The Gospel was written, as is gathered from the prologue (i, 1-4), for the purpose of giving Theophilus (and others like him) increased confidence in the unshakable firmness of the Christian truths in which he had been instructed, or "catechized" -- the latter word being used, according to Harnack, in its technical sense. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
Supreme Court with "catechized" justices, a strategy almost certain to backfire, they should content themselves with modest, competent justices who are free of ideological bias, and all the while keep their eyes on the real prize: "public sentiment." ❋ Unknown (1995)
But he would not try to fill the Court with new, "catechized" justices (a process to which he thought Douglas had been party regarding the Illinois state bench). ❋ Unknown (1995)
Historian Anderson, of course, knows of countless cases of harassment of census workers, even dating as far back as 1890, when The New York Times reported about a citizen tired of being "catechized" by a census taker, who "grew more angry … until in a white heat he pitched into the servitor of the Government and threw him bodily out of the house, applying abusive epithets to him and insulting him in a manner that was anything but befitting the dignity of the position of the enumerator." ❋ Unknown (2009)
"catechized" every Sabbath afternoon, is illustrative of the usual method of instructing young people of the parish in the Church ❋ Unknown (1919)
Or: A short vignette describing what happens when young, poorly catechized Catholics rely on emotions and the MSM to form their "thoughts" about things they should know something about, but — alas! — do not. ❋ Unknown (2009)
I find the comment by Mike of Vermont to be a typical response from an insufficiently catechized & most likely, cradle Catholic. ❋ Unknown (2009)
"I find the comment by Mike of Vermont to be a typical response from an insufficiently catechized & most likely, cradle Catholic." ❋ Unknown (2009)
And believe me, the state is FULL of poorly catechized Catholics who will jump on the bandwagon. ❋ Unknown (2009)
And to me the bigger 'problem' (or mission field) is not the conservative Catholic, it's the other much larger group of un-catechized, headed for destruction, Catholics. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The weird Scottish Calvinist Sir Archibald Johnston, who catechized his wife in bed, gets half a chapter to himself. ❋ Mark Archer (2011)
I'd also add ... you mention the poorly catechized faithful in CT, and the article mentions the priest convicted of stealing money. ❋ Unknown (2009)
This is indicative of the attitude that the least catechized Catholics have towards the Universal Church. ❋ Unknown (2009)
I assure you I have not been so catechized since I was a baby: he seemed to wish to find himself allied to the Poet, as he was pleased to call you. ❋ Unknown (2009)
But surprising numbers of mainline Protestants and Roman Catholics have also been thoroughly catechized in this eschatology through televangelist broadcasts and books in the Left Behind Series, which have broken sales records around the world. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Serious Matter: Yes, Full Knowledge: Questionable - Sue was not catechized, Deliberate & Complete Consent: Probably not...her mother coerced her. ❋ Unknown (2009)
And they have come out of a background where they were not fully catechized, not fully instructed in their faith. ❋ Unknown (2008)
If we talk about people in their 30s today, those are the ones who the church regards as not fully catechized. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Clarence Thomas has been catechized concerning a lengthening list of rights. ❋ Unknown (2008)
The modern, un-catechized Catholic is predisposed not to question the substitution of one ecclesiastical-sounding word for another. ❋ Luxury Home (2008)
His [principal] work was Lectures on the [Catechism] of [the Church] of England (London, 1769). ❋ Rolling Definer (2017)
All Catholics should be [knowledgeable] in [three things]: the Bible, the [Catholic Catechism], and Sacred Tradition.
These three things will take us far. ❋ TarkanAttila22 (2010)
