hat which was from the beginning,which we have heard, which we haveseen with our eyes, which we have looked at andour hands have touched — this we proclaimconcerning the Word of Life.<strong>The</strong> life appeared; we have seen it and testify toit, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, whichwas with the Father and has appeared to us.We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard,so that you also may have fellowship with us.And our fellowship is with the Father and withhis Son, Jesus Christ.1 John 1:1-3
AbbreviationsCCC <strong>Catholic</strong> Church, Catechism of the <strong>Catholic</strong> Church, <strong>19</strong>93CCCC <strong>Catholic</strong> Church, Compendium of the Catechism of the <strong>Catholic</strong> Church, 2005CICCSTTM<strong>Catholic</strong> Church, Code of Canon Law: New revised English translation (Codex IurisCanonici), <strong>19</strong>83Sacred Congregation for <strong>Catholic</strong> <strong>Education</strong>, <strong>The</strong> <strong>Catholic</strong> School on the Threshold ofthe Third Millennium, <strong>19</strong>97CT Pope John Paul II, On Catechesis in Our Time (Catechesi Tradendae), <strong>19</strong>79DV Vatican Council II, Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation (Dei Verbum), <strong>19</strong>65FC Pope John Paul II, On the Family (Familiaris Consortio), <strong>19</strong>81GDC Congregation for the Clergy, General <strong>Directory</strong> for Catechesis, <strong>19</strong>97GSVatican Council II, Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World (Gaudium etSpes), <strong>19</strong>65LG Vatican Council II, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church (Lumen Gentium), <strong>19</strong>64NAVatican Council II, Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions(Nostra Aetate), <strong>19</strong>65RCIA ICEL, Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults, <strong>19</strong>85SC Vatican Council II, Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy (Sacrosanctum Concilium), <strong>19</strong>63UR Vatican Council II. Decree on Ecumenism (Unitatis Redintegratio), <strong>19</strong>64iv