Religious Education in the So-Called Dark Ages
Abstract
We are aware that much, yes, very much has already been written on the subject of "Religious Education", and that there is little hope of adding anything new. Yet, in the development of the present thesis, it is necessary to make some introductory remarks on this much used subject.Saint Thomas defines religion as the virtue which prompts man to render to God the worship and reverence that is His by right.Lactantius, in his "Divine Institutes" derives religion from ligare, to bind and re, back, which gives us the idea that man as once coming from God is led back to Him. Religion, therefore, unites internal feeling with external manifestations; it has two sides, Subjective and Objective. On its subjective side it is the disposition to acknowledge our dependence on God, and on the Objective, it is the voluntary acknowledgment of that dependence through acts of homage.
Subject Area
Theology|Religious education
Recommended Citation
Kehoe, Gonzaga, "Religious Education in the So-Called Dark Ages" (1922). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI31189669.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI31189669
