Forthefirsttimein400yearstheCatholicChurchhasauthorizedanofficialuniversalcatechismwhichinstantlybecameaninternationalbest-seller,theCatechismoftheCatholicChurch.UsingthisofficialCatechism,thehighly-regardedauthorandprofessorPeterKreeftpresentsacompletecompendiumofallthemajorbeliefsofCatholicismwritteninhisreadableandconcisestyle.SincetheCatechismoftheCatholicChurchwaswrittenfortheexpresspurposeofgroundingandfosteringcatechismsbasedonitforlocalneedsandordinaryreaders,Kreeftdoesjustthat,offeringathoroughsummaryofCatholicdoctrine,morality,andworshipinapopularformatwithlesstechnicallanguage.Hepresentsasystematic,organicsynthesisoftheessentialandfundamentalCatholicteachingsinthelightoftheSecondVaticanCouncilandthewholeoftheChurch’sTradition.Thisbookisthemostthorough,completeandpopularcatecheticalsummaryofCatholicbeliefinprintthatisbasedontheuniversalCatechism.
