catechetical
Of religious instruction
Catechetical means relating to religious instruction, especially the kind delivered through systematic question-and-answer format.
The word appears in religious education contexts: catechetical schools, catechetical materials.
A catechetical approach to teaching uses memorized questions and responses to instill doctrine.
Educational program's content plan
- pedagogyArt of instruction
- formationCreation or arrangement
- syllabusCourse plan document
- lessonUnit of teaching
memorization · recitation · didactic · tutoring · mentorship · RCIA · confirmation · preparation
Ritual water purification ceremony
- confirmationEstablishing something as true
- communionProfound shared closeness
- sacramentsSacred Christian rites
- initiationFormal admission ceremony
liturgy · rites · preparation · sponsors · godparents · neophyte · reception · penance
Unchallengeable official beliefs
- theologyStudy of the divine
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
- creedStatement of belief
- tenetHeld principle or doctrine
canon · heresy · apostasy · ecclesiology · eschatology · exegesis · ecumenism · doctrinal
Trust without proof
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- sinViolation of divine law
repentance · prayer · devotion · piety · belief · conversion · discipleship · sanctification
curriculum
Educational program's content plan
lesson · memorization · recitation · didactic · tutoring · mentorship · RCIA · confirmation · preparation · training
baptism
Ritual water purification ceremony
- confirmationEstablishing something as true
- communionProfound shared closeness
- sacramentsSacred Christian rites
initiation · liturgy · rites · preparation · sponsors · godparents · neophyte · reception · penance · reconciliation
dogma
Unchallengeable official beliefs
tenet · canon · heresy · apostasy · ecclesiology · eschatology · exegesis · ecumenism · doctrinal · confessional
faith
Trust without proof
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
sin · repentance · prayer · devotion · piety · belief · conversion · discipleship · sanctification · evangelization
interrogation
Formal, probing examination
- inquiryRequest for information
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- examinationMethodical assessment or review
disputation · response · rote · formulaic · memorized · oral · recital · quizzing · drilling · prompting
catecheticalsecular
Nonreligious, worldly
nonreligious · lay · profane · worldly · humanistic
catecheticalSocratic
Relating to elenctic inquiry
heuristic · inquiry-based · exploratory · dialectical · open-ended
catechism, catechist, catechumen, catechize, catechizes, catechized, catechizing