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Sub-Faculty of Theology

THEO 244

 

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Objectives of Modules 1 - 12

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Module 1

Objectives

By the end of this module you will be able to:

• name some Old Testament sources of the story of the people of faith
• explain the significance of Abraham for the story of the people of God
• reflect on your experience of church using the models of church emerging in the history of Israel

Module 2

Objectives

By the end of this module you will be able to:

• describe Jesus’ preaching in its essentials
• discuss the question: did Jesus found the church?
• use the New Testament to describe the life of various Christian communities in the apostolic age (30-65 AD)
• discuss the developments in Christian self-understanding that took place in the sub-apostolic age (65-100 AD)

 Module 3

Objectives

By the end of this module you will be able to:

• describe the ecclesiology of the church Fathers and medieval theologians
• explain the circumstances in which the first specific treatises on ecclesiology were written in the Middle Ages
• name some developments in ecclesiology in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries that heralded the ecclesiology of Vatican II.

Module 4

Objectives

At the end of this module you will be able to:

• Describe the difference between the Vatican II theology of the church and the theology of the church held widely before Vatican II
• Understand some expressions used in the Vatican II document, Lumen Gentium (Dogmatic Constitution on the Church) chapters 1 and 2 to define the church

Module 5

Objectives

By the end of this module you will be able to:

• identify some models of the church
• explain the meaning of the four notes or marks of the church
• articulate the eschatological nature of the church
• describe the roles of the members of the hierarchy of the church

Module 6

Objectives

By the end if this module you will be able to:

• describe the main causes of the East-West Schism
• identify the main abuses within the church prior to the Reformation
• describe the main sequence of events that led to the Protestant Reformation

Module 7

Objectives

By the end of this module you will be able to:

• describe the origins of the twentieth century ecumenical movement
• understand the rationale and theology of ecumenism
• identify the different christian churches and their origins as described in the Decree on Ecumenism.

Module 8

Objectives

By the end of this module you will be able to:

• identify the mission of the church as found in the New Testament
• articulate the difference between mission and ministries
• articulate a theology of mission for the contemporary church
• discuss the implications of mission for the local church

Module 9

Objectives

By the end of the module you will be able to:

• show how the gospel and social justice are linked
• demonstrate why the church should be involved in social justice issues
• demonstrate a biblical base for justice
• show knowledge of some of the issues addressed in Gaudium et Spes

 Module 10

Objectives

By the end of the module you will be able to :

• articulate the difference between ministries and mission
• identify the ministries present in the New Testament writings
• distinguish between the ministerial and the common (baptismal) priesthood
• articulate a theology of ministries
• name and describe the variety of ministries in the contemporary church

Module 11

Objectives

By the end of this module you will be able to:

• identify the different stages in the history of mariology
• articulate an understanding of Mary derived from the Synoptics and Johannine literature
• express the teachings on the Immaculate Conception and the Assumption in traditional and contemporary meanings
• critically describe the issues feminists have raised regarding the images of Mary

Module 12

Objectives

By the end of this module you will be able to:

• describe the religious composition of Australia, and of Christianity in Australia in particular
• offer explanations for the changes in numbers and practice in the Christian Churches over the decades, particularly post World War II
• identify the trends in Christianity in Australia today
• suggest how the Christian Churches might use the sociological data collected on the Christian churches

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