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==== Catechetical School of Alexandria ====
The [[Catechetical School of Alexandria]] is the oldest [[catechetical]] school in the world. [[Jerome]] records that the Christian School of Alexandria was founded by Mark himself.<ref>{{cite web |url =http://www.copticchurch.net/topics/patrology/schoolofalex/I-Intro/chapter1.html |title =The School of Alexandria – Part I – An Introduction to the School of Alexandria |publisher =Copticchurch.net |access-date =2 January 2011 |archive-date =1 December 2010 |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20101201203013/http://copticchurch.net/topics/patrology/schoolofalex/I-Intro/chapter1.html |url-status =live }}</ref>

The theological college of the catechetical school was re-established in 1893.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web|last =Attia|first =Fr Matthew|date =2015-07-06|title =The Catechetical School of Alexandria|url =http://becomeorthodox.org/the-catechetical-school-of-alexandria/|access-date =2020-09-16|website =Become Orthodox|language =en-US|archive-date =30 January 2021|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20210130050103/http://becomeorthodox.org/the-catechetical-school-of-alexandria/|url-status =dead}}</ref>

The school became a leading center of the [[Allegorical interpretation of the Bible | allegorical method of biblical interpretation]], espoused rapprochement between Greek culture and the Christian faith, and attempted to assert orthodox Christian teachings against [[Heterodoxy|heterodox]] views in an era of doctrinal flux.<ref>{{Cite web |title =Didymus The Blind {{!}} Alexandrian Scholar, Biblical Exegete & Church Father {{!}} Britannica |url =https://www.britannica.com/biography/Didymus-the-Blind |access-date =2024-04-29 |website =www.britannica.com |language =en}}</ref>