catechizes
Drills religious lessons
Catechizes means to instruct through systematic questioning, especially in religious doctrine.
The word comes from teaching methods where a teacher poses questions and students recite memorized answers: The priest catechizes children preparing for confirmation.
More broadly, to catechize someone is to question them closely or drill them on any subject.
Unchallengeable official beliefs
- creedStatement of belief
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
- tenetHeld principle or doctrine
- preceptRule governing behavior
canon · theology · heresy · apostasy · ecclesiology · eschatology · exegesis · dogmatics
Trust held as true
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- pietySincere religious devotion
- prayerAddress to deity
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
salvation · grace · redemption · scripture · gospel · sacrament · baptism · communion
Profession of instructing others
- tutoringIndividual academic guidance
- pedagogyArt of instruction
- mentorshipGuidance from experienced person
- tutelageGuided instruction, oversight
drilling · recitation · memorization · questioning · Sunday school · confirmation class · RCIA · discipleship
Formally demanding answers
- quizzingAsking to test knowledge
- drillingHole-making by rotation
- examiningInspecting with care
- cross-examiningQuestioning opposing witness formally
Socratic · probing · testing · recitation · rote · call-and-response · Q&A · inquiry
Implanting ideas through repetition
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
- brainwashingCoercive psychological manipulation
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- dogmatismUnyielding adherence to doctrine
conformity · rote learning · drilling · repetition · memorization · orthodoxy · obedience · submission
dogma
Unchallengeable official beliefs
precept · canon · theology · heresy · apostasy · ecclesiology · eschatology · exegesis · dogmatics · confession
belief
Trust held as true
worship · salvation · grace · redemption · scripture · gospel · sacrament · baptism · communion · conversion
teaching
Profession of instructing others
- tutoringIndividual academic guidance
- pedagogyArt of instruction
- mentorshipGuidance from experienced person
tutelage · drilling · recitation · memorization · questioning · Sunday school · confirmation class · RCIA · discipleship · formation
interrogating
Formally demanding answers
cross-examining · Socratic · probing · testing · recitation · rote · call-and-response · Q&A · inquiry · oral examination
inculcation
Implanting ideas through repetition
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
- brainwashingCoercive psychological manipulation
- propagandaBiased information for influence
dogmatism · conformity · rote learning · drilling · repetition · memorization · orthodoxy · obedience · submission · unquestioning
catechizesconverses
Speaks with another
improvises · listens · dialogues · inquires · debates
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