![]() This resolution was taken in the eighteenth session (26 February, 1562) on the suggestion of St. ![]() The Fathers of Trent, therefore, "wishing to apply a salutary remedy to this great and pernicious evil, and thinking that the definition of the principal Catholic doctrines was not enough for the purpose, resolved also to publish a formulary and method for teaching the rudiments of the faith, to be used by all legitimate pastors and teachers" (Cat. The Reformers had not been slow in taking advantage of the situation their popular tracts and catechisms were flooding every country and leading thousands of souls away from the Church. The need of a popular authoritative manual arose from a lack of systematic knowledge among pre-Reformation clergy and the concomitant neglect of religious instruction among the faithful. ![]() This catechism differs from other summaries of Christian doctrine for the instruction of the people in two points: it is primarily intended for priests having care of souls ( ad parochos ), and it enjoys an authority equalled by no other catechism. ![]()
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