Blessed Augustine of Hippo

On the Catechising of the Uninstructed

Name: On the Catechising of the Uninstructed
Author: Blessed Augustine of Hippo

5th c.

Classic translation

Dogmatic & Doctrinal · English translation, 1890

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On the Catechising of the Uninstructed
Introductory Notice
How Augustin Writes in Answer to a Favor Asked by a Deacon of Carthage
How It Often Happens That a Discourse Which Gives Pleasure to the Hearer is…
Of the Full Narration to Be Employed in Catechising
That the Great Reason for the Advent of Christ Was the Commendation of Love
That the Person Who Comes for Catechetical Instruction is to Be Examined With…
Of the Way to Commence the Catechetical Instruction, and of the Narration of…
Of the Exposition of the Resurrection, the Judgment, and Other Subjects, Which…
Of the Method to Be Pursued in Catechising Those Who Have Had a Liberal…
Of the Method in Which Grammarians and Professional Speakers Are to Be Dealt…
Of the Attainment of Cheerfulness in the Duty of Catechising, and of Various…
Of the Remedy for the Second Source of Weariness
Of the Remedy for the Third Source of Weariness
Of the Remedy for the Fourth Source of Weariness
Of the Remedy Against the Fifth and Sixth Sources of Weariness
Of the Method in Which Our Address Should Be Adapted to Different Classes of…
A Specimen of a Catechetical Address; And First, the Case of a Catechumen With…
The Specimen of Catechetical Discourse Continued, in Reference Specially to the…
Of What is to Be Believed on the Subject of the Creation of Man and Other…
Of the Co-Existence of Good and Evil in the Church, and Their Final Separation
Of Israel’s Bondage in Egypt, Their Deliverance, and Their Passage Through the…
Of the Babylonish Captivity, and the Things Signified Thereby
Of the Six Ages of the World
Of the Mission of the Holy Ghost Fifty Days After Christ’s Resurrection
Of the Church in Its Likeness to a Vine Sprouting and Suffering Pruning
Of Constancy in the Faith of the Resurrection
Of the Formal Admission of the Catechumen, and of the Signs Therein Made Use Of
Of the Prophecies of the Old Testament in Their Visible Fulfillment in the…

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