Day 277: Agnosticism and Graven Images

The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)

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🗓️ 4 October 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

As we reach the conclusion of the section on the first commandment, we end by taking a closer look at agnosticism and graven images. Fr. Mike unpacks the different forms that agnosticism can take. He also examines the veneration of images, and its relation to the first commandment. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 2127-2141.

This episode has been found to be in conformity with the Catechism by the Institute on the Catechism, under the Subcommittee on the Catechism, USCCB.

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Please note: The Catechism of the Catholic Church contains adult themes that may not be suitable for children - parental discretion is advised.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz and you're listening to the Catechism in a Year podcast,
0:09.5	where we encounter God's plan of sheer goodness for us, revealed in Scripture and passed
0:13.2	down to the tradition of the Catholic faith.
0:15.2	The Catechism in the Year is brought to you by Ascension.
0:17.4	In 365 days, we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic Church discovering our identity
0:22.2	in God's family as we journey together toward a heavenly home.
0:24.9	This is day 277, we're reading paragraphs 21-27 to 21-41 as always.
0:29.8	I am using the Ascension edition of the Catechism, which includes the foundations of faith
0:33.6	approach, but you can follow along with any recent version of the Catechism of the Catholic
0:37.2	Church.
0:38.2	You can also download your own Catechism in a Year reading plan by visiting ascensionpress.com,
0:42.5	slash C-I-Y, and you can click follow or subscribe to our podcast app for daily updates
0:46.8	and daily notifications today.
0:48.6	It's day 277, reading paragraphs 21-27 to 21-41, that means we're getting all the way to
0:53.9	the end of this first commandment, which means partially a nugget day, which is great.
0:58.8	But also, we're looking at two more things.
1:00.6	Yesterday, we looked at atheism, as well as some other sins against the first commandment.
1:04.7	Today, we're looking at agnosticism, and what exactly that is.
1:08.0	I mentioned that there's been a rise in atheism in our day yesterday.
1:14.2	They've also been a rise in agnosticism in our day, which makes sense with so much confusion.
1:20.0	Someone might not even be at the place where they're willing to say, I know that God exists
1:23.8	or I know that God doesn't exist, just kind of that I don't know.
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