Join Trent Horn from Catholic Answers and learn about the Ten Commandments and Catholic prayer through an in-depth study of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

How to get the most out of Introduction to the Catechism 103: The Christian Life with Trent Horn:

  • First, watch the class recording with a notebook ready and available for class notes.

  • Read assignments before class recordings.

  • Do the assignments, quizzes, and any extra work assigned for that class.

  • Once the course is completed to the parent's and professor’s satisfaction, there is a Certificate of Completion at the end to be filled in for your records.

Note: The Christian Life is part of the Introduction to the Catechism series of three courses (two parts each). If students would like to take the full series, they can enroll concurrently or consecutively with Introduction to the Catechism 101 and/or Introduction to the Catechism 102 courses. Courses in this series may be taken in any order.

Total classes: 10

Prerequisite: None

Suggested grade level: 9th to 12th grade

Suggested credit: 1 full semester Theology

Instructor: Trent Horn

Instructor Email: thorn@catholic.com

Course description: This course covers parts three and four in the Catechism with an emphasis on the Ten Commandments and the principles involved in Christian prayer and evangelism.

Course outline: 

Session one: The first commandment

Session two: The second and third commandments

Session three: The fourth commandment

Session four: The fifth commandment I

Session five: The fifth commandment II

Session six: The sixth commandment

Session seven: The sixth commandment II

Session eight: The sixth and ninth commandment

Session nine: The seventh, eighth and tenth commandment

Session ten: Christian prayer I

Session eleven: Christian prayer II

Session twelve: Evangelism 101

Course materials:

1. Catechism of the Catholic Church (2nd edition). Can be paperback or online (http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/ccc_toc2.htm or https://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/ccc_toc.htm)

2.  Made This Way: How to Prepare Kids to Face Today’s Tough Moral Issues by Leila Miller and Trent Horn (instructor of this course), https://shop.catholic.com/made-this-way-how-to-prepare-kids-to-face-todays-tough-moral-issues/

Homework:

1. Watch the recorded lecture before attending class.

2. Regular class reading of approx. 20 pages of the Catechism and 10-30 pages of Made This Way: How to Prepare Kids to Face Today’s Tough Moral Issues.

3.Take the class quiz that is automatically graded.