Sections from the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) were selected according
to the various topics appropriate for discussion at RCIA meetings. They
were arranged in the Baltimore Catechism question and answer format. The answers to the various questions are quotations from the
Catechism, or paraphrases. The CCC tends to be very wordy in
explaining some concepts, so the wording was simplified in a number of cases. There
are also topics not thoroughly covered by the Catechism, so we supplemented the CCC text
in some instances. In all cases we were careful to have our edited versions
reflect as closely as possible the spirit of the Catechism itself. It is hoped that
these Catechism paraphrases will be found helpful to RCIA team members.