TH 590 - Ecclesiology

• Understand the theological and historical contexts for the development of the Church’s self-understanding, i.e., ecclesiology
• Explain how the Creed’s marks of the Church are fundamental to a Catholic understanding of Church
• Recognize the Second Vatican Council’s teaching on the Church, as found in Lumen Gentium, as a significant ecclesial event and as a source for “communio” ecclesiology
• Describe the importance of the roles of Mary and of Peter in contemporary ecclesiology
• Identify the place of ministry within the theology of the Church, including the distinctions between ministry of the baptized and ministry of ordained ministers
• Explain how the Church as a Pilgrim Church awaits the coming of Christ in glory