DESCRIPTION:

A survey of the development of the Christian doctrine in the western church from Gregory the Great to the Reformation, with emphasis on the rise of scholasticism and the beginnings of the Reformation.

This course is designed to enable students to understand more fully their own identity as Christians and as members of the Christian church by providing them with a view of the relationship of the historical course of Christianity to the present day existence and belief-structure of the church and by giving them the tools to move toward a theologically spiritually responsible ministry in the light of the church's historic witness.

The class will meet daily for two weeks for four-hour sessions of lecture/discussion, with associated readings.

Bonaventure. The Mind's Road to God. Bobbs-Merrill, 1953.

Fairweather, Eugene R. A Scholastic Miscellany: Anselm to Ockham. Westminster, 1956.

* Hagglund, Bengt. History of Theology. Concordia, 1968.

Luther, Martin. Three Treatises. Fortress, 1970.

Muller, Richard. Dictionary of Latin and Greek Theological Terms. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1985.

Syllabus.

* Recommended reading prior to first class meeting: section on Medieval-Reformation history.

Seeberg, Reinhold. Textbook of the History of Doctrines. 2 vols. Baker, 1979.

Completion of required readings prior to each class meeting and participation in discussions. Four short papers on selected topics in the assigned readings; final examination, in two parts--identifications and essays.

Students may submit one of the written assignments on or before the first Friday of the course in order to receive a grade on that essay and comment on their work prior to the end of the session. All other assignments will be due by September 10, 2004.

None.

Meets M. Div. core requirement in Church History "b" (CHB).

Yes.