were baptized into the church, they followed up with what was called didachē or “teaching,” where the whole scope of doctrine was explained in greater detail. The church in every age has to understand what those essential truths are that we have to grasp in order to be justified. When the Reformers said that one of the necessary ingredients of saving faith is notitia, they meant the bare minimum of content that is needed to understand the virgin birth, sinless life, atoning death, and resurrection