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** from Latin ''catechismus'' for "book of instruction"
** from Latin ''catechismus'' for "book of instruction"
*** from Greek katekhismos  
*** from Greek katekhismos  
**** which is from ''katekhizein'' "to teacher oraly, instruct by word of mouth"
**** which is from ''katekhizein'' "to teacher oraly, instruct by word of mouth" which is from Greek ''katekhein'' "to resound"
**** which is from Greek ''katekhein'' "to resound"
*** thus "catechism" maintains an element of joyful echoes from ''katekhein'' "to resound"
*** thus "catechism" maintains an element of joyful echoes from ''katekhein'' "to resound"
* '''catacomb'''
* '''catacomb'''
** "sepulchral vaults" = underground burial tombs  
** "sepulchral vaults" = underground burial tombs  
** from Latin ''cata tumbas'' "among the graves"
** from Latin ''cata tumbas'' "among the graves"
*** ''cata'' = among
*** ''cata'' = among + ''comb'' = graves or tombs
*** ''comb'' = graves or tombs
**** derived from Latin ''cumbere'' "to lie:
*** from Latin ''cumbere'' "to lie:
** unrelated to "catechism"
** unrelated to "catechism"
* '''invention'''
* '''invention'''
** "finding or discovery"  
** "finding or discovery"  
** from Latin ''invenire'', "to come upon, find out, discover"
** from Latin ''invenire'', "to come upon, find out, discover"
*** ''in'' = "in, on"
*** ''in'' = "in, on" + ''venir'' = "to come"
*** ''venir'' = "to come"
**** PIE root '''*gwa for''' "to go, 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
** thus an "invention" is not something created by man, it is something discovered or found out by man
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** 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")
** 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'''
* '''rosary'''
*
**a series or "garden" of prayers w/ beads to guide their recitation (saying of the prayers)
**related to Latin ''hortulus animae'' for "prayerbook"
***which means "little garden of the soul"


== Catechism translations ==
== Catechism translations ==