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单词 catechesis
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Definition of catechesis in English:

catechesis

noun ˌkatɪˈkiːsɪsˌkædəˈkisəs
mass noun
  • 1Religious instruction given with a catechism in preparation for Christian baptism or confirmation.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It can't mean this at the college level, and shouldn't mean this at earlier levels of education or catechesis.
    • Christian catechesis meant learning the distinctively Christian language formed by the Scriptures.
    • In catechesis, this meant helping them learn the basic doctrines and practices of the faith through an intensive program of catechetical instruction.
    • Better sermons became a major source of religious instruction, the liturgy was regularized, and there was a new emphasis on catechesis, the effort to help the young in particular learn the rudiments of their faith.
    • At the college level, the academic theologians of the last generation were right to try to separate theology from catechesis construed as memorization of the one-sentence answers to several hundred questions.
    • Farwell's logic sits uneasily with the fact that confirmation, and the catechesis that goes with it, are no longer viewed as conditions for participating in the Eucharist.
    • If these aids of faith are accepted at all they are often accepted in the early years of life, before catechesis and discursive instruction, before theological reflection and engineered ritual.
    • Dan Dolan, who worked with him for six months, said he put great care and effort into everything he did, from saving Mass, to making Christmas decorations, to doing catechesis and outreach in local villages.
    • Education, and especially simple catechesis for children, was the major priority of religious congregations and the church in general.
    1. 1.1 (in Roman Catholic use) religious instruction in general.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It is parish leaders and parishioners who do not value catechesis enough to provide trained young people with well-paid careers in the field.
      • It followed for Lindbeck that Christian catechesis is a more appropriate emphasis for churches than the various modern strategies to make Christianity reasonable, attractive or relevant.
      • In my article, I tried to state clearly that I was not calling for a return to a pre-Vatican II style of catechesis, but something new.
      • For most Christians, technology can add welcome new means for evangelization and catechesis.
      • Encouraged by these developments, we rejoice in a greater measure of common catechesis based on Scripture and the ecumenical creeds that we share.
      • Liturgy is the primary source of all Catholic life and catechesis.
      • Preaching and catechesis continue the participation and prayer in expanding the Christian life of the human community.
      • A commitment to general education and not merely theological education and catechesis followed.
      • This surely entails renewed commitment to catechesis and education in those nations, including our own, where there is widespread biblical and religious illiteracy.
      • Confessing and repenting of social sins have rarely been emphasized in church catechesis as strongly as confession of personal sins.
      • Forty years ago, we dismantled an extremely effective method of catechesis, the handing on of the Faith from generation to generation.
      • Art has always been a chief means of Christian evangelism and catechesis.
      • This essay seeks to develop an understanding of Christian catechesis as a practice, or set of practices, informed, at heart, by doxology.
      • Faith is jointly transmitted by home, school and Church, so its loss during the years of most complete exposure would seem to indicate grave defects in the catechesis and liturgy to which this generation has been subjected.
      • On 24 June 1985 the Vatican Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews issued a document with the unmemorable title Notes on the correct way to present the Jews and Judaism in preaching and catechesis in the Roman Catholic Church.
      • Perhaps most important, it has sparked for many church leaders an important and needed turn toward catechesis and spiritual formation.
      • We urgently need an effective program of catechesis and religious education on all levels.
      • For a wider audience interested in the origins of Christian catechesis, canon law, and liturgy, this no-nonsense work of historical erudition is an important place to begin and to frequent.
      • In any event, the sense at the meeting was that the bishops need to focus on putting the Catholic house in order, concentrating on evangelization, catechesis, the Eucharist, and the priesthood.
      • Since worship is the primary, often exclusive means of Christian catechesis, what will be the effect of language in which the doctrinally ill-equipped worshiper must impute the Nicene faith to the Eucharistic prayer?

Origin

Mid 18th century: via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek katēkhēsis 'oral instruction'.

Rhymes

amniocentesis, anamnesis, ascesis, diesis, exegesis, mimesis, prosthesis, psychokinesis, telekinesis
 
 

Definition of catechesis in US English:

catechesis

nounˌkædəˈkisəsˌkadəˈkēsəs
  • Religious instruction given to a person in preparation for Christian baptism or confirmation, typically using a catechism.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • At the college level, the academic theologians of the last generation were right to try to separate theology from catechesis construed as memorization of the one-sentence answers to several hundred questions.
    • Education, and especially simple catechesis for children, was the major priority of religious congregations and the church in general.
    • Better sermons became a major source of religious instruction, the liturgy was regularized, and there was a new emphasis on catechesis, the effort to help the young in particular learn the rudiments of their faith.
    • Dan Dolan, who worked with him for six months, said he put great care and effort into everything he did, from saving Mass, to making Christmas decorations, to doing catechesis and outreach in local villages.
    • Farwell's logic sits uneasily with the fact that confirmation, and the catechesis that goes with it, are no longer viewed as conditions for participating in the Eucharist.
    • It can't mean this at the college level, and shouldn't mean this at earlier levels of education or catechesis.
    • Christian catechesis meant learning the distinctively Christian language formed by the Scriptures.
    • In catechesis, this meant helping them learn the basic doctrines and practices of the faith through an intensive program of catechetical instruction.
    • If these aids of faith are accepted at all they are often accepted in the early years of life, before catechesis and discursive instruction, before theological reflection and engineered ritual.

Origin

Mid 18th century: via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek katēkhēsis ‘oral instruction’.

 
 
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