Early Church to Sunday School
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Lesson
History of Christian education from the early church to modern Sunday school.
Outline
A Historical Survey of Christian Education
Part 2
III. Early Church
A. Worship Service
1. Public segment
2. Private segment
B. Catechumenate
1. Catecheo
2. Catechesis
3. Catechist
4. Catechumen
5. Catechism
IV. Medieval Church
A. Church-State Problems
1. Illiteracy
2. Clergy domination
B. Increasing use of visuals, icons
C. Monasteries - Benedictine Code
1. Work
2. Study
3. Prayer
V. Reformation
A. Scripture in the hands of the people
B. Catechesis returns
C. Luther
D. Calvin
VI. Puritan Model
A. Centrality of preaching
B. Home as a small church
VII. Sunday School
A. Beginnings
1. 1780 - Robert Raikes, Hannah Ball
2. Mainly outreach
B. United States
1. 1785 - Lay movement, parachurch
2. Lost evangelistic focus
C. Problems
1. Distancing of pastors from CE
2. What to teach?