Mar 28, 2024  
2018 - 2019 Saint Joseph’s College Online Catalog 
    
2018 - 2019 Saint Joseph’s College Online Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Add to Portfolio (opens a new window)

TH 311 - Church History I: Early and Medieval Catholicism


The course is the first of a two-part survey of the evolution of the Catholic Church from Apostolic times to the present. Although concerned primarily with the story of the Catholic West, Church History I includes the history of the Orthodox East and the gradual separation of the Latin and Greek Churches in the course of the Middle Ages.

Assignment Overview
  • Assignments: 6 Units
  • Interactivity: Discussion Board

 

Course Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:

  • Explore the way Church structures, especially the papacy and the episcopacy, evolved in the first millennium as well as more of the Church’s history. 
  • Identify some of the ways (political, social, and educational) in which the Church responded to the declining Roman Empire in the West. 
  • Appreciate the role of monasticism, beginning with the desert fathers and culminating in the new mendicant orders of the Middle Ages, including its missionary activities. 
  • Understand the cultural and theological background to the East-West Schism. 
  • Recognize the difference between a patristic/monastic style of theology and the scholastic style that emerged in the twelfth century. 
  • Use historical examples to illustrate the social and embodied nature of the Spirit-led Church as it extends the Incarnation of Christ in the world. 
  • Evaluate and consult online reference and primary source materials that provide details of topics in Church history that go beyond the introductory level.


Credits: 3



Add to Portfolio (opens a new window)