CATECHESES BY SAINT AUGUSTINE
/KATECHÉZA BLAŽENÉHO AUGUSTÍNA/

Jan PILKO

lecturer, Orthodox Theological Faculty, University of Presov in Presov, Masarykova 15, 080 01 Presov, Slovakia, jan.pilko@unipo.sk, 00421517724729

Abstract

The catecheses of the Saint Augustine are based on the system of the Cyril of Jerusalem, but the Saint Augustine enriched them with some new elements. The systematic method of the Saint Augustine is directed not only to catechumens, but especially for those who are already advanced in the faith. The Saint Augustine used in his catecheses the historical and progressive method. The interpretation which he recommends should give the catechumens valuable live stock stories and examples which create the best way to retrieve and explain catechized truth. This article focuses on its fourth catechetical writings: On the Catechizing of the Uninstructed (De katechizandis rubidus), On the Creed: A Sermon to the Catechumens (De Symbolo sermo ad katechumenos), Handbook on faith, hope and love (Enchiridion ad Laurentium sire de fide spe et caricate) and the writing On the Christian Struggle (De agone christiano).

Keywords

Saint Augustine, catechesis, resurrection, faith, doctrine, baptism

(Language: slovak)

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