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這個概念源自奧國主教團，並得到一眾神學家的合作，他們在維也納總主教史浩班樞機監督下工作。樞機向羅馬觀察報表示，《青年教理》回應了青年一個忠實而現代地演繹公教教理重點的渴求。 首階段草稿為德語神學家及教育工作者寫成的。接著，文本於兩次夏令營中，讓一些青年細閱。因著這次「試閱」，文本得以配合今日的思想方式，就算書中插圖也是來自青年的。這本教理反映著青少年文化深深地受福音能產生豐碩成果的種籽所滲透。 教理共分四部份，逾三百頁，分別為：「我們相信什麼？」、「慶祝基督奧蹟」、「在基督內的生活」及「基督徒生活中的祈禱」。 教理的序言由教宗本篤十六世編寫，他運用現代化比喻，鼓勵青少年認識自己的信仰，猶如「電腦專家精確地認識系統操作」，他並邀請他們在靜默中研習、在小組及學習網絡中閱讀，並在網上進行討論。 教理以十七種文字印行，包括英文、法文、意大利文、西班牙文、葡萄牙文、波蘭文、阿拉伯文及中文，七十萬冊已經印妥，並連同背包，於世青節開始時派發予所有參加者。 教理書命名為Youcat，是來自德語Ju-Kat，為青少年及教理兩詞的首字母；然而同時也道出英文代名詞「你You」，這樣，也是邀請所有青少年以他們的生活及信仰切身地參與世青節。 “Youcat”, the catechism for the young (ANS –Vatican, 5 May 2011) – In view of the next World Youth Day planned for Madrid between 16 and 21 August 2011, a handbook “Youcat” has been prepared intended to help young people in a clear and modern way to know the principal themes of the Catholic Faith. Coming from an idea of the Austrian Bishops’ Conference and thanks to the work of a team of theologians supervised by the Archbishop of Vienna, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, “Youcat” responds to the wishes of the young people themselves to have the key points of the Catechism in a faithful but modern presentation, as Cardinal Schönborn explained to the “Osservatore Romano” “The first draft was the work of German speaking theologians and educationalists.Then the text was carefully examinied by some young people during two summer camps. Thanks to this “trial run” the text became really adapted to today’s way of thinking, so that even the pictures come from young people. The book reflects youth culture deeply imbued with the fruitful seeds of the Gospel”. With over 300 pages it is in four sections: “What do we believe”; “the celebration of the Christian mystery”, “ life in Christ” and “prayer in the Christian life”. Youcat also has a preface by Benedict XVI; in it the Pope, using a modern metaphor encourages the young to know their own faith “with the same precision that an expert in computers knows the operating system” and he invites them to study the catechism in silence, to read it in groups and study networks and to discuss on the internet. Published in 17 languages, including German, English French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Arabic and Chinese, 700,000 copies have already been printed to be put in the backpacks which all those taking part in the WYD will receive at the beginning of the event. The name “Youcat”, it has been explained comes from the word “Ju-Kat”, which in German corresponds to the initial letters for Youth and Catechism; but it also could refer to the English pronoun “you” in this way inviting all the young people to feel involved in WYD with their lives and their faith. |
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