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Definition of Catechetical instruction
1. Noun. Teaching religious principles by questions and answers.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Catechetical Instruction
Literary usage of Catechetical instruction
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"... London, 1638, where he distinguished himself by his catechetical instruction,
and also by a system of relief of the poor by providing work instead of ..."
2. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1862)
"Not, indeed, that every scholar has the capacity for imparting knowledge, nor
that every theologian has special gifts for catechetical instruction; ..."
3. Some account of the writings and opinions of Clement of Alexandria by John Kaye (1835)
"I have already referred to a 2 passage in which Clement speaks of catechetical
instruction as leading men to faith. ... 1. catechetical instruction ..."
4. Elements of Moral Philosophy by Jasper Adams (1837)
"... moreover, has, within the last half- century, taken the place, in a great
measure, of the ancient system of catechetical instruction. ..."