Catechism of the Catholic Church: Difference between revisions

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** ''catechist'' is the teacher of the catechesis
** ''catechist'' is the teacher of the catechesis
** ''catechumen'' is the student
** ''catechumen'' is the student
* '''cathedra / cathedral'''
* '''cathedral'''
** church of a bishop
** church of a bishop
** note: cardinals are assigned a church in Rome, but keep their home cathedra
*** note: cardinals are assigned a church in Rome, but keep their home cathedra
** from Latin ''cathedra'' for "a teacher's chair"
*** thus the seat of the Bishop
** Greek ''kata'' "down" + ''hedra'' "seat, base, chair"
*** from PIE '''*sed-''' "to sit"
* '''catholic'''
* '''catholic'''
** universal, universally accepted
** universal, universally accepted