Herruclas , the former pupil and assistant of Origen , succeded him . Herruclas followed Demetrius in the episcopate from 230 to 246 . It is said that when he increased the number of his Local bishops to twenty , the presbyters of the Church decided to distinguish him from the rest of The Catechetical School of
Alexandria
was undoubtedly the earliest important institution of theoological learning in ~hristian antiquity . Its members were responsible for the formulation of the first systems of the Christian theology and some of the most monumental works of exegesis . Yet it would be an error to limit its curriculum to theology . It was a college which comprised many other disciplines , including the humanities , science and mathematics - although its chief function in the age of faith - was religion . The eartiest known reference to it occurred during the tife of Pantrenus , who died about 190 A . D . From that time on it was eondueted parallel to the older but pagan Museion , until the latter began to dwindle and was ultimately liquidated in 415 .
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