EARLY CHRISTIAN EDUCATION

Educational Attitudes, & Practices Of

Jesus Christ And Christian Church

Presented by: Jaquelyn F. De Jesus- BSIM

 OBJECTIVES
1. To discuss about the influence of
Jesus in early Christian education.

2. To enumerate the agencies of education

and practices of the early Christians.

3. To study about the aims of

education in Early Christians
BE HOOKED!

Arrange the words

accordingly.
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1. He has the big role in
early Christian education. E
The Christians believe that U
through his death and S
resurrection, humans can
be reconciled to God and
S
thereby are offered
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salvation and the promise H
of eternal life. C
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JESUS CHRIST
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2.The religion derived from
Jesus Christ, based on the
T I
bible as sacred scripture, and
professed by eastern, roman I T
catholic, and protestant
bodies. I Y
H A N
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CHRISTIANITY
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A surprising and welcome
event that is not explicable by S
natural or scientific laws and is C
therefore considered to be the
work of a divine agency. A
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MIRACLES
 BE ENGAGED:
ANALYSIS
The goal of any school is to educate children
about life, the world, and their purpose in it.
Christian education seeks to teach children
about the world God created, how our faith
is woven into each area of learning, and how
to find purpose and meaning through God’s
Will for our life. They believe that only
through an understanding of God, His Word,
and His works, can we know truth and show
His love to those around us.
ST. JEROME’S ACADEMY MORONG, RIZAL
 INTRODUCTION
Christian education involved around the time of
Jesus where he live as a teacher to teach the
universal language, which is love until the time his
disciples St. Peter and St. Paul started organization
of churches until they reach the Rome where the
Christian were severely persecuted but eventually
emperor Constantine passed the law that stated the
legality of Christians as a religion.
JESUS AS A GREAT TEACHER
 WHO IS JESUS?
During the reign of Augustus Caesar when there was Roman peace (Pax
Romana) in almost all of Rome's dominions, Jesus Christ was born in the
little town of Bethlehem. Christ is the Greek name for "Messiah." Jesus was
supposed to have been born 4 B.C. of Jewish parents. About thirty year
later, he started his preaching that last three years. Jesus was probably
taught by his parents at home and attended religious services in the
synagogue, a place for Jewish worship. Jesus never attended school and
never wrote a book but his preaching's exerted the greatest influence upon
the course of human history.

“ If you forgive others the wrongs they have done to you, your father in
heaven will also forgive you”.- Jesus of Nazareth
 AIMS OF EDUCATION
1.The relationship
between man and god

But seek ye first the

kingdom of god and his
righteousness, and all these
things shall be added unto
you-
Matthew 6:33
 SALVATION

For god so loved the

world, that he gave his
only begotten son, that
whoever believes in him
should not perish, but have
everlasting life. (John 3;16)
 SOCIAL RELATION
BASED ON LOVE
The second is this, you shall
love your neighbor as yourself:
there is not another
commandment greater than this
TYPES OF EDUCATION
1. Religious (spiritual)

2. Ethical moral and social education

3.Universal and democratic

education
CONTENT TO BE STUDIED.

1. The word of god, principle of love, faith

and forgiveness

2. The sermon on the mount (beatitudes)

 AGENCIES OF
EDUCATIONS
Informal teaching-Different places
where there people to hear him
ORGANIZATIONS OF
GRADE LEVELS
There where no gradations but he
encourage the education of children
 METHODS OF TEACHING
• Lecture
• Dialectic
• Aphorism-use of short expression or
saying to point out general truth
• Parable method-see the parables of
talent( Matt. 25;14-28)
• Figure of speech
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole- Extreme illustration of truth
● Teaching with authority

● Miracles- if people have faith , they

too can heal.

● Concrete examples-faith comparing

to the mustard seed

●Motivation

●Modeling he lived what he taught

 FINANCING
Jesus never paid for his teachings and he never collected
any fees from his hearer.
EDUCATION IN EARLY
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
 SAINT PETER AND SAINT PAUL

They started the organization of Christian church

 EMPEROR NERO

He ordered the severe persecution of Christians in

Rome
 EMPEROR CONSTANTINE

Legalized and Christianity became an official religion

through edict of Milan
 EDUCATION IN THE EARLY
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Adaption of pagan
practices for two reason Adopted practices
1.To reduce resistance 1. Keeping of idols, which
against Christianity substituted with Christian
2. To win as many as saints
converts as possible 2. Processions of idols
Result: victory of
catholic church
 SAINT AGUSTINE
OF HIPPO
He was the first philosopher converted to
Christian. He was the bishop of
hippo (now Annaba, Algeria) from 396 to
430. A renowned theologian and prolific
writer, he was also a skilled preacher and
rhetorician. He is one of the Latin fathers
of the church and, in roman Catholicism,
is formally recognized as a doctor of the
church.
 AIMS OF EDUCATION
Moral Salvation
-Regeneration of the individual - To spread good news

AGENCIES OF EDUCATION

Home Catechumenal school

Cathedral school
Church Catechetical school
 TYPES OF EDUCATION
Music education Spiritual training Moral training
 CONTENTS TO BE STUDIED
Moral and spiritual values Requisites for baptism
 Music in connection in
Church doctrines
church worship
ORGANIZATIONS OF
GRADE LEVELS
Children trained at home

Catechumen/probationers-preparing
for baptism

Preparing for church leadership-

mostly are rhetoricians, philosophers
converted to Christian
 METHODS OF INSTRUCTION
CATHEDRAL METHOD-
Q/A METHOD MEMORIZATION EXPOSITION AND
EXHORTATION
 FINANCING

The students availed of free

education but voluntary
contributions were solicited from
the more affluent Church
members to defray the expenses
of the church educational.
OUTSTANDING
CONTRIBUTION
TO CIVILIZATION

Christianity- which established a

social order that is more humane
and more democratic.
 EARLY CHRISTIAN
OUTSTANDING
CONTRIBUTION TO
EDUCATION
The outstanding contribution of early
Christian education is the conversion of
more than one- half of the world into
Christianity with the highest ideals of
spirituality and morality.
 APPLICATION : Read and understand the
questions carefully and answer the following.
1. For god so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whoever believes in him
.
should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3;16). It is an important aim of Jesus to save men
from eternal damnation. During the time of Jesus in early Christianity, what Christians believe about
salvation?
A. Early Christians were divided over salvation theories, just as they are today. Some of them
believed Jesus came to save us from God's wrath, some of them believed Jesus came to free us
from the Devil, and others believed that Jesus came to set a good moral example for everyone to
follow.

B. From the very beginning, Christians have always agreed that Jesus came to save us from the
wrath of God. God the Father is angry at us because we have sinned, and we deserve to be
punished forever in Hell. But instead of punishing us, God punished His Son on the cross, so that
we could go to Heaven.

C. In the early centuries, Christians believed that Christ's main purpose was to live a life of love,
and to set a good example for us to follow.
 D. The Early Church believed that mankind was in bondage to the
Devil, and that Jesus came in order to destroy the works of the
Devil. When Jesus died and rose from the dead, He conquered
Death, Hell, and the Devil, and Christ's victory has made it possible
for us to enter Heaven.

E. The word of God, principle of love, requisites for salvation, faith

and for

A. Catechetical
2. They are the Disciples of Jesus who started the organization of
Christian church in Rome. According to church tradition, they taught
together in Rome and founded Christianity in that city. Eusebius cites
Dionysius, Bishop of Corinth as saying, "They taught together in like
manner in Italy, and suffered martyrdom at the same time." This may
indicate their reconciliation.

A. Emperor Constantine
B. Emperor Nero
C. Jesus Christ
E. St. Augustine the martyr

D. St. Paul & St. Peter B. Emperor Nero

3. As the church grew, it became difficult to address the needs
of new members. In particular, there were concerns over how
to prepare prospective members for church membership. In
early Christianity, this a type of educational institution with a
curriculum directed toward inquirers (especially those trained
in the Greek paideia, or educational system) whose aim was to
gain a greater knowledge of Christianity and eventually,
perhaps, baptism into the Christian community.
 
A. Emperor Constantine
B. Emperor Nero
C. Jesus Christ
D. St. Augustine the martyr
E. St. Peter and St. Paul D. Emperor Constantine
His aims of education are relationship between
man and God, Salvation, and Social relationship
based on love. He also served as the first teacher
in Early Christian Education who never gets paid
from his teachings.

A. Emperor Constantine
B. Emperor Nero
C. Jesus Christ

D. St. Peter and St. Paul

E. St. Augustine the martyr A. Jesus Christ

They are the Disciples of Jesus who started the
organization of Christian church in Rome. According to
church tradition, they taught together in Rome and
founded Christianity in that city. Eusebius cites
Dionysius, Bishop of Corinth as saying, "They taught
together in like manner in Italy, and suffered martyrdom at
the same time." This may indicate their reconciliation.

A. Emperor Constantine
B. Emperor Nero
C. Jesus Christ
D. St. Paul & St. Peter
E. St. Augustine the martyr St. Paul & St. Peter
He is a saint of the Catholic Church, Christian thinker
after St. Paul classical thought to Christian teaching
created a theological system of great power and
lasting influence. He was also the first philosopher
converted to Christianity,

A. Emperor Constantine
B. Emperor Nero

C. Jesus Christ
D. St. Augustine of Hippo

E. St. Paul & St. Peter

E. St. Augustine of Hippo
4. It is one of the methods of teaching of Jesus in early Christian
education, which give us amazing example of faith that should be
an encouragement to all who believe. Then, together with this
example, he describes what can be done with this kind of faith to
the Christian believers. Having no other option, they must choose
to trust God and give everything it has to either become a tree or
die trying. This faith teaches them to focus on the nature of their
faith, which is a gift from God (Ephesians 2:8-9)
 
A. Aphorism
B. Faith comparing to the mustard seed
C. Parable Methods
D. Prayer of the faithful
E. Parable of the Talents
 
It is organized for the instruction of those who
desired to become members of the church but
lacked the requisite knowledge of church doctrine.
CATECHUMENS are the probationers who receive the
instruction in religious discipline, moral values and
doctrine.
A. Catechetical
B. Cathedral
C. Catechumenal
D. Episcopalian
E. Pagan
 Contributions were solicited from these Church
members to defray the expenses of the church
educational. A wealthy members of the church
and having a great deal of money. To support the
student’s financing in educations.

A.Affluent members
B. priest
C. Parishioners
D. Pagan
E.Catechumens
A person holding religious beliefs other than those
of the main world religions. They believe that
nature is sacred and that the natural cycles of
birth, growth and death observed in the world
around us carry profoundly spiritual meanings.
Human beings are seen as part of nature, along
with other animals, trees, stones, plants and
everything else that is of this earth.

A.Affluent B. Bishop E. Priest

C. Catechumens D. Pagan
5. Originated with the ministry of Jesus, a Jewish teacher and healer who
proclaimed the imminent kingdom of God and was crucified c. AD 30–33
in Jerusalem in the Roman province of Judea. Based on the bible as
sacred scripture, and professed by eastern, roman catholic, and
protestant bodies. This religion consist of 2.38 billion believers and
almost all of the world.
 
A. Christianity
B. Roman Catholic
C. Religious Moralism
D. Buddhism
E. Taoism

A. CHRISTIANITY
 Be Reflective

All religions, culture

and beliefs deserve the
same amount of
respect even if they
different from your own.
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