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Description: The development of christology,
pneumatology and trinitarian theology in both Christian East and
West to 1054AD. Triadology's relationship to ecclesiology. Lectures,
tutorials, reflection papers, research paper. AD students enrol
in RGH6157. [Cross Listed to Theology].
Course text & readings:
1. Photocopied course-pack.
2. Weekly "Primary Source" readings on my website [Updated
by the end of Friday every week].
Course Evaluation, Requirements & Due Dates:
[Please refer to the syllabus handed out in class.].
1. Introduction
- methodology, definitions and researching in the early period.
2. The Witness of the Hebrew Scriptures
- God and Israel; God in the Old Testament; names of God; development
of monotheism; creation; Spirit, Wisdom & Word.
3. The Witness of the New Testament
- continuity with the monotheism of Israel; what did Jesus say about
himself? What did his apostles say about him?
4. The Pre-Nicene Period
- the Didache, Clement of Rome, Justin, Ignatius; Docetism & Gnosticism.
On-line
readings.
5. The Early Latin West & Irenaeus
- Hippolytus, Tertullian, Cyprian & Irenaeus; encounter with
Gnosticism.
On-line
readings.
6. The Birth of the Alexandrian Tradition
- Clement, Origen and Eusebius; God and creation; Hellenistic philosophy.
On-line readings.
READING WEEK
7. The Nicene Period & Constantine
- Athanasius; Arianism; ecumenical councils & their reception.
On-line readings.
8. Cappadocians and Their Influence
- the Cappadocians and Hellenism; refinements in trinitarian theology
and terminology.
On-line readings.
9. The West - Ambrose & Augustine
- trinitarian theology; psychological analogies; totus Christus.
On-line readings.
10. Christology Unfolds and the Eastern Schisms
(431-500)
- Ephesus (431); Cyril; Leo the Great; Chalcedon (451); the Assyrian
and Oriental Orthodox churches.
On-line readings.
11. The Later Councils-Attempts at Union
(6th-7th)
- Gregory the Great and Honorius; monotheletism; Origenism; Pseudo-Dionysius;
Maximus the Confessor; Constantinople II (553) and III (680); attempts
at re-union in the East.
No On-line readings.
12. The Iconoclastic Crisis-Christology as
a Justification for Icons (8th)
- John of Damascus and Theodore the Studite; encounter with Islam;
Christianity in the Eastern part of the empire; Nicea II (787).
No On-line readings.
13. Estrangement Between East West, & Conclusion (9th-11th)
- Photius, the filioque; Symeon the New Theologian; Anselm of Canterbury;
schism of 1054; sketching out some future developments in triadology.
No On-line readings.
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