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3.00 Credits
This course gives students an opportunity to study selected topics in Church History for one to six credit hours. It may be taken more than once.
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3.00 Credits
Philosophy has been regarded from the second century as the 'handmaid of theology" - the "queen" of the sciences. This anciliary course to theology recognizes the fact that pursuit of "doing" philosophy is enhanced by philosophical methodology and content, especially metaphysics and epistemology. This course will introduce the aspiring thologian to the perennial philosophical realism of St. Thomas Aquinas, as well as to other philosophical concenpts and thinkers deemed essential to enable faith in search of understanding.
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3.00 Credits
No course description available.
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3.00 Credits
An in-depth consideration of the nature of theology and its principles and methods. Readings from contemporary theologians will be paired with classical sources in regard to the following topics: the relationship between faith and reason, the centrality of Sacred Scripture, the nature of Sacred Tradition, and the role of Christian experience and the teaching magisterium as aids to discernment in theological investigation. The litrurgy, sacred art, the Fathers of the Church, the Ecumenical Councils and Creeds, and the sense of the faithful will be explored as declarative sources of Sacred Tradition. Specific attention will be given to John Paul II's encyclical letter Fides et Ratio, the Instruction on the Ecclesial Vocation of the Theologian (Donum Veritas) of the congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and the fundamental theology of Joseph Ratzinger. The course will include and extensive graded introduction to theological research.
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3.00 Credits
This course will be an in-depth exploration of the theology of the Holy Eucharist, "the source and summit of the Christian life." Beggining in the Old and New Testaments and working through the early Church Fathers, the teachings of the Magisterium, and contemporary theologians this course will explore the biblical, historical, and dogmatic dimensions of Eucharistic theology. The primary goal is to significantly deepen our understanding of the greatest of all mysteries: the "sacrament of sacraments." Particular attention will be given to the Jewish roots and biblical theology of the Eucharist, the formulation of the doctrines of the Real Presence and Transubstantiation, and the development and nature of Eucharistic devotion and adoration. Because "our way of thinking is attuned to the Eucharistic, and the Eucharist in turn confirms our way of thinking" (CCC 1327), this course will launch students into fully a fully Eucharistic approach to the nature and mission of Catholic theology.
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3.00 Credits
This course will be an in-depth introduction to the study of the one who stands at the origin and center of the Christian Faith: Jesus Christ the Son of God. According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, all other doctrines are "taught with reference to Christ" (CCC 427). Christology thus stands at the very heart and essence of all theology. Beginning with the prophecies of the Messiah in the Old Testament and then moving on through the New Testament and into the period of the early Christological concils, this course will focus on the nature, person, and mission of the Incarnate Word in the person of Jesus of Nazareth. Particular attention will be given to the question of Jesus' Messiahship in his Jewish context, the relationship between his humanity and divinity, the formulation of the doctrine of the Incarnation, modern debates about the historical Jesus, and the reality and significance of his saving Death and Ressurection.
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3.00 Credits
This course will be an in-depth introduction to the Church, the gathering of humanity by the Messiah for the sake of cleansing and strengthening them for the Kingdom of God. Beggining with Old Testament Israel and then moving through the New Testament and the Church's history, the course will focus on the mystery of the Church, the Mystical Body of Christ and the Pilgrim People of God. Readings from contemporary theologians will be paired with classical sources in the investigation of topics such as the marks of the Church, the hierarchical and sacramental nature of the Church, the nature of Church membership, the relation of the Church to other religions, the church's participation in the priestly, prophetic and royal mission of Christ, and the role of the papacy. Specific attention will be given to the Vatican II Dogmatic Constitution on the Church (Lumen Gentium) and the Decree on the laity (Apostolicam Actuositatem).
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3.00 Credits
It has been said that "Mariology meets at the crossroad of Theology," and since many fundamental theological questions impinge upon the study of Mariology, this course will study the Mother of Jesus in the Mystery of Salvation, in the light of Vatican II theology from Christocentric, Ecclesiotypical, Trinitarian, and Ecumenical dimensions. Further, this course, of necessity, will be scripturally based, grounded in tradition, supported by doctrine (dogma) and nourished by Marian devotion. This course will include an extensive graded introcution to theological research.
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3.00 Credits
According to John Paul II, "The human person is the primary and fundamental way for the Church, the way traced out by Christ himself, the way that leads invariably through the mystery of the Incarnation and the Redemtion." Based on this statement, this course will be a study of the human person as the image of God in the light of biblical revelation, Church teaching and key theological sources. Topics under consideration will include the biblical foundations of Christian anthropology, philosophical and scientific anthropology as a resource for Christian anthropology, the theology of woman and John Paul II's theology of the body. The theological insights of St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, Soren Kierkegaard and Hans urs von Balthasar will also be considered.
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3.00 Credits
According to Second Vatican Ecumenical Coucil, "The 'study of the sacred page' should be the very soul of sacred theology" (CCC 132). And according to Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger - now, Pope Benedict XVI - "the normative theologians are the authors of Sacred Scripture." Hence, all Catholic theology must also be biblical theology. This course will be an in-depth introduction to the art and practice of biblical theology and to the study of Sacred Scripture as the constant reference point for reflection on divine revelation. The first part of this course will consist of an examination of the teaching of the Magisterium regarding the nature, inspiration, and interpretation of Scripture in the Catholic tradition. The second part will focus on a select body of texts from the bible and closely study the distinctive theology of these texts. The ultimate goal is to enable the student to become equipped to study the theology of Sacred Scripture at an advance level through the lens of the Catholic faith. The course will include an extensive grade introduction to bibilical research.
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