The heads of the Catechetical School in Alexandria
<p>This is the second of two articles, the first article being concerned with general questions regarding the <em>Didaskaleion </em>in Alexandria. The account of the founding of the <em>Didaskaleion</em> in Alexandria is based on information provided by Eusebius of Caes...
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| description | <p>This is the second of two articles, the first article being concerned with general questions regarding the <em>Didaskaleion </em>in Alexandria. The account of the founding of the <em>Didaskaleion</em> in Alexandria is based on information provided by Eusebius of Caesarea (263�339), a Roman historian, exegete and Christian polemicist, in his well-known Historia Ecclesiastica, which he wrote during the first half of the 4th century. The heads of the <em>Didaskaleion</em> are, however, not indicated by Eusebius in an exhaustive order, as he referred to only some of them. The only ancient writer who attempted to assemble a list of heads at the<em> Didaskaleion</em> was Philip Sidetes (ca 380�440), also called Philip of Side (Side being a city in ancient Pamphylia, now Turkey), also a historian, of whom only a few fragments are extant. He provided a list of 13 heads (�teachers�), ending with Rhodon who allegedly was his teacher. This article will list and discuss all the scholars being referred to as heads of the<em> Didaskaleion </em>during her existence, which could date back to the second half of the 1st century CE and ended somewhere near the end of the 4th century.</p><p><strong>Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications:</strong> Research about Africa done by Africans (inhabitants of Africa) needs to increase, because in many ways Africa is silent or silenced about her past. The fundamental question is: �Can anything good come out of Africa?� My answer is, �Yes! Come and see.� Therefore these two articles attempt to indicate the significance of Africa which was actually the place where Christian Theology was founded. This has intradisciplinary as well as interdisciplinary implications; in this case the investigation is done from a theological perspective.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f4f109946e114a37ad24621e3fa8a1de2022-12-22T00:11:48ZafrAOSISVerbum et Ecclesia1609-99822074-77052015-03-0136110.4102/ve.v36i1.13861248The heads of the Catechetical School in AlexandriaWillem H. Oliver0Department of Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology, University of South Africa<p>This is the second of two articles, the first article being concerned with general questions regarding the <em>Didaskaleion </em>in Alexandria. The account of the founding of the <em>Didaskaleion</em> in Alexandria is based on information provided by Eusebius of Caesarea (263�339), a Roman historian, exegete and Christian polemicist, in his well-known Historia Ecclesiastica, which he wrote during the first half of the 4th century. The heads of the <em>Didaskaleion</em> are, however, not indicated by Eusebius in an exhaustive order, as he referred to only some of them. The only ancient writer who attempted to assemble a list of heads at the<em> Didaskaleion</em> was Philip Sidetes (ca 380�440), also called Philip of Side (Side being a city in ancient Pamphylia, now Turkey), also a historian, of whom only a few fragments are extant. He provided a list of 13 heads (�teachers�), ending with Rhodon who allegedly was his teacher. This article will list and discuss all the scholars being referred to as heads of the<em> Didaskaleion </em>during her existence, which could date back to the second half of the 1st century CE and ended somewhere near the end of the 4th century.</p><p><strong>Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications:</strong> Research about Africa done by Africans (inhabitants of Africa) needs to increase, because in many ways Africa is silent or silenced about her past. The fundamental question is: �Can anything good come out of Africa?� My answer is, �Yes! Come and see.� Therefore these two articles attempt to indicate the significance of Africa which was actually the place where Christian Theology was founded. This has intradisciplinary as well as interdisciplinary implications; in this case the investigation is done from a theological perspective.</p>http://verbumetecclesia.org.za/index.php/VE/article/view/1386Catechetical School, heads, Alexandria, Africa |
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| title | The heads of the Catechetical School in Alexandria |
| title_full | The heads of the Catechetical School in Alexandria |
| title_fullStr | The heads of the Catechetical School in Alexandria |
| title_full_unstemmed | The heads of the Catechetical School in Alexandria |
| title_short | The heads of the Catechetical School in Alexandria |
| title_sort | heads of the catechetical school in alexandria |
| topic | Catechetical School, heads, Alexandria, Africa |
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