Author : Thomas Flowers
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 45,18 MB
Release : 2023
Category : Education
ISBN : 9004537708
The catechisms of Peter Canisius highlight the struggle within the Catholic Church to reframe Christian identity after the Protestant Reformation. In contrast to the defensive catechesis of Rome, Canisius's catechisms proposed to achieve orthodoxy by encouraging Christian piety.