Roman Catechism

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Catholic catechism doctrinal manual post‑Tridentine document theological work

The Roman Catechism is an authoritative manual of Catholic doctrine, commissioned in the 16th century to systematically explain the faith in response to the Protestant Reformation.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Catechism of the Council of Trent	2
Catechismus Romanus	1
Roman Catechism of the Council of Trent	1
Roman Catechism project following the Council of Trent	1
Tridentine Creed	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic catechism ⓘ doctrinal manual ⓘ post‑Tridentine document ⓘ theological work ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Roman Catechism ⓘ surface form: Catechism of the Council of Trent Roman Catechism ⓘ surface form: Catechismus Romanus Roman Catechism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catechism of the Council of Trent
approvedBy	Council of Trent ⓘ Pope Pius V ⓘ
authorityStatus	authoritative exposition of Catholic doctrine ⓘ
authorizedBy	Pope Pius V ⓘ
centuryOfPublication	16th century ⓘ
commissionedBy	Council of Trent ⓘ
commissionedDuring	Counter-Reformation ⓘ surface form: Catholic Counter‑Reformation Council of Trent ⓘ surface form: Council of Trent period
compiledBy	commission of bishops and theologians ⓘ
councilSessionContext	Council of Trent ⓘ surface form: Council of Trent (1545–1563)
countryOfOrigin	Italy ⓘ
doctrinalOrientation	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Tridentine Catholicism
editorialSupervisionBy	Saint Charles Borromeo ⓘ
genre	catechetical literature ⓘ
hasCanonicalStatus	official catechism of the Roman Church in the post‑Tridentine era ⓘ
hasPurpose	instruction of parish priests ⓘ response to the Protestant Reformation ⓘ standardization of Catholic teaching ⓘ systematic exposition of Catholic doctrine ⓘ
influenceOn	19th‑century catechetical manuals ⓘ later Catholic catechisms ⓘ local catechisms in various dioceses ⓘ
intendedAudience	Catholic clergy ⓘ parish priests ⓘ
intendedUse	basis for preaching ⓘ guide for catechetical instruction ⓘ
languageOfWork	Latin ⓘ
partIncludes	section on the Creed ⓘ section on the Lord's Prayer ⓘ section on the Sacraments ⓘ section on the Ten Commandments ⓘ
predecessorOf	Catechism of the Catholic Church ⓘ
promulgatedBy	Pope Pius V ⓘ
publicationYear	1566 ⓘ
religiousTradition	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
structure	four main parts ⓘ
theologicalFocus	Catholic dogma ⓘ Lord’s Prayer ⓘ surface form: Lord's Prayer Ten Commandments ⓘ creed ⓘ moral theology ⓘ sacraments ⓘ
usedFor	seminary formation in the early modern period ⓘ standard reference for Catholic teaching for several centuries ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roman Catechism → alsoKnownAs → Roman Catechism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Catechism of the Council of Trent

Roman Catechism → alsoKnownAs → Roman Catechism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Catechismus Romanus

Roman Catechism → alsoKnownAs → Roman Catechism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Catechism of the Council of Trent

Pope Pius IV → approved → Roman Catechism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Catechism project following the Council of Trent

Christian catechism → hasNotableExample → Roman Catechism ⓘ

Catechism of the Catholic Church → predecessor → Roman Catechism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Catechism of the Council of Trent

Tridentine Profession of Faith → relatedTo → Roman Catechism ⓘ

Council of Trent → resultedIn → Roman Catechism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tridentine Creed