catechetical
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of catechetical
1610–20; < late Medieval Latin catēchētic ( us ) (< Greek katēchē- ( see catechesis) + Medieval Latin -ticus -tic ) + -al 1
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They involve dedicated space, children-led prayer and wooden tools and toys that are intended to be “tactile and beautiful,” according to Sister Joan Curtin, director of the catechetical office of the Archdiocese of New York.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2015
Two months ago, however, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith concluded that Christ Among Us "was unsuitable as a catechetical text" and could not be made otherwise even with "substantial revisions."
From Time Magazine Archive
He boycotted the Dutch church's official catechetical institute and its counseling center for troubled priests and nuns.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is the most important of Luther's catechetical works prior to the Catechisms of 1529, and deserves the name that has been given it, "the first evangelical catechism."
From Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume II) by Martin Luther
Incidentally, too, its successive forms illustrate many matters of belief and usage among Syrian Christians generally in the 3rd and 4th centuries, notably their apologetic and catechetical needs and methods.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various
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