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Historical Theology
100 LEVEL COURSES
Required Courses
HIT 120 CHURCH HISTORY I
This course introduces the student to the study of church history and offers an introduction to the thought and life of the church through the first eight centuries of its history. Emphasis is given to the emergence of institutional, theological and ethical patterns in the light of the contemporary social, cultural and intellectual environment. The student is introduced to the thought of major fathers such as Irenaeus, Tertullian, Origen, Cyprian, Athanasius, Cyril of Alexandria, Augustine and Maximus the Confessor. Attention is given to the theological controversies and church councils of the 4th through 8th centuries. Note is taken of the transition from the patristic to the medieval periods, the rise of the Carolingian Empire, the emergence of the early papacy and early forms of monasticism.
HIT 121 CHURCH HISTORY II
A survey of the history of the church, chiefly in the west, from the 9th to early 16th centuries (the high Middle Ages to the beginning of the Reformation). Emphasis is given to the institutional and theological development of the church in its social and intellectual context, as well as the specific manner in which the church helped shape these realities. The course introduces the student to the life and thought of significant figures such as Anselm, Bernard of Clairvaux, Peter Abelard, Albertus Magnus, Thomas Aquinas, Duns Scotus and William of Ockham; and attends to such movements as the rise of the papal monarchy, monastic reform movements, missions in the medieval church, popular piety, medieval heresies, mysticism, the Renaissance, the Avignon papacy, the rise of universities, the conciliar movement, and the relationship between church and state. Note 1.
HIT 122 CHURCH HISTORY III
This course surveys western Christianity from the Reformation to the present. Particular attention is given to the origins of Lutheran, Reformed and Anglican forms of Christianity in the 16th century and to Roman Catholicism in the same period. This course introduces students to broad historical developments such as pietism, liberalism and ecumenism and to prominent theologians from Luther to Bultmann. Note 2.
HIT 125 HISTORY OF THE OFFICE OF DEACONESS
A survey of the history of the Office of Deaconess. The course will study the origins, development and ministries of the deaconess, with special emphasis on the deaconess vocation as a ministry of mercy and care. Special attention will be given to the description and activities of the deaconess in the early church to the 19th century revival of the office under Fliedner and Loehe and to the ministry of the deaconess in the 20th century. Note 3.
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