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- Knowledge, Faith, and Early Christian Initiation
- Knowledge, Faith, and Early Christian Initiation
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Knowledge, Pedagogy, and Initiation
- 2 Knowledge of the Real
- 3 Simplicity and Power
- 4 Hiddenness and Revelation
- 5 The Harbor on High
- 6 Training the Senses
- 7 Catechesis in Late Antique Italy
- 8 The Memory of Christ
- 9 North African Catechesis after Augustine
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
1 - Knowledge, Pedagogy, and Initiation
Classical and Christian Precedents for Catechesis
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 October 2023
- Knowledge, Faith, and Early Christian Initiation
- Knowledge, Faith, and Early Christian Initiation
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Knowledge, Pedagogy, and Initiation
- 2 Knowledge of the Real
- 3 Simplicity and Power
- 4 Hiddenness and Revelation
- 5 The Harbor on High
- 6 Training the Senses
- 7 Catechesis in Late Antique Italy
- 8 The Memory of Christ
- 9 North African Catechesis after Augustine
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter surveys some of the key themes in epistemology and pedagogy in antique philosophical and classical education and early Christianity that illuminate the rise of Christian catechesis. Critical topics include the role of memory and the use of regula or “canons” of truth and the emergence of teachers and “school churches” in second-century Rome.
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- Knowledge, Faith, and Early Christian Initiation , pp. 19 - 45Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023