Chrześcijański proces formacyjny na podstawie wybranych pism Ojców Kościoła
Christian formation process on the basis of selected writtings of the Fathers of the Church

Summary/Abstract: The vision of Christian formation in the works of the Fathers of the Church is most fully evident in the doctrine of Clement of Alexandria. It has a theocentric, Christocentric and ecclesiastical character. It is the “Pedagogy of God’s Wisdom”, which aims at “God-Centered Education”, “Education in Christ”. The whole process of pedagogical formation is carried out within the Church, which is the school of the Divine Logos. The Son of God – the Logos leads to perfection. Within this process there applies diverse educational methods. The program of intellectual and moral formation is based od God’s wisdom contained in the worksof poets, philosophers, historians or Hellenic speakers as well as on the revealed Word of God. The classical formation is not therefore denied, but treated as carrying virtues. It is recommended only criticism and caution in its acquisition. Acquiring virtues occupies an important place in the whole process of Christian improvement. The Christ is both the source,the beginning and the pattern of all virtues. The concept of Christian education is gains only in Christ – the true Logos of the Father – the solution to all relevant questions of the humanspirit, which neither Greek nor Roman pedagogy has met, because the Triune God is a gift of the grace of revelation to the human intellect.

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