The Role of the Mystagogue

Posted on December 16th, 2008

Q. What is the role of the mystagogue in the mystagogy process?

A.The term mystagogue can be defined as “a person who initiates into mysteries” and comes from two Greek words: mystes “one initiated into the mysteries” and agogos “leading, a leader.”

In the early Church, this concept was used to describe the bishop who gave what are known as “Mystagogical Homilies” – exhortations given to the newly baptized regarding the sacraments they had received at the Easter Vigil.  One of the most famous of these mystagogical works is On the Mysteries by St. Ambrose of Milan. [Click here to read the rest of this entry… » ]

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