This is a description of the establishment of basic Christian doctrines necessary for new believers who begin their church life after registering at a church. Rather than introducing and theoretically attempting various types of teaching materials and...
This is a description of the establishment of basic Christian doctrines necessary for new believers who begin their church life after registering at a church. Rather than introducing and theoretically attempting various types of teaching materials and various educational methods to help new believers realize the truth, this paper aims to establish the direction of church education for new believers through Calvin's spirit of religious reform and his book, Institutes of the Christian Religion. The most appropriate example is John Calvin, a theological educator whose Bible-centered ideology and the central idea of his representative educational work, Institutes of the Christian Religion, are the premise that the Bible is the truth, and it serves as basic data for establishing the standard of truth in the church by basing Christian values on the Bible.
This paper will focus on what to teach rather than how to teach, and in particular, the core of this paper is not to be satisfied with just 'knowledge' but to establish the content that makes faith come alive through 'knowledge'. This is a study on church education for new believers, the knowledge of God the Creator and the knowledge of God the Redeemer, and it can be said to be the essence of Christianity.
The characteristic of Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion that this paper considers important is that it clearly and clearly establishes the view of faith centered on the Bible, not just intellectual or abstract concepts, and is very practical and requires practice as an education that saves life. Therefore, through the 'Apostles' Creed', it studied what to hear and what to think in Christ, and also described in the hearts of believers who God is, what God’s will is, and the importance of people obeying His will through the study of the Ten Commandments.
In that respect, Institutes of the Christian Religion is a doctrine that comprehensively summarizes the Bible, which is the educational content that should be taught to the church and believers, and it summarizes the truth in a general way and declares an educational view centered on the Bible, so it will be a guide to faith for the church and new believers in the post-Christian era.