the Catechism had an article that said just the opposite, that there is nothing that prevents you from being Catholic or automatically means your are out of the Church. Obviously there are pretty big sticking points, (ex. murder), but if you truly believe something, and have reconciled yourself with God, is it not ok? And where in the Catechism is this article??

Can you find out where it says that? I teach Catechism and I’ve never found that part in the Catechism. I’m interested in where it would be. I am very sceptical and doubtful that what you said is actually in the Catechism.

 

[1ke]

From what I remembered, either in my RCIA class or our Parish School of Religion classes, I remember one of teachers saying that there was one statement or article in the Catechism, towards the end I recall, that said something like “if any of these rules do not pertain to your situation, or you feel that you are in disagreement with any of these rules for some reason, than that is between you and God”

There is no such statement in the Catechism.

And where in the Catechism is this article??

It does not exist because it is a false notion.

 

[Bl_Pope_Pius_IX]

There is no such statement in the Catechism.

It does not exist because it is a false notion.

There you have it then. Good job 1ke.

 

[sw85]

He is probably referring to the section of catechism concerning conscience, which nearly every layperson everywhere has interpreted as giving them license to indulge in sexual perversion without consequence. That part starts around CCC 1776.

Like many parts of the CCC, critical information is plucked without context out of a variety of documents and peppered into it with careless abandon, leading to widespread misreading and misinterpretation of its contents, sometimes motivated explicitly by a desire to do evil with the approval of one’s conscience.

As always, the CCC was never meant for laymen and should probably not be consulted by them very often. Why it was written, in that case, I have no idea.