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Postgraduate Course: Creeds, Councils and Controversies: Patristic and Medieval (ECHS11003)

Course Outline
School School of Divinity College College of Humanities and Social Science
Course type Standard Availability Available to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken) SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits 20
Home subject area Ecclesiastical History Other subject area None
Course website None Taught in Gaelic? No
Course description 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
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites None
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1) WebCT enabled:  Yes Quota:  None
Location Activity Description Weeks Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
CentralLecture1-11 09:00 - 10:50
First Class Week 1, Tuesday, 09:00 - 10:50, Zone: New College. Senate room
No Exam Information
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.
Assessment Information
The course will be examined by a 3,000 word essay based on one of the key texts studied in the seminar.
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
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Transferable skills Not entered
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Study Abroad Not entered
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Contacts
Course organiser Dr Sara Parvis
Tel: (0131 6)50 8907
Email: S.Parvis@ed.ac.uk
Course secretary Ms Felicity Smail
Tel: 0131 650 7227
Email: F.Smail@ed.ac.uk
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