catechism
Religious instruction manual
A catechism is a summary of religious doctrine in question-and-answer format, used for instruction.
The form originated with Christian churches to teach fundamentals of faith: She memorized the catechism as a child.
By extension, any rote series of questions and answers: The interview felt like a catechism.
Unchallengeable official beliefs
- creedStatement of belief
- theologyStudy of the divine
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
- tenetHeld principle or doctrine
precept · canon · teaching · belief · faith · Trinity · sacraments · commandments
Profession of instructing others
- pedagogyArt of instruction
- confirmationEstablishing something as true
- educationSystematic development of mind
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
lesson · memorization · recitation · discipleship · tutor · mentor · schooling · indoctrination
Preparatory coat or guide
- manualWritten instructions for use
- handbookCompact reference guide
- textbookAcademic subject manual
- compendiumCondensed reference collection
memorization · recitation · formulary · summary · outline · dialogue · responses · rote
Establishing something as true
- baptismRitual water purification ceremony
- communionProfound shared closeness
- sacramentSacred ritual conveying grace
- massQuantity of matter
penance · confession · ordination · liturgy · rite of passage · initiation · ceremony · preparation
Request for information
- answerSolution to query
- examinationMethodical assessment or review
- interrogationFormal, probing examination
- quizBrief informal test
dialogue · Socratic · inquiry · response · recitation · testing · oral examination · rote learning
dogma
Unchallengeable official beliefs
tenet · precept · canon · teaching · belief · faith · Trinity · sacraments · commandments · beatitudes
teaching
Profession of instructing others
- pedagogyArt of instruction
- confirmationEstablishing something as true
- educationSystematic development of mind
curriculum · lesson · memorization · recitation · discipleship · tutor · mentor · schooling · indoctrination · formation
primer
Preparatory coat or guide
compendium · memorization · recitation · formulary · summary · outline · dialogue · responses · rote · systematic
confirmation
Establishing something as true
- baptismRitual water purification ceremony
- communionProfound shared closeness
- sacramentSacred ritual conveying grace
mass · penance · confession · ordination · liturgy · rite of passage · initiation · ceremony · preparation · sponsor
question
Request for information
- answerSolution to query
- examinationMethodical assessment or review
- interrogationFormal, probing examination
quiz · dialogue · Socratic · inquiry · response · recitation · testing · oral examination · rote learning · drill
- church booksBible, missal, hymnal, missals, prayer book
- printed worksnovel, newspaper, magazine, pamphlet, atlas
- Christian educationSunday school, Sunday schools, Bible stories, Bible college, Christian school
- Moral TextsNicomachean Ethics, Republic, Meditations, Utilitarianism, treatise
- Catholic textsmissal, missals, breviaries, breviary, lectionary
- quiz thingsquiz, exam, test, trivia, question
catechismfree inquiry
Unrestrained pursuit of knowledge
skepticism · freethought · critical thinking · questioning · doubt
catechismatheism
Rejection of deities
secularism · secular humanism · materialism · naturalism · irreligion
- Heidelberg CatechismReformed statement of faith
- catechism classFormal instruction in faith
- Catholic catechismChurch's doctrinal instruction text
catechist, catechisms, catechize, catechise, catechized, catechizing