Catechism of the Catholic Church

== Publication ==
The ''CCC'' was published in the French language in 1992.<ref>{{cite book |title = Catéchisme de l'Église Catholique |language = fr |year = 1992 |publisher = Mame/Plon |location = Tours/Paris |isbn = 2-266-00585-5 }}</ref> In the United States, the [[English language|English]] translation was published in 1994 and more than 250,000 copies had been pre-ordered before its release,<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/28/us/after-long-delay-a-new-catechism-appears-in-english.html |title = After Long Delay, a New Catechism Appears in English |first = Peter |last = Steinfels |date = May 28, 1994 |newspaper = The New York Times }}</ref> with a note that it was "subject to revision according to the Latin [[typical edition]] (''editio typica'') when it is published".<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/catechismofcatho0000cath_h3c9/page/n5/ |title=Catechism of the Catholic Church |date=1994 |publisher=Libreria Editrice Vaticana |isbn=978-0-8294-0772-3 |pages=ii}}</ref>

The Latin typical edition, the official text of reference [[Promulgation (Catholic canon law)|promulgated]] on 15 August 1997,<ref>{{cite web |date=17 September 1997 |title=Latin Edition of Catechism Promulgated |url=http://www.ewtn.com/library/PAPALDOC/JP2LAETM.HTM |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001021231636/http://www.ewtn.com/library/PAPALDOC/JP2LAETM.HTM |archive-date=21 October 2000 |access-date=5 October 2007 |publisher=[[L'Osservatore Romano]]}}</ref> amended the contents of the provisional French text at a few points.<ref>{{cite web |title=Modifications from the ''Editio Typica'' |url=http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/updates.htm |access-date=30 May 2016 |website=St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church |publisher=Amministrazione Del Patrimonio Della Sede Apostolica}}</ref> As a result, the earlier translations from the [[French language|French]] into other languages (including English) had to be amended and re-published as "second editions".{{NoteTag|In the U.S., the bishops then published a new English translation, from the official Latin text. (English translation of the ''Catechism of the Catholic Church: Modifications from the Editio Typica'', copyright 1997, United States Catholic Conference, Inc.—Libreria Editrice Vaticana.) The U.S. bishops added a "Glossary and ''Index Analyticus''" (copyright 2000, United States Catholic Conference, Inc.) and published the new translation, with glossary and index, as the ''Catechism of the Catholic Church, Second Edition,'' "revised in accordance with the official Latin text promulgated by John Paul II". (From the title page.) It was noted that "a glossary had been proposed" previously, before initial promulgation, "to provide assistance to those who would use the new Catechism".<ref>United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, [https://web.archive.org/web/20080918040032/http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/glossary.shtml Glossary: Prefatory Note to the Glossary], archived 18 September 2008, accessed 21 May 2023</ref>}}

Over eight million copies have been sold worldwide and the book has been published in more than twenty languages.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Catechism of the Catholic Church |publisher=Image Doubleday |year=1997 |isbn=0-385-47967-0 |edition=With Modifications From The Editio Typica |location=New York |pages=868 |language=en}}</ref><!-- The Image Doubleday printing of the Catechism of the Catholic Church includes this information on the back cover. Example seen at: https://archive.org/details/catechismofcatho00cath/page/n867/mode/2up?view=theater ) -->