The Vestibule of Comenius

...but a far more suitable opportunity will arise once they have entered the Gate original: "Januam." Comenius refers to his more advanced textbook, Janua Linguarum Reserata (The Gate of Tongues Unlocked)..

VI. Thus gradually (and as if doing something else entirely), the distinctions between Nouns, Adjectives, Verbs, Adverbs, Prepositions, and Conjunctions, and the general differences in their Inflections: The way word endings change to show their role in a sentence., will become familiar. Specific details are to be reserved for the study of Grammar.

VII. Once they have completed the Porch original: "Vestibulum," the introductory textbook for children. in this manner, let them go through it again, reciting entire pages or leaves until they have it perfectly: The original Latin "ad unguem" literally means "to the fingernail," a phrase used by ancient sculptors to describe a perfectly smooth finished surface.. Then, and only then, may they be safely admitted to the GATE.

May God grant that we do not wander from the gate of Heaven, which is Christ, as we take up the duty of educating God’s little children who were born for Heaven. I beseech you, O Schoolmasters, to make this your primary concern for the sake of your own salvation and the salvation of those entrusted to you. Farewell. Given on the 4th of January,

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