An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism: A Handbook for the Catechetical Class (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Joseph Stump

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ISBN 10 : 1331267331 ISBN 13 : 9781331267331

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book is written in the thetical form instead of the traditional form of questions and answers. There is nothing in the nature of catechization which would require the use of the interrogative form in such a text-book, and accordingly the thetical form has for years been employed by numerous writers of text-books for the catechetical class in Germany. While questions have an important place in catechetical instruction, the matter and not the form is the vital thing. Catechization is not a method of instruction by means of questions and answers. Neither the original meaning of the word nor the history of catechization justifies such a definition. (S ee my article, AB rief History of Catechization, in the Lutheran Church Keview, January, 1902; comp. v. Zezschwitz: System der christh-kirchl. Katechetik, vol. i., pp. 17 seq., and vol. il, 2. 1., pp. 3seq.) And since Christian truth is not something to be brought forth from the mind of the child by means of questions, but something divinely revealed and hence to be communicated to the child, the most natural form in which to set it before him in a text-book is the thetical. Luther scatechism itself is, indeed, in the form of questions and answers. But his catechism is confessional as well as didactic, and its words, memorized by the catechumen, are to become a personal confession of faith. The explanations of a text-book, on the other hand, are not to be memorized, but are meant to aid the catechumen in grasping the thoughts of the catechism. For this purpose, the thetical form is better than the interrogative, because the explanation is not continually broken by questions, and is thus better adapted to give the catechumens a connected idea of the doctrines taught. Each chapter of this explanation is followed by a number of questions. After the pastor has explained a lesson at one meeting, the catechumens sho
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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book aims to present both an analysis of Luther’s Small Catechism and a clear, concise, yet reasonably full explanation of its contents.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1331267331
• ISBN 13: 9781331267331
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 159
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