COURSE OUTLINE:
The course will cover the history of Christianity from its inception to the present day. The course will focus on the six ages of the Church as modelled by Charles Dawson. The topics will be interspersed with ecclesiology considering the six models of the Church by Avery Dulles. The foci of the course are the major movements, doctrines, persons, and institutions that arose within the church and affected its development.
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I. First Age: The Beginnings of Jesus’ Movement |
Interactive discussion |
Graded recitation |
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A. The Jesus’ movement |
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B. Persecution of Christians |
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C. The blood of the martyrs |
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D. Heresies |
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II. Second Age: The Christian Empire |
Interactive discussion |
Graded recitation |
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A. Christianity in the Roman empire |
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B. Collaboration of Church and State |
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C. The Church teachers and scholars |
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E. Nature and Meaning of the Church |
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Learning Activities |
Graded Activities |
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C. The Church teachers and scholars |
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Third Age: The conversion of the barbarian |
Film Analysis |
Critique paper |
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A. Monasticism in Europe |
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B. The invasion of the barbarians |
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C. The Frankish kings |
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D. The rise of feudalism |
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The six models of the Church by Avery Dulles |
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Fourth Age: A United Christian Europe |
Film Analysis |
Critique paper |
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A. The emergence of monasteries |
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B. The rise of religious orders |
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C. The undertakings of crusades |
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D. The separation between the Western and the Eastern Church |
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Fifth Age: A Ghetto Church |
Interactive discussion
Article analysis |
Graded recitation
Written report |
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A. Luther and Reformation |
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B. Counter reformation |
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C. Missionary activities in Asia |
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D. The foundation of new religious orders |
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E. The period of enlightenment |
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Sixth Age: The Present Age |
Interactive discussion
Article analysis |
Graded recitation
Written report |
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A. Pope Pius’ “Syllabus of Errors” |
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B. The Second Vatican Council |
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C. The social encyclicals |
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Vatican II documents on the Church |
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- Teacher: SUSAN Galamay
- Enrolled students: 3