On the Catechising of the Uninstructed
Classic translationLatin original
5th c. · Dogmatic & Doctrinal · English translation, 1890
Source edition: Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series I (ed. Philip Schaff, 1886–90)
Cover art: The Youth of Saint Sergius — Mikhail Nesterov (Wikimedia Commons, Public domain)
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Contents
- On the Catechising of the Uninstructed
- Introductory Notice
- 1. How Augustin Writes in Answer to a Favor Asked by a Deacon of Carthage
- 2. How It Often Happens that a Discourse Which Gives Pleasure to the Hearer is…
- 3. Of the Full Narration to Be Employed in Catechising
- 4. That the Great Reason for the Advent of Christ Was the Commendation of Love
- 5. That the Person Who Comes for Catechetical Instruction is to Be Examined…
- 6. Of the Way to Commence the Catechetical Instruction, and of the Narration of…
- 7. Of the Exposition of the Resurrection, the Judgment, and Other Subjects…
- 8. Of the Method to Be Pursued in Catechising Those Who Have Had a Liberal…
- 9. Of the Method in Which Grammarians and Professional Speakers are to Be Dealt…
- 10. Of the Attainment of Cheerfulness in the Duty of Catechising, and of…
- 11. Of the Remedy for the Second Source of Weariness
- 12. Of the Remedy for the Third Source of Weariness
- 13. Of the Remedy for the Fourth Source of Weariness
- 14. Of the Remedy Against the Fifth and Sixth Sources of Weariness
- 15. Of the Method in Which Our Address Should Be Adapted to Different Classes…
- 16. A Specimen of a Catechetical Address; And First, the Case of a Catechumen…
- 17. The Specimen of Catechetical Discourse Continued, in Reference Specially to…
- 18. Of What is to Be Believed on the Subject of the Creation of Man and Other…
- 19. Of the Co-Existence of Good and Evil in the Church, and Their Final…
- 20. Of Israel’s Bondage in Egypt, Their Deliverance, and Their Passage Through…
- 21. Of the Babylonish Captivity, and the Things Signified Thereby
- 22. Of the Six Ages of the World
- 23. Of the Mission of the Holy Ghost Fifty Days After Christ’s Resurrection
- 24. Of the Church in Its Likeness to a Vine Sprouting and Suffering Pruning
- 25. Of Constancy in the Faith of the Resurrection
- 26. Of the Formal Admission of the Catechumen, and of the Signs Therein Made…
- 27. Of the Prophecies of the Old Testament in Their Visible Fulfillment in the…