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.

Four hours of lecture/discussion each day for two weeks, 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. 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.

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.

None.

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

Yes.