TH 602 - The Trinity

 

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

• Study the development of Trinitarian doctrine from the perspective of Scripture and Tradition.
• Read the early Councils of the Church and major Patristic works in light of the trinitarian and christological controversies that gave rise to them.
• Articulate how the development of the dogma of the Trinity is integrally related to participation in Divine Life.
• Understand the nature of the Trinity and the operations and relationships among the Persons and with creation, especially with humanity.
• Demonstrate how the life of the Trinity is central to the economy of Salvation.
• Perceive the imprint of the Trinity in creation, especially in the human person.
• Articulate the ways in which the human person is created in the image of the Trinity and the operations of the Trinity for the transfiguration of the body and soul.
• Study the impact of Trinitarian dogma on the history of Christian spirituality.

 

Credits: 3