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Title:

The Catechism by Benedykt Herbest: Print and Orality in Religious Education on the Verge of the Modern Epoch

Subject and Keywords:

the religious Reformation   catechism   sermonizing   early modern Church   Cracow

Abstract:

The article discusses Rev. Benedict Herbest’s doubts about whether a printed exposition of faith be recommended to the faithful and how much the written word may support the teaching from the pulpit. Herbest (1531–1598) was a Polish Catholic priest, a vigorous polemicist and a leading opponent of the local Reformation. He was the author of The Teaching of a Righteous Christian, a catechism that was published in 1566 in Cracow. In terms of communicativeness and pragmatic intentions, it outshines all other catechisms, both Catholic and Evangelical, that were addressed to a Polish readership in the sixteenth century. The dogmas are presented in the form of a dialogue between a priest and his lay interlocutor, a townsman. Despite employing this traditional form of explanation, the catechism shows how difficult it was to reconcile the need for a high-quality religious, print-disseminated clarification against the hoary tradition of oral instruction.

Publisher:

Pracownia Badań nad Tradycją Oralną

Date issued:

2015-

Resource Type:

text

Detailed Type:

journal

Identifier:

ISSN 2449–8181

Language:

eng

Abstract Language :

eng

Rights holder:

Copyright by Instytut Studiów Klasycznych, Sródziemnomorskich i Orientalnych, Pracowania Badan nad Tradycja Oralna, 2016