Part 9 (2/2)

37 Theodosian Code: The Faith of Catholic Christians

38 Theodosian Code: Privileges and Iy

39 Apostolic Constitutions: How the Catechumens are to be instructed

40 Leach: Catechumenal Schools of the Early Church

41 Apostolic Constitutions: Christians should abstain from all Heathen Books

42 The Nicene Creed of 325 AD

43 Saint Benedict: Extracts fro in the Monasteries

45 Saint Jerome: Letter on the Education of Girls

QUESTIONS ON THE READINGS

1 Characterize the type of education to be provided and the status of the teacher, as shown in the selections from the Talmud (27) Compare with Rome With Athens

2 Characterize the attitude of Saint Paul toward the Romans (28) Does his description of Athens (29) tally with the description of the Athenians given in the text?

3 Was it possible for the Ro as they did in such different ter Pliny and Trajan (31 a-b) as Ro into account the time in the history of world civilization, would you say that they were quite tolerant of rebels within the State?

5 Coy (38) with the privileges previously given by Constantine to physicians and teachers (26)

6 Characterize the irrepressible conflict as pictured by Kingsley (35)

Name a few other somewhat similar conflicts in world history

7 Outline the type of instruction for catechumens as directed in the Apostolic Constitutions (39)

8 What would have been the effect of the continued rejection of secular books called for in the Apostolic Constitutions (41)?

9 What was the governe of the adoption of the Nicene Creed (42)?

10 Why did the rule of Saint Benedict (43) requiring readings and study lead to the copying and preservation of manuscripts?

11 What does the selection fro?

12 Was there anything pedagogically sound about the letter of Saint Jeroirls? Discuss

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Dill, Sam'l _Roman Society in the Last Century of the Western Es of Christianity_

Fisher, Geo P _History of the Christian Church_

Hatch, Edw _Influence of Greek Ideas and Usages upon the Christian Church_ (Hibbert Lectures, 1888) Hodgson, Geraldine _Primitive Church Education_

Kretz the Jews_

MacCabe, Joseph _Saint Augustine_

Monro, D C and Sellery, G E _Mediaeval Civilization_

Swift, F H _Education in Ancient Israel to 70 AD_ Taylor, H O _Classical Heritage of the Middle Ages_

Wishart, A W _Short History of Monks and Monasticism_