noun
definition
Religious instruction given orally to catechumens.
Examples of catechesis in a Sentence
Gregory of Nyssa's Great Catechesis is an instruction to catechists how they should proceed - though of course stating the writer's theology and apologetic, with his belief in universal salvation.
For Johnson the pattern of adult catechesis is the most integrated approach to keeping together outreach, discipleship, worship and ministry.
Children with disabilities who are not in Catholic schools because they attend State special schools are often left out of parish catechesis.
Two books have been preserved which throw a striking light upon the transformation which had taken place in the conception of catechesis; (I) the Catechetical Lectures of Cyril of Jerusalem; (2) the De rudibus Catechizandis of Augustine.
In this case " the domestic Church " is virtually the only environment in which children and young people can receive authentic catechesis.
If not in our schools where, pray, is the convincing catechesis to be done - and how will it convince?
His definition, the one that strikes me the most is he used to say, it's a grand catechesis.