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« on: February 05, 2013, 09:39:43 PM »

This may be a dumb question and I apologize if it bothers anyone. 

In the Catholic Church, there is the Universal Catechism, but also regional Catechisms specific to certain countries or cultures.  And, in addition, there is a Catechism specifically for the Ukrainian-Greek Catholic Church.  The fact that Eastern Catholics have a catechism designed present Catholic teaching in a manner applicable to Eastern Christians caused me to ponder whether or not there is an Orthodox Catechism which has been written to present Orthodoxy in a manner applicable to Western Christians.  A quick online search showed me a few different Orthodox Catechisms, none of which I know anything about in terms of their quality, but nothing which suggested a Catechism for the Western Rite.  My initial impression is that this is relatively new so that a resource like this might not have come along yet. 

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« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2013, 10:25:36 PM »

The faith is catholic (according to the whole), which means that everyone should hold the same faith regardless of rite. My personal opinion, it would be nice to see a catechism that explains the faith using fathers both east and west.
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« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2013, 11:16:11 PM »

Fr. Michael Keiser, of the Antiochian Western Rite Vicariate, wrote a book called "Children of the Promise," which is a Western Rite catechism.
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« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2013, 11:20:26 PM »

The faith is catholic (according to the whole), which means that everyone should hold the same faith regardless of rite. My personal opinion, it would be nice to see a catechism that explains the faith using fathers both east and west.

I wouldn't expect different teachings, but I can easily see how things are presented differently between east and west. 
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« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2013, 11:20:49 PM »

Fr. Michael Keiser, of the Antiochian Western Rite Vicariate, wrote a book called "Children of the Promise," which is a Western Rite catechism.

Very interesting.  Thank you Father. 
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« Reply #5 on: February 06, 2013, 01:06:40 AM »

Fr. Michael Keiser, of the Antiochian Western Rite Vicariate, wrote a book called "Children of the Promise," which is a Western Rite catechism.

I didn't find  to be a very catechetical catechism.
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« Reply #6 on: February 06, 2013, 10:28:04 AM »

Fr. Michael Keiser, of the Antiochian Western Rite Vicariate, wrote a book called "Children of the Promise," which is a Western Rite catechism.

I didn't find  to be a very catechetical catechism.

The one and only review which is posted on Amazon would seem to agree.  Its pretty short, so I would doubt it can go into any real depth. 

With that in mind, perhaps there is a better question I can pose.  What is a good catechism on Orthodoxy for someone who is a Roman Catholic to read? 
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« Reply #7 on: February 06, 2013, 11:05:39 AM »

If you're looking for traditional question-answer format, there is The Longer Catechism of The Orthodox, Catholic, Eastern Church and The Orthodox Confession of the Catholic and Apostolic Eastern Church.
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« Reply #8 on: February 06, 2013, 04:39:59 PM »


Thank you. 
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« Reply #9 on: February 06, 2013, 06:16:18 PM »

Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) has also created an online Orthodox catechism here:- http://orthodoxeurope.org/page/10/1.aspx
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« Reply #10 on: February 07, 2013, 01:39:11 AM »

Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) has also created an online Orthodox catechism here:- http://orthodoxeurope.org/page/10/1.aspx

Thank you. 
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« Reply #11 on: February 07, 2013, 10:06:17 AM »

Fr. Michael Keiser, of the Antiochian Western Rite Vicariate, wrote a book called "Children of the Promise," which is a Western Rite catechism.

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« Reply #12 on: February 07, 2013, 10:49:53 AM »

We watched videos in my catechism.
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« Reply #13 on: February 09, 2013, 12:27:19 AM »

We watched videos in my catechism.

DVD's, or videos which are online? 
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« Reply #14 on: February 09, 2013, 12:42:26 AM »

If they did come out with a new catechism it would be published through the parish office.
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