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-Catechism translations
+== Vocabulary ==
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+* '''catechism'''
+** "instruction in Christian principles"
+** from Latin ''catechismus'' for "book of instruction"
+*** from Greek katekhismos
+**** which is from ''katekhizein'' "to teacher oraly, instruct by word of mouth"
+**** which is from Greek ''katekhein'' "to resound"
+*** thus "catechism" maintains an element of joyful echoes from ''katekhein'' "to resound"
+* '''catacomb'''
+** "sepulchral vaults" = underground burial tombs
+** from Latin ''cata tumbas'' "among the graves"
+*** ''cata'' = among
+*** ''comb'' = graves or tombs
+*** from Latin ''cumbere'' "to lie:
+** unrelated to "catechism"
+* '''invention'''
+** "finding or discovery"
+** from Latin ''invenire'', "to come upon, find out, discover"
+*** ''in'' = "in, on"
+*** ''venir'' = "to come"
+**** PIE root '''*gwa for''' "to go, to come"
+** thus an "invention" is not something created by man, it is something discovered or found out by man
+** God creates the world; mankind "invents" or "discovers" it
+** used for the original "Invention of the Cross", which was the discovery of the three crosses from the biblical crucifixion (see [[wikipedia:Helena_of_Constantinople|Saint Helena]], mother of Satin Constantine ("Constantine the Great")
+* '''rosary'''
+*
+== Catechism translations ==
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+|+Chapter One: Man's Capacity for God
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-| cell style="width: 50%; | '''37 In the historical conditions in which he finds himself, however, man experiences many difficulties in coming to know God by the light of reason alone:'''
+| style="width: 50%; " cell | '''37 In the historical conditions in which he finds himself, however, man experiences many difficulties in coming to know God by the light of reason alone:'''
 Though human reason is, strictly speaking, truly capable by its own natural power and light of attaining to a true and certain knowledge of the one personal God, who watches over and controls the world by his providence, and of the natural law written in our hearts by the Creator; yet there are many obstacles which prevent reason from the effective and fruitful use of this inborn faculty. For the truths that concern the relations between God and man wholly transcend the visible order of things, and, if they are translated into human action and influence it, they call for self-surrender and abnegation. The human mind, in its turn, is hampered in the attaining of such truths, not only by the impact of the senses and the imagination, but also by disordered appetites which are the consequences of original sin. So it happens that men in such matters easily persuade themselves that what they would not like to be true is false or at least doubtful.
 |<u>Overview</u>:
-* While mankind, made in the image of God, is capable of understanding God's knowledge
+* Made in the image of God, man is capable of understanding God's knowledge, but...
 ** God's knowledge is shielded by man's incomplete perception of it
 ** and, worse, further misguided by sin.
 * As a result, men deny, deflect, or ignore God's wisdom