Brian Welter

I am eager to contribute to classical education! I have strong interests in history, literature, languages, and theology. As a Christian, I believe that we need to pursue and value the truth in all its forms. I have studied history, theology, and second language acquisition, and hope to contribute to the intellectual growth of your children.

At a Glance

Publications

Christian Paideia Volume 1

A History of Christian Education to 500 AD)

"This first volume takes the reader from Greek and Roman paideia to the early Christian adoption of these educational systems for the Church’s own benefit. One of the major achievements of the Church Fathers was to establish the practice and criteria of sifting through the pre-Christian educational system. This led to the establishment of the seven liberal arts of the trivium and quadrivium as the foundation for higher studies in philosophy and theology. This book shows that the Fathers did much more than this, as they brought Greek paideia to loftier purposes and development than the Greeks and Romans could have imagined."

Christian Paideia Volume 2

A History of Christian Education from 500 to 1050 AD

"While the first volume of Christian Paideia traces the outstanding achievements of the Church Fathers in their appropriation of Greco-Roman paideia for the Church, the second volume discusses how early medieval thinkers from the Latin West and the Greek East continued and deepened this work. They further developed many aspects of this now-Christian paideia and added much that was creative, spiritual, and even charming in their love and pursuit of wisdom and the truth. They did so even while they faced a range of cultural, educational, and religious challenges in the upheavals that Western and Eastern Christians faced from 500 to 1050 AD. "