Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge

Japanese: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge(英語表記)SocietyforPromotingChristianKnowledge
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge

…These schools were run by the children's parents or residents, but in the second half of the 17th century, many cities, both Protestant and Catholic, began to have free charity schools maintained by donations collected by religious organizations or funds provided by philanthropists. In England, the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge was founded in 1698 and promoted the movement to establish charity schools. In France, too, charity schools were established to prevent delinquency by housing poor children and teaching them Christian education, moral education, and reading, writing, and arithmetic. Members of the Brotherhood of Christian Schools, Frères de l'Ecole Chrétienne, were sent all over the country to teach at these facilities. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…以上の学校は子どもの父兄または住民の負担によって運営されていたが,17世紀後半にはプロテスタント圏,カトリック圏を問わず多くの都市に,宗教団体が集めた寄付金や慈善家が提供した基金によって維持される無料の慈善学校が登場する。イギリスでは1698年に〈キリスト教知識普及協会Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge〉が創設され,慈善学校設立運動をすすめた。フランスでも,非行を防止するために貧しい子どもたちを収容し,キリスト教教育や道徳教育とともに読み書きそろばんを教える慈善学校が設けられ,〈キリスト教学校兄弟団Frères de l’Ecole Chrétienne〉のメンバーが全国に派遣されて,この種の施設で教授した。…

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