Knowledge, Faith, and Early Christian Initiation

ISBN-13: 9781009377393 / Twarda / 2023

Alex Fogleman

Opis

Provides a new history of catechesis in early Latin Christianity that foregrounds core questions of knowledge, faith, and teaching.

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Knowledge, Pedagogy, and Initiation: Classical and Christian Precedents for Catechesis; 2. Knowledge of the Real: Irenaeus and Aesthetic Knowing; 3. Simplicity and Power: Tertullian of Carthage and Ritual Knowing; 4. Hiddenness and Revelation: The Hippolytan School and the Knowledge of Mystery; 5. The Harbor on High: Cyprian of Carthage and Ecclesial Knowing; 6. Training the Senses: Ambrose of Milan and Visual Knowing; 7. Catechesis in Late Antique Italy: Cosmological and Apophatic Knowing; 8. The Memory of Christ: Augustine of Hippo and the Knowledge of Love; 9. North African Catechesis after Augustine: Knowing God in an Apocalyptic Age; Conclusion: The Knowledge of Faith.