El objetivo de La Didaje‚ Edicion Parroquial,es presentar los principios b sicos doctrinales, b¡blicos, morales ysacramentales de la Iglesia cat¢lica de una manera completa y accesible. Por consiguiente, los libros de esta seriedependen de fuentes como la Sagrada Escritura, el Catecismo de la IglesiaCat¢lica, las vidas de los santos, los padres de la Iglesia, el DirectorioGeneral para la Catequesis y la ense¤anza del Concilio Vaticano II.
Extracto del prólogo:
Los sacramentos sonlas se¤ales y los hitos, la palabra y la gracia, con la que la cercan¡a deDios, la eficacia de su perd¢n y lo verdadero de su amistad, se hace gesto, sehace don, para que yo pueda ser salvado en las circunstancias de mi vida humanay cristiana. Cristo es el sacramento por excelencia, y de l han quedado esassiete expresiones que nos acercan lo que el Se¤or vino a comunicarnos. La Iglesiafue teniendo mayor conciencia de c¢mo hab¡a gestos y palabras de Jes£s en losque se nos daba la novedad y se nos abr¡an como siete pelda¤os por los que bajay sube la gracia que nos salva.
– Jesus Sanz Montes, OFM
Arzobispo de Oviedo
The goal of *Didache: Parish Edition* is to present the basic doctrinal, biblical, moral, and sacramental principles of the Catholic Church in a comprehensive and accessible manner. Consequently, the books in this series draw upon sources such as Sacred Scripture, the *Catechism of the Catholic Church*, the lives of the saints, the Church Fathers, the *General Directory for Catechesis*, and the teachings of the Second Vatican Council.
Excerpt from the foreword:
The sacraments are signs and milestones—word and grace—through which God’s closeness, the efficacy of His forgiveness, and the truth of His friendship become a gesture and a gift, enabling me to be saved within the circumstances of my human and Christian life. Christ is the sacrament *par excellence*, and from Him come those seven expressions that bring near to us what the Lord came to communicate. The Church grew in awareness of how there were gestures and words of Jesus that offered us something new—opening up like seven steps upon which the grace that saves us descends and ascends.
– Jesús Sanz Montes, OFM
Archbishop of Oviedo