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Paideia and Cult - Christian Initiation in Theodore of Mopsuestia (Paperback)
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Paideia and Cult - Christian Initiation in Theodore of Mopsuestia (Paperback)
Series: Hellenic Studies Series
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Paideia and Cult explores the role of Christian education and
worship in the complex process of conversion and Christianization.
It analyzes the Catechetical Homilies of Theodore of Mopsuestia as
a curriculum designed to train those seeking initiation into the
Christian mysteries. Although Theodore gave considerable attention
to teaching creedal theology, he sought to go beyond simply
communicating information. His catechetical preaching set the
teaching of Christian ideas within the context of religious
community and ritual participation. In doing so he sought to
produce a Christianized view of the world and of the convert's
place in a community of worship. Theodore's attention to the
communal, cognitive, and ritual components of initiation suggest a
substantive understanding of religious conversion, yet one that
avoids an overemphasis on intellectual and psychological
transformation. Throughout this study catechesis emerges as
invaluable for comprehending the ability of clergy to initiate new
members as Christianity gained increasing prominence within the
late Roman world.
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