It is still surprisingly common to hear advocates of Catholic education refer to ‘Catholic’ Religious Education. This article will identify the issues bound up with the concept of ‘Catholic Religious Education’. It will be argued that at the very least using this concept is akin to a category mistake, and at worst it skews our understanding of Religious Education in Catholic schools and as such inevitably triggers off some problematical debates. The nature and scope of Religious Education in Catholic schools is in many respects contested in relation to whether it is catechesis or Confessional education. Much of this is to do with the way in which it is framed or aligned with being ‘Catholic’. An important priority now is to stop referring to this part of the curriculum as Catholic Religious Education.

听到天主教教育的倡导者提到“天主教”宗教教育仍然令人惊讶。本文将确定与“天主教宗教教育”概念相关的问题。有人会争辩说，使用这个概念至少类似于类别错误，最坏的情况是它扭曲了我们对天主教学校宗教教育的理解，因此不可避免地引发了一些有问题的辩论。天主教学校宗教教育的性质和范围在许多方面都存在争议，无论是教理还是忏悔教育。这在很大程度上与它的框架或与“天主教”相一致的方式有关。现在的一个重要优先事项是停止将这部分课程称为天主教宗教教育。