CONTINUING IN THE WORD
Perspectives on Homeschooling and Classical Christian Education from Scholars Online
Category: Character formation
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December 9: Peter Fourier
One of the lesser known saints on the Roman Catholic calendar has his feast today: Peter Fourier. Fourier did not hold a high episcopal office, nor was he a prolific writer; he attracted my attention in the list of events, births, and deaths for December 9 because he promoted education. He was born in 1565…
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December 5: Clement of Alexandria
December 5 is the commemoration in some traditions of Clement of Alexandria (ca. A. D. 150-215). Clement is the earliest proponent of classsical Christian education that we know much about. The son of apparently well-to-do pagan parents and born in Athens or possibly Alexandria, he was educated in Greek philosophy and literature as a youth…
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December 2: Chromatius
December 2 is the feast of Chromatius, bishop of Aquileia in Italy, who died in 406. He is one of those minor early Church Fathers who don’t get a lot of press, and he shows up in only in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Calendars, but he’s definitely worth more than a cursory glance.…