{"id":2494,"date":"2020-01-15T14:47:46","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T14:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.episcopalchurch.org\/?page_id=2494"},"modified":"2021-01-07T10:25:47","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T15:25:47","slug":"catechism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/what-we-believe\/catechism\/","title":{"rendered":"The Catechism"},"content":{"rendered":"    <div\n      class=\"wp-block-episcopal-hero-banner alignfull\"\n            style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/ourbeliefs.jpg)\"\n          >\n      <div\n        class=\"hero-banner\"\n      >\n        <div class=\"hero-banner-wrapper\">\n          <h1 class=\"episcopal-hero-title\">\n                        What We Believe                      <\/h1>\n                    <div class=\"episcopal-hero-description\">\n                      <\/div>\n                    <ul class=\"social-nav\">\n                                              <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n  \n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Catechism<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/catechism_episcopal-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Catechism image\" class=\"wp-image-2503\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/catechism_episcopal-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/catechism_episcopal-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/catechism_episcopal-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/catechism_episcopal-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/catechism_episcopal-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/catechism_episcopal-2048x2048.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/catechism_episcopal-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Offered in a question-and-answer format, the Catechism found in the back of&nbsp;The Book of Common Prayer&nbsp;(pp. 845-862) helps teach the essential truths of the Christian faith and how Episcopalians live those truths. It is also intentionally organized so as to \u201cprovide a brief summary of the Church\u2019s teaching for an inquiring stranger who picks up a Prayer Book,\u201d with headings such as&nbsp;<em>Human Nature, God the Father, The Old Covenant, The Ten Commandments, Sin and Redemption, God the Son, The New Covenant, The Creeds, The Holy Spirit, The Holy Scriptures, The Church, The Ministry, Prayer and Worship, The Sacraments, Holy Baptism, The Holy Eucharist, Other Sacramental Rites, and The Christian Hope.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Catechism Offered in a question-and-answer format, the Catechism found in the back of&nbsp;The Book of Common Prayer&nbsp;(pp. 845-862) helps teach the essential truths of the Christian faith and how 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