Early Church History 30-451

CH305/CH505 Early Church History 30-451

The world in which the early church ministered is a lot like ours. They faced misunderstandings, moral and doctrinal challenges to their faith, and had to work out how to defend the deity of Christ when even other Christians were unsure. The progress of the Gospel in the first five centuries is a remarkable story, told against the backdrop of persecution, Emperors, monks, and philosophising. We need to learn how they did it, and to defend the faith as they did. 

Content

  1. The First Churches
  2. The Apostolic Fathers and Apologists
  3. The Early Theological Issues
  4. The Expansion and Development of the Church
  5. Church and Empire to Constantine
  6. The Interaction of Church and Society after Constantine
  7. The Christological and Trinitarian Controversies
  8. Augustine and his times

Workload: One semester, 4 credit points, 36 contact hours
Status: Elective
Pre-requisites / Co-requisites / Exclusions: Exclusions: CH301, CH303 and CH304
When: Semester 1, 2010 
Who: Rhys Bezzant