Nautologi
Nautologi
(, collecting passengers), a name frequently given to catechists in the early Church. In some authors it was usual to compare the Church to a ship. SEE NAUTE. The bishop was ( ) the pilot, the presbyters ( ) the mariners, the deacons ( ) the chief rowers, the catechists ( ) those who were to admit passengers into the ship, and to contract with them for their fare. This was properly the catechist’s duty, to show the catechumens the conditions on which they were to be admitted into the Christian ship.