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In Plato’s “Ion”, Socrates speaks of the inspiration of the poets, which in interesting to compare with the Christian doctrine of divine inspiration: “The gift which you possess of speaking excellently about Homer is not an art, but, as I was just saying, an inspiration; there is a divinity moving you, like that contained in the stone which Euripides calls a magnet, but which is commonly known as the stone of Heraclea. This stone not only attracts iron rings, but also imparts to them a similar power of attracting other rings; and sometimes you may see a number of pieces … Continue

You must complete the following assignments for this lesson: Study the Prelection. Complete the Lesson Exercises. Memorize the Memory Work. Complete the Lesson Examination. Prelection Directions: Watch the following prelection carefully. It is designed to help you understand your Latin reading assignment. You should know everything in this prelection before taking your lesson exam. Click here to view the Prelection for John 1:4-5 Lesson Exercises Directions: Complete each of the activities listed below before attempting your lesson exam. Written lessons can be checked by a parent using this lesson or sent to your instructor to be checked the same day. … Continue

You must complete the following assignments for this lesson: Study the Prelection. Complete the Lesson Exercises. Memorize the Memory Work. Complete the Lesson Examination. Prelection Directions: Watch the following prelection carefully. It is designed to help you understand your Latin reading assignment. You should know everything in this prelection before taking your lesson exam. Fuit homo missus a Deo cui nomen erat Iohannes. There was a man sent from God for whom the name was John. Hic venit in testimonium ut testimonium perhiberet This man came for a testimony so that a testimony he might give de lumine ut omnes … Continue

Return to Study Center Introduction In the previous lesson, we learned the names of the eight parts of speech. We learned that four of them are declined, and four of them are free of declined. In this lesson, we will study to become familiar with the “accidents” of the parts of speech. We’ll learn what this word “accidents” means in a moment. This lesson is part of the Classical Liberal Arts Academy’s Latin Grammar I course. Enroll now! Lesson The lesson begins with an introduction: 12. Sunt quaedam quae partes orationis comitantur, ut: Numerus, Casus, Genus, Declinatio et Conjugatio, Modus, … Continue

Welcome to the Classical Grammar course in the Classical Liberal Arts Academy. In this lesson, we will begin the study of the English letters. To study this lesson well, follow the instructions given in the article, “How to Study for Mastery“. Lesson As we study languages in the Classical Liberal Arts Academy, we will find that Greek, Latin and English use a different number of letters. Greek uses twenty-four, Latin uses twenty-three and English uses twenty-six. Note that we are not saying that there are twenty-six sounds in English, but letters. Unlike Greek and Latin, English letters can be used … Continue

Welcome to the Classical Liberal Arts Academy’s English Reading course. This course allows a parent to easily lead a child to read English correctly. To use these lessons, simply follow the instructions provided in each part. I. Elementary Sounds Memorize the names and sounds of the following symbols, while also learning to write them. When all can be named, sounded and written, proceed to the Memory Words. Printable flashcards are available here. II. Memory Words Memorize the memory words below and practice writing them with the symbols. When all can be sounded and written, proceed to the Word Study below. … Continue

Return to Study Center Introduction In our first lesson, we studied the letters and sounds of the Latin language. At the end of that lesson, we learned that letters are used to make syllables, syllables are used to make words, and words are used to make sentences, or speech (oratio). Words are the “parts of speech”, and to make sentences, we must learn how to use words correctly. We study this in “Etymology”, which is the second part of Grammar. Unfortunately, there are thousands of words, and this is no easy task. Thankfully, though there are thousands of words, they … Continue

Welcome to Latin Grammar I. The text we will be studying in this course is the Latin Grammar of the 16th century Jesuit schoolmaster Rev. Emmanuel Alvarez; a text that was studied by Catholics for several centuries. In this course, we will study the first two parts of Latin Grammar: Orthography and Etymology. Orthography is the study of the letters and sounds of the language. Etymology is the study of the words of a language, with their forms and meanings. Let us begin the study of Latin Orthography. To complete the objectives for this lesson, complete the following tasks: Lesson … Continue

In this lesson, we study the first five verses of the first chapter of the Gospel of St. John. ANALYSIS 1 Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος. Ἐν (en): prep (dat) = “in”ἀρχῇ (archē): sub, dat, sing, fem = “beginning”ἦν (ēn): verb, 3rd, sing, imperf, act, ind = “was”ὁ (ho): art, nom, sing, masc = “the”λόγος (logos): sub, nom, sing, masc = “word”καὶ (kai): conj = “and”ὁ (ho): art, nom, sing, masc = “the”λόγος (logos): sub, nom, sing, masc = “word”ἦν (ēn): verb, 3rd, sing, imperf, act, ind = … Continue