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This paper’s aim is to establish the importance of St Peter Canisius’s Summa christianae –and St John of Avila’s Doctrina, one of its main sources– in the making of catholic catechisms during the period between the Council of Trento and the II Vatican Council. After a biographical account of St Peter Canisius and the writing of his catechisms, the influence of the Summa is analyzed, its text having become the semiofficial catechism of the Jesuit Company and its study having been declared compulsory in a greater part of the catholic world. The structure of the Summa is briefly analyzed. Also its relation with St John of Avila’s Doctrina Cristiana and the spreading of its use in teaching, especially through catechisms written by Jesuits (Bellarminus, Marcus Jorge, Astete, Ripalda...).

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Catechisms, Saint Peter Canisius, Saint John of Ávila

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Rafael Zafra, Universidad de Navarra.

Pamplona - España