#catechumenate

The article analyses the catechetical model of the Church Fathers, from Saint Justin the Martyr and Saint Hippolytus to Saint John Chrysostom and Isidore of Seville, beginning with the primary catechumenate and identifying, through the work of the scholar Francesco Trisoglio, eight patristic catechetical approaches proposed as an alternative to the crisis in contemporary preaching.

This article examines the origins and nature of the Antiochian School of Theology, focusing on the life and works of Saint Lucian of Antioch (c. 240–312), who is regarded as its founder. It analyses his ‘Review of Holy Scripture’, his relationship with the Arian heresy and with Paul of Samosata, as well as the historiographical controversy – from Adolf Harnack to Gustav Bardy and Panayiotis Christou – concerning the authenticity of his theological legacy and his ecclesiastical canonisation.