This study examines how English laypeople and clergy of lower ranks were taught the basic principles of Christian doctrine as articulated in the Apostles’ Creed and Articles of Faith. Chapter one addresses the theological and historical background. Over the course of the twelfth century, school-based theologians came to place an increasing emphasis on faith as a cognitive state while at the same time moral theologians sought to make sure that all Christians had a basic participation in the life of the Church. These trends led to an effort by the Church as an institution to make sure that all Christians had at least a basic understanding of the Christian religion. Chapter two examines how the episcopate carried out a drive to ensure this basic level of understanding through the venues of councils, synods, and deanery and archdeaconry meetings. In all three of these venues, the requirements of making sure the laity know the Creed and Articles of Faith were passed on to parochial clergy, and through these clergy to the laity. Chapter three concerns one particular aspect of presenting the basics of doctrine to the laity, viz., preaching. An examination of a sample of three works of religious instruction for clergy and three sets of model sermons shows how parochial clergy, Franciscans, and Dominicans preached the basics of Christian doctrine. The distribution of the manuscripts of these works shows a broad distribution among parochial clergy, Augustinian canons, and Franciscan and Dominican friars. Such a broad distribution suggests that the Augustinian canons may have been carrying out a good deal of pastoral care and catechetical instruction and that the ready access of preaching aids to clergy indicates that those with responsibility of preaching Christian doctrine to laypeople would have had resources available to do so. Chapter four concerns vernacular literature as a means of religious instruction. Most thirteenth-century literature of religious instruction was in Anglo-Norman, a language spoken and read by aristocrats, clergy, and the upwardly mobile. Three Anglo-Norman works, the Château d’amour by Robert Grosseteste, the Mirour de Seinte Eglyse by Edmund of Abingdon, and the Manuel des pechez by William of Waddington all contain the foundational Christian doctrines contained in the Articles of Faith. The manuscript distribution of all three show that they were owned by both clergy and laity, indicating that they served as teaching aids for clergy, and also that they served to provide laypeople who could afford copies of them with unmediated religious instruction. The broad conclusion of this thesis is that the available evidence shows that the basic principles of Christian doctrine were available both to the lower clergy who would preach and teach the Creed and Articles of Faith and also to the laity who would receive this preaching and instruction.

This study examines how English laypeople and clergy of lower ranks were taught the basic principles of Christian doctrine as articulated in the Apostles’ Creed and Articles of Faith. Chapter one addresses the theological and historical background. Over the course of the twelfth century, school-based theologians came to place an increasing emphasis on faith as a cognitive state while at the same time moral theologians sought to make sure that all Christians had a basic participation in the life of the Church. These trends led to an effort by the Church as an institution to make sure that all Christians had at least a basic understanding of the Christian religion. Chapter two examines how the episcopate carried out a drive to ensure this basic level of understanding through the venues of councils, synods, and deanery and archdeaconry meetings. In all three of these venues, the requirements of making sure the laity know the Creed and Articles of Faith were passed on to parochial clergy, and through these clergy to the laity. Chapter three concerns one particular aspect of presenting the basics of doctrine to the laity, viz., preaching. An examination of a sample of three works of religious instruction for clergy and three sets of model sermons shows how parochial clergy, Franciscans, and Dominicans preached the basics of Christian doctrine. The distribution of the manuscripts of these works shows a broad distribution among parochial clergy, Augustinian canons, and Franciscan and Dominican friars. Such a broad distribution suggests that the Augustinian canons may have been carrying out a good deal of pastoral care and catechetical instruction and that the ready access of preaching aids to clergy indicates that those with responsibility of preaching Christian doctrine to laypeople would have had resources available to do so. Chapter four concerns vernacular literature as a means of religious instruction. Most thirteenth-century literature of religious instruction was in Anglo-Norman, a language spoken and read by aristocrats, clergy, and the upwardly mobile. Three Anglo-Norman works, the Château d’amour by Robert Grosseteste, the Mirour de Seinte Eglyse by Edmund of Abingdon, and the Manuel des pechez by William of Waddington all contain the foundational Christian doctrines contained in the Articles of Faith. The manuscript distribution of all three show that they were owned by both clergy and laity, indicating that they served as teaching aids for clergy, and also that they served to provide laypeople who could afford copies of them with unmediated religious instruction. The broad conclusion of this thesis is that the available evidence shows that the basic principles of Christian doctrine were available both to the lower clergy who would preach and teach the Creed and Articles of Faith and also to the laity who would receive this preaching and instruction.

Šiame darbe nagrinėjama problema, kodėl dauguma vaikų, priėmusių Pirmąją Komuniją toliau nebedalyvauja Šv. Mišiose. Pirmoje darbo dalyje apžvelgiamos Katalikų Bažnyčios nuorodos dėl tikinčiųjų dalyvavimo Eucharistijoje; antroje dalyje analizuojamas vaikų tęstinės katechezės būtinumas jų sąmoningam dalyvavimui Eucharistijoje; trečioje dalyje atskleidžiama vaikų vystymosi psichologinių – religinių ypatumų reikšmė jų dvasiniam ugdymuisi. Toliau analizuojamos tęstinės liturginės katechezės galimybės dėl Pirmąją Komuniją priėmusių vaikų skatinimo dalyvauti Šv. Mišiose. Tuo tikslu ketvirtoje darbo dalyje tikrinama hipotezė, kad vaikų dalyvavimas tęstinės katechezės veikloje stiprina jų Šv. Mišių liturgijos prasmės suvokimą bei norą įsijungti į Bažnyčios bendruomenę, pilnai pasitvirtino. Svarbiausios darbo išvados yra sekančios: 1. II Vatikano susirinkimas krikščionis pasauliečius pakvietė atnaujinti pirmųjų krikščionių laikų (Apd 2,42-47) atsakingą buvimą Bažnyčios misijoje. Tai įmanoma gyvai bendraujant su Jėzumi Eucharistijoje – per Jį, su Juo ir Jame. 2. Ypatingai svarbu nepalikti vaikų vienų sekuliarios visuomenės apsuptyje po Pirmosios Komunijos. Šis vaikų amžius iki Sutvirtinimo sakramento priėmimo yra labai opus. Šiuo laikotarpiu vaikas, tyrinėdamas save, konfliktuoja su savimi ir su aplinkiniu pasauliu. Jis iš naujo pervertina pagrindines vertybes ir pažiūras. Pradeda abejoti iki tol turėtomis idėjomis. Jų socialinė grupė tampa nebe šeima, o bendraamžiai. Jie neigia tai... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / This Master‘s degree thesis contains introduction and four main parts. The main analysing issue is why majority of children after their First Communion don’t participate in the Mission of the Church. In the first part is reviewed Catholic Church references regarding importance of regular participating believers in The Mission. In the second part is analyzing necessity of persisting Catechesis for children’s aware participation in Eucharist. In the third part is unclosed children’s psychological – religious development specificity in their spiritual education. The fourthly part mainly is an investigation and consideration of quantitative research to verify hypothesis how children’s involvement in continue Catechesis would reinforce their understanding of the Mission liturgy meaning and increase their desire to integrate in the Church community. Conclusions are listed in the end. The main of them are following: 1. The Second Vatican City Convent invited all Christians to renew the old Christian times’ responsible participation in the Mission of the Church. This is possible through the Eucharist (through Him, with Him and within Him). 2. It is especially important not to leave the children surrounded by secular society after the First Communion. The child’s age before the Confirmation is very problematic. During this period the child starts to explore himself or herself and by doing so appears to be in conflict with himself or herself as well as the surrounding world. The... [to full text]

Tyrimo problema: nepakankamas sutvirtintųjų įsitraukimas į Bažnytinės bendruomenės veiklą ir tikėjimo šventimą po dalyvavimo rengimo Sutvirtinimo sakramentui programose ir Sutvirtinimo sakramento gavimo. Tyrimo tikslas yra atskleisti paauglių rengimo Sutvirtinimo sakramentui ypatumus ir pateikti metodologines gaires bei jų taikymo galimybes. Tyrimo hipotezė: esamos rengimo Sutvirtinimo sakramentui programos vykdo tikėjimo gilinimo katechezę, tuo tarpu besiruošiantiems Sutvirtinimui paaugliams, pirmiausiai yra reikalinga, kerigminė katechezė, kad galėtų prasidėti procesas, vedantis juos į aktyvų dalyvavimą bendruomenėje. Tyrimo metodai: lyginamoji literatūros analizė, anketinė apklausa, požymių dažnių lentelės Crosstabs, kriterijus Chi-kvadratu (Χ2), aprašomoji statistika. Pastarasis magistro darbas buvo skirtas paauglių rengimo Sutvirtinimo sakramentui proceso analizei. Teorinėje darbo dalyje (pirmieji trys skyriai) pristatyta sakramentų samprata Bažnyčioje ir skirtingi teologiniai Sutvirtinimo sakramento aspektai, jo samprata ir padariniai. Toliau paauglystės ypatumai, jaunuolių tikėjimo raidą. Atrasta sąsaja tarp paauglystės kaip tapatumo ieškojimo laikotarpio ir Sutvirtinimo kaip krikščioniškosios tapatybės ir brandos sakramento. Taip pat išskirti pagrindiniai katechezės elementai pagal Bažnyčios dokumentus ir pristatytas Ad gentes modelis, kuriuo remiasi Bažnyčios evangelizacinė veikla. Taip pat aptarti pagrindiniai paauglių katechezės bruožai. Paauglių tikėjimo... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The research problem: the lack of involvement in the parish activities and communal celebration of faith by newly confirmed after they finish preparation for the Confirmation programs and receive the sacrament. The research purpose is to reveal the features of the preparation for the Confirmation of adolescents and to propose methodological guidelines and their application possibilities. Research hypothesis: current preparation programs for the Confirmation give faith deepening catechesis, while those to be confirmed need to hear Kerygma which would enable the process, leading adolescents to the active participation in the community. Research methods: comparative literature analysis, questionnaire, Crosstabs, Chi-square (Χ2), descriptive statistics. The aim of this work was to analyze the process of preparation for the sacrament of Confirmation of adolescents. In the first three chapters the conception of the sacraments in the Church, theological aspects of the Confirmation, both the understanding and the consequences of it were presented; main features of adolescence and the development of faith during this period were analyzed and a search for ones identity was found as a major link between adolescence and Confirmation as a sacrament of Christian identity and maturity. The main elements of catechesis were presented according to Church’s documents. The Ad gentes model was presented as the major tool for evangelization. Also the features of adolescent catechesis were... [to full text]

Temos aktualumas ir problematika. Remiantis Bažnyčios mokymu galima pažymėti, kad suaugusiųjų ugdymas(is) turi būti didžiausias šiuolaikinės Bažnyčios rūpestis. Reikalinga telkti tikinčiuosius į atviras ir gyvas bendruomenes, kuriose būtų skelbiamas Dievo Žodis, švenčiama Eucharistija ir vykdoma artimo meilės tarnystė. Vatikano II Susirinkimo nutarimuose akcentuojama būtinybė, kad suaugusiųjų tikinčiųjų bendruomeninio gyvenimo ugdymu(si) tikėjimas taptų gyvas, sąmoningas ir veiklus. Tačiau Vatikano II Susirinkimo nutarimai Lietuvoje dar tik pradedami įgyvendinti ir suaugusiųjų tikinčiųjų bendruomeninio gyvenimo ugdymas(is) ir jo raiška tikinčiųjų bendruomenėse nepakankamai atskleisti. Tyrimo klausimas. Kokie svarbiausi suaugusiųjų tikinčiųjų bendruomeninio gyvenimo Katalikų Bažnyčioje ugdymo(si) ypatumai ir kaip jie reiškiasi X parapijoje. Tyrimo objektas. Suaugusių tikinčiųjų bendruomeninio gyvenimo ugdymas(is). Darbo tikslas. Atskleisti suaugusiųjų tikinčiųjų bendruomeninio gyvenimo ugdymą(si) ir identifikuoti jo raišką X parapijoje. Nustatyta, kad suaugusiųjų ugdymo(si) metodai apibrėžiami kaip religinių tradicijų, religinės tapatybės ir religinių potyrių atvėrimas, kuris turi padėti asmeniui tapti subjektu Dievo atžvilgiu. Laisvas žmogaus atsakas į Dievo kvietimą yra jo tikėjimas į Jėzų Kristų. Žmogaus idealas yra Dievą mylinti ir Dievo pilna asmenybė. Tikinčiųjų bendruomeninio gyvenimo ugdymo(si) procesas – tai ketvirtasis Ad gentes evangelizacinio modelio etapas... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The relevance and topic of the theme. According to the Church's teaching adult (self) education should be the main concern of the modern Church. It is necessary to mobilize believers in open and lively communities in which the Word of God would be proclaimed, the Eucharist would be celebrated and the neighbor’s love actions would be fulfilled. The Second Vatican Council emphasized that by the (self) education of adult believers’ communal life the faith would become lively, aware and active. However, the resolutions of the Second Vatican Council is still in their initial stages in Lithuania and the (self) education and manifestation of adult believers‘ communal life in believers’ communities are insufficiently disclosed. The question of research. What are the main peculiarities of the (self) education and manifestaion of adult believers’ communal life in the Catholic Church in parish X? The object of research. The (self) education of adult believers‘ communal life. The purpose of research. Reveal the (self) education of adult believers’ communal life and identify its manifestation in parish X. It was found that adult (self) education methods are defined as the opening of religious traditions, religious identity and religious experience, which should help a person to become a subject in God’s regard. Human’s free response to God's call is his faith in Jesus Christ. The spirit of generosity and personal greatness depends on solidity of union with the Son of God. The ideal of a... [to full text]

The thesis analyses phenomenon of catholic upbringing in the foster family. The foster family is spouses who, successfully growing or having grown their children, accept to foster from 6 to 12 children who have lost parents’ care. The main feature of foster family as foster care institution is created family environment which is necessary for the child’s cohesive and versatile development. The cohesive development of foster children is disturbed by loss that is caused by unwanted pregnancy, deprivation, violence, finally by lost of parents (together family and home). The consequences of that lost appear as destroyed relations with surroundings, oneself and life. The coping with consequences of loss requires strong measures, which are given by Catholic upbringing, which in its essence is orientated to reconstruction and perfection of relations. So, there are discussed the peculiarities of the foster family as a structure that is close to the family environment, presented the characteristics of social pedagogical work with non-parental children of this structure, reviewed theoretical foundations of children’s upbringing in the foster family, identified problems of Catholic upbringing in the foster family, emphasized the role of the foster family as a poly-functional social community, upbringing children in a Catholic way in the theses. / Disertacijoje nagrinėjamas katalikiško auklėjimo šeimynose reiškinys. Lietuvoje sukurtos šeimynos – tai sutuoktiniai, į savo šeimą priėmę nuo 6 iki 12 tėvų globos netekusių vaikų. Skiriamasis šeimynos, kaip globos institucijos, bruožas – šeiminė aplinka, būtina visapusiškam ir harmoningam vaiko vystymuisi. Šeimynoje augančių vaikų harmoningas vystymasis būna sutrikdytas netekties: nepageidaujamo nėštumo; deprivacijos, smurto, asocialios aplinkos gimus; galiausiai - tėvų (šeimos, namų) praradimo tėvams atėmus tėvystės teises ar, rečiau, mirties, ligos, emigracijos atvejais. Netekties pasekmės - pažeisti santykiai su aplinka (jaučiamas nesaugumas, nepasitikėjimas kitais, negebėjimas prisirišti ir palaikyti nuoširdžius santykius su kitu asmeniu, negebėjimas pritapti), savimi (pasireiškia žema saviverte, nepasitikėjimu savimi, bejėgiškumo, nevykėlio jausmais, negebėjimu suprasti savo emocijų, autoagresija), gyvenimu (pesimizmas, suicidinės mintys). Šių pasekmių įveikai reikalingos stiprios priemonės, kurias, teikia katalikiškas auklėjimas, savo esme orientuotas į santykių atkūrimą. Taigi, disertacijoje aptariami šeimynos kaip šeimos aplinkoje tėvų globos netekusius vaikus globojančios bendrijos struktūros ypatumai, pateikiama šios struktūros socialinio pedagoginio darbo su bešeimiais vaikais charakteristika, apžvelgiami vaikų auklėjimo šeimynoje teoriniai pagrindai, nustatomas katalikiško auklėjimo šeimynoje problemiškumas, pabrėžiamas šeimynos kaip įvairialypės ir polifunkcinės... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]

315f. / Submitted by Oliveira Santos Dilzaná (dilznana@yahoo.com.br) on 2013-06-04T15:11:54Z No. of bitstreams: 1 SANTOS, Fabricio Lyrio - Da catequese à civilização.pdf: 4069116 bytes, checksum: 89804631e04ae60c015dd95f995de38c (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Ana Portela(anapoli@ufba.br) on 2013-06-04T17:42:35Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 SANTOS, Fabricio Lyrio - Da catequese à civilização.pdf: 4069116 bytes, checksum: 89804631e04ae60c015dd95f995de38c (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-06-04T17:42:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 SANTOS, Fabricio Lyrio - Da catequese à civilização.pdf: 4069116 bytes, checksum: 89804631e04ae60c015dd95f995de38c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / CAPES / Ao longo do período colonial, diferentes concepções a respeito das populações indígenas e da catequese foram formuladas e colocadas em prática na América Portuguesa. A partir da segunda metade do século XVIII, novas diretrizes referentes a essas questões foram definidas no âmbito do reformismo ilustrado pombalino (1750-1777). A promulgação das leis de 6 e 7 de junho de 1755 e do alvará com força de lei de 8 de maio de 1758 indicavam mudanças significativas em termos da política a ser seguida e no tocante ao papel da Igreja, com consequências importantes quanto à atividade desempenhada pelo clero regular. Após a abolição da jurisdição temporal e espiritual dos religiosos sobre os índios e a transformação das aldeias em vilas, um número crescente de agentes civis e militares passou a ocupar o lugar deixado pelos religiosos, assumindo o papel de “civilizadores” dos índios. Simultaneamente, o verbo civilizar e o substantivo civilidade – presentes na legislação da década de 1750 – passaram a figurar com destaque cada vez maior no discurso colonial, deixando em segundo plano as noções de “catequese”, “conversão” e “cristianização” dos povos nativos. O propósito deste trabalho é discutir o impacto dessas mudanças na capitania da Bahia, buscando percebê-las como parte da configuração de um novo modelo político e religioso ancorado na ideia de “civilização dos índios”. Throughout the colonial period, different conceptions about the indigenous peoples and their catechesis have been formulated and put into practice in Portuguese America. From the second half of the eighteenth century, the Marquis of Pombal’s enlightened reformism (1750-1777) has placed new guidelines regarding these issues. The enactment of the laws of June 6-7, 1755 and the legal charter of May 8, 1758 pointed out significant changes in the policy to be followed as well as in the role of the Church, with important consequences on the activities of the regular clergy. After the abolition of temporal and spiritual jurisdiction of the Church over the Indians and the transformation of villages into towns, an increasing number of civilians and militaries have began to assume the role of “civilizing” the Indians. Simultaneously, to civilize and civility – recurrent terms in the 1750s legislation – became more prominent in the colonial discourse, putting aside concepts as “catechesis”, “conversion” and “Christianization” of Indians. The purpose of this dissertation is to discuss the impact of these changes in the captaincy of Bahia, considering them as part of a new political and religious model grounded in the idea of “civilization of the Indians”. / Salvador

The following study seeks to explore the subjects of Christianisation and Christian identity during the transitional period of the fourth century from an ecclesiological perspective, and argues that the very question of Christian identity is, indeed, an ecclesiological one. It approaches the subject through the writings of Cyril of Jerusalem, specifically his Catechetical Lectures, the earliest complete catechetical programme that has come down to us, making it an invaluable resource for anyone hoping to understand the Catholic Church's efforts to preserve and construct its identity in the wake of Constantine's formal conversion to its faith. Moreover, Cyril, who became bishop of the Holy City around 350, affords us a unique perspective on the question at hand, teaching as he did from the 'very centre of the earth', following the creation of a Christian holy land and pilgrimage centre in the midst of what remained a largely pagan province, and in a city still central to Judaism. The ability to possess the sites and relics associated with the life of Christ and the Prophets for the first time in Christian history not only made the drama of salvation tangible in Jerusalem like nowhere else, but raised new and important questions around the extent to which this sacred topography was compatible with Christianity's departure from the temple-centred worship of the Old Testament. It also provides valuable insight into the relationship between the local and the universal as regards notions of the Church's catholicity, Cyril's definition of καθολικ? in his eighteenth lecture arguably being the earliest. Membership of the Church, and therefore Christian identity, is for Cyril primarily ontological, defined and effected through mysteriological participation, with baptism - the believer's death, rebirth, and union with Christ - representing the dividing line between insider and outsider, a fact enforced by the so-called Disciplina Arcani, by which all knowledge of the Church's sacraments were jealously guarded from the unbaptised. The thesis explores how this notion of ontological membership underpins and informs Cyril's dealings with the various groups against which he sought to define his own community - the Greeks, Jews, and heretics - while also looking at the ecclesiological significance of the baptismal act itself.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-14T12:23:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 parte1.pdf: 1668007 bytes, checksum: ad595797116b1b2fcd052ee4058e7414 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-06-02 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / At the turn of the 17th century the action of Jesuits towards the ―sertão‖ of the Portuguese colony in the New World intensified. The Indian villages were turned into a battlefield where local culture and knowledge shared space with the European Christian tradition. The conversion process was based on conquest for souls, land and power. The Jesuitic catechetical action on the north of the captaincy of Bahia resulted in the production of texts about the language and customs of people, who lived along the banks of the River Real. Thus, the Catechism and Grammar in the Kiriri language were written by Luiz Mamiani. These writings are important to understand the historical culture of Jesuits in the colonial period, and their contribution to the constitution of a new Christendom. Based on the relevance of such records, this work aims to point out some signs of catechesis and the method used by Mamiani. For that, this paper discusses the knowledge involved in the construction of Jesuitic historical culture in the ―sertão‖ of the captaincy of Sergipe Del Rey. Moreover, Mamiani s writings also reflect the influence of baroque rhetoric with disguised images, which showed life between two distinct worlds. In the writings of Jesuits of Geru village in Sergipe, the Christian Europe comes across the Indian Portuguese America. Two apparently distant worlds intersected in the Jesuit sermons. It is possible to see that for the conquest of the Portuguese America, they used not only firearms but also words. / Na alva do século XVII a ação jesuítica intensificou-se no sertão da colônia lusitana do Novo Mundo. As aldeias indígenas foram transformadas num campo de disputas, nas quais a cultura e saberes locais foram dividindo o palco com a tradição cristã européia. O processo de conversão foi pautado na conquista, por almas, terras e poder. A ação catequética jesuítica nas terras situadas ao norte da capitania da Bahia resultou na produção de textos a respeito da língua e dos costumes dos povos que viviam às margens norte do Rio Real. Com isso, foram produzidos o Catecismo e a Gramática da Língua Kiriri, pelo inaciano Luiz Mamiani. Trata-se de escritos importantes para a compreensão da cultura histórica jesuíta no período colonial e de suas ações na constituição de uma nova cristandade. Partindo da relevância de tais registros, este trabalho tem o propósito de apontar alguns sinais da catequese e do método utilizado por Mamiani. Busca-se discutir os saberes envolvidos na construção da cultura histórica jesuítica no sertão da Capitania de Sergipe Del Rey. Além disso, a escrita de Mamiani também reflete a influência da retórica barroca, com imagens dissimuladas, cenários que mesclavam o vivido entre dois mundos distintos. Na escrita dos jesuítas da aldeia sergipana do Geru, a Europa cristã defronta-se com a América portuguesa indígena. Dois mundos aparentemente distantes se entrecruzam nas prédicas dos inacianos. A conquista da América lusitana não se fez somente com armas de fogo, mas também por meio das palavras.

A presente pesquisa tem por objetivo demonstrar a finalidade catequética da obra intitulada Laudes e Cantigas Espirituais escrita pelo beneditino André Dias na primeira metade do século XV. Os versos de Mestre André parecem assumir um valor pedagógico à medida que visam a transmitir a mensagem do Evangelho inclusive com o propósito de edificar os cristãos a partir da exemplaridade de Jesus e Maria. Sob esta ótica, o laudário parece enfatizar uma religiosidade mais intimista, mais palpável e acessível à esfera divina sem prescindir, contudo, de seu aspecto devocional. Desta forma, através das análises de três grupos temáticos do laudário de Mestre André (Loas de Natal, Loas e Prantos de Nossa Senhora e Laudas da Paixão), este estudo visa a evidenciar os elementos que assinalam a finalidade doutrinária das composições em questão. À luz da tradição laudística medieval - cujo centro difusor fora a Península Itálica -, procuraremos apontar, ainda, o possível diálogo entre as laudes portuguesas e os escritos dos italianos Feo Belcari e Jacopone da Todi. / This research aims at showing the catechetic function of Laudes e Cantigas Espirituais written by the Benedictine Monk Andre Dias in the first half of the fifteenth century. The verses of Master André seem to assume an educational value as they aim at transmitting the Gospels message in order to edify christians through the exemplarity of Jesus and Mary. Within this scope, the lauds seem to emphasize some kind of more intimist, more palpable sense of religiosity, as well as more accessible to the divine sphere. However, the lauds still do not neglect their devotional aspect. Thus, through the analyses of three thematic groups, Master Andres laudarium (Loas de Natal Christmas Loas - , Loas e Prantos de Nossa Senhora Loas and Sorrows from Our Lady - and Laudas da Paixão Lauds of the Passion), this study seeks to highlight the elements which determine the doctrinary functions of analyzed compositions. Based on the medieval laudistic tradition, which was mainly diffused in the Italian Peninsula, we shall attempt at pointing out a possible relationship between the Portuguese Lauds and the writings by the Italian writers Feo Belcari and Jacopone da Todi.