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HDS 1545

History of Ancient Christianity

Helmut Koester

Description

Christian history from the beginnings to the end of the fourth century in its political and cultural context. The course will discuss Jesus and Paul and the diversity of beginnings, the process of institutionalization, establishment of offices and of the canon of the Holy Scriptures, orthodoxy and heresy, Montanism and Gnosticism, philosophy and the theology of the Church Fathers, development of doctrine, persecutions and martyrdoms, and the controversies and ecumenical councils of the fourth century.

Enrollment Limited: No
Open to BTI Students: Yes
Jointly offered through the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as Religion 1454

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Scheduling

Half Course
Fall 2009
Th., 3-5 and hour to be arranged
Andover Hall, Room 102

Relationship to Program Requirements

Program Requirement	Area / Category / Art / Designation
MTS Area(s) of Focus	History of Christianity New Testament and Early Christianity
MDiv Distribution Category/ies	Scriptural Interpretation
MDiv Art(s) of Ministry	Preaching and/or Worship
ThM, pre-2007 MTS, and pre-2005 MDiv Area	Area 1
Language Course Designation(s)	n/a