Early Church to Sunday School

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?