catechism

Japanese: catechism
catechism

…A book for Christian faith education. From the Greek word katēchein (meaning to teach orally), catechism is the English word. From the early period of its history, the Christian church made efforts to summarize doctrine and select materials that would provide guidelines for life in order to educate candidates and the church as a whole (such as the Didache). After Christianity became an officially recognized religion, it came to be associated with confession in order to maintain a Christian life. …

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Japanese:

…キリスト教信仰教育のための書物。ギリシア語katēchein(〈口頭で教える〉の意)に由来し,英語ではカテキズムcatechismという。キリスト教会はその歴史の最初の時期から受洗志願者や教会全体の教育のために教理を要約し,生活の指標を与える素材を選んで,その努力をつづけた(《ディダケー》など)。キリスト教が公認宗教となってのち,それはキリスト教的生活の維持のため〈懺悔(ざんげ)〉と結びついて行われるようになった。…

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