Creeds, Councils and Controversies: Patristic and Medieval (P00529)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : DIV-P-P00529

The course is concerned with some of the major phases of theological debate and clarification in both Western and Eastern Christianity down to the late medieval centuries, and with their credal and other definitional outcomes.

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Ecclesiastical History, (School of Divinity, Schedule B)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
18/09/2007	09:00	10:50	Senate Room, New College	Central

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Tuesday	09:00	10:50	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of the course, students should be able to:
Understand the historical origins and theological and ecclesiastical significance of texts such as the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed, the Chalcedonian Definition, and selected canons of medieval church councils;
Analyse and assess the major factors - philosophical and cultural, hermeneutical and theological, political and personal, linguistic and devotional - making for theological disputes such as the Arian and Iconoclastic controversies, and medieval debate about the nature of the Eucharist, Authority in the Church, and Justification.
to appreciate critically the role of selected important individuals in the course and resolution of such controversies.