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Yesterday I posted Andreas Hyperius’ prayer when one is on one’s way to his studies; here is his prayer for after they have concluded (A studiis). For those things that thou hast wished, O God, heavenly Father, for me to learn in the elements of piety and in the honorable arts, I give thee greatest […]
The fascinating Andreas Hyperius provides, at the end of his Elementa Christianae Religionis (Elements of the Christian Religion), a handful of daily prayers. One of these is a prayer Ad studia (“For studies”), translated below. Thou, most wise heavenly Father, art the fount and origin of all knowledge and wisdom: thou pourest into the minds of all men knowledge […]
At long last, we come to the end of Chytraeus’ prefatory material before the first locus, de Deo (part 1 here). There are a number of points in here about the utility, both practical and spiritual, of the catechetical form that are still worth pondering. One of the most suggestive of these is that Chytraeus […]
An addendum to recent posts on schools and schooling in David Chytraeus’ Catechismus. In an essay on Thedore Beza and humanistic studies, Scott Manetsch notes the salutary connection for Beza between philology and piety–though only the latter is absolutely essential. The reformer [Beza] was instrumental in drawing to the [Genevan] academy several of Europe’s top […]
Chytraeus continues his answer to the question “For what reasons is it necessary that literary studies be cultivated in schools, and especially that the catechism be learned?” There are several reasons why students should learn. First, because God commands that we learn and preserve the doctrine taught by Christ. Second, it is part of who […]