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Paideia and Cult
Daniel Louis Schwartz
其他書名
Christian Initiation in Theodore of Mopsuestia
出版
Center for Hellenic Studies
, 2013
主題
History / Ancient / Rome
Literary Criticism / Ancient & Classical
Religion / General
Religion / History
Religion / Christian Theology / General
Religion / Christian Theology / Systematic
Religion / Christianity / General
ISBN
0674067037
9780674067035
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=HzfpugAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
Paideia and Cult
explores the role of Christian education and worship in the complex process of conversion and Christianization. It analyzes the
Catechetical Homilies
of Theodore of Mopsuestia as a curriculum designed to train those seeking initiation into the Christian mysteries. Although Theodore gave considerable attention to teaching creedal theology, he sought to go beyond simply communicating information. His catechetical preaching set the teaching of Christian ideas within the context of religious community and ritual participation. In doing so he sought to produce a Christianized view of the world and of the convert's place in a community of worship. Theodore's attention to the communal, cognitive, and ritual components of initiation suggest a substantive understanding of religious conversion, yet one that avoids an overemphasis on intellectual and psychological transformation. Throughout this study catechesis emerges as invaluable for comprehending the ability of clergy to initiate new members as Christianity gained increasing prominence within the late Roman world.