Baptism and the Eucharist in the Teaching of the Council of Trent and of the Contemporary „Catechism of the Catholic Church” Cover Image

Chrzest i Eucharystia w nauce Soboru Trydenckiego i współczesnego Katechizmu Kościoła Katolickiego
Baptism and the Eucharist in the Teaching of the Council of Trent and of the Contemporary „Catechism of the Catholic Church”

Author(s): Erwin Mateja
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion
Published by: Uniwersytet Opolski

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents problematic issues concerning Baptism and the Eucharist depicted in the teaching of the Council of Trent and of the contemporary Catechism of the Catholic Church. Because of the reformers, the teaching on Baptism and especially the teaching on the sacrificial character of the Eucharist and the real presence of Christ under the consecrated species became a subject of serious controversies. Those controversies gave the Catholic bishops courage to remain faithful to the Apostolic Tradition concerning what was expressed in the appropriate decrees of the Council of Trent. After four centuries a desire arose in the Catholic Church to show a clear indication concerning the understanding of the truths of the faith. Many people had difficulties with an expression of the truth proclaimed by the Church. Therefore the new Catechism has been prepared in which – according to the teaching of Vaticanum II – included clarifications of the Catholic faith.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 17
  • Page Range: 233-248
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: English, Polish