The conception of education in Westminster Confession of Faith, of 1647

Authors

  • Rodrigo Pinto de Andrade Universidade Estadual de Maringá
  • Cézar de Alencar Arnaut de Toledo Universidade Estadual de Maringá
  • Francielle Aparecida Garuti de Andrade Universidade Estadual de Maringá

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/edu.2018.221.11109

Abstract

This article analyzes the conception of Education in the Westminster Confession of Faith, document written in Westminster Abbey, in England, in 1647. The text was prepared by Calvinist theologians and served as doctrinal and confessional manual of the Reformed Church. The confessions of faith are typical of Modernity in Western Europe and appeared in a context of the rising of the modern states and the new Christian churches, which were directly related to the processes of confessionalization lived by the Christian religion in Western Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. It’s a document widely used by the churches of Calvinist orientation, and their educational proposals, pedagogical strategies and conception of education had wide influence in the regions where it was used.

Keywords: education, Westminster Confession of Faith, confessionalization, modernity.

Author Biographies

Rodrigo Pinto de Andrade, Universidade Estadual de Maringá

Aluno de Doutorado do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação da Universidade Estadual de Maringá

Cézar de Alencar Arnaut de Toledo, Universidade Estadual de Maringá

Doutor em Educação pela Unicamp (1996), professor do Departamento de Fundamentos da Educação e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação da Universidade Estadual de Maringá.

Francielle Aparecida Garuti de Andrade, Universidade Estadual de Maringá

Mestre em Educação pela Universidade Estadual de Maringá

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Published

2018-01-05

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 1 (2018): January/March

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