What Does “Catechesis” Mean in the Bible?
Classes to learn and live the faith, for example before First Communion.
It can mean
- For whom: for children, young people, and adults. It teaches what the Church believes, in an orderly way.
- Its goal: to lead people to live the Christian life fully, not just to know things.
Today
In parishes there is catechesis for First Communion, for Confirmation, and for adults preparing for Baptism.
Where it appears in the Bible
Acts 8:31; Luke 1:4
What the Bible says
Acts 8:31
Who said: And how can I, unless some man shew me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
Luke 1:4
That thou mayest know the verity of those words in which thou hast been instructed.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Catechism 5