Theology II

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Theology II 1321Christianity History and
Doctrines

• Fr. Leo Almazán, OP

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Outline of general course

• Background to Church History the Roman World
• Chapter 1 Jesus Christ and the founding of the
  Church
• Chapter 2 The Early Christians
• Chapter 3 Persecution of The Way
• Chapter 4 The Church Fathers and Heresies
• Chapter 5 Light in the Dark Ages
• Chapter 6 The Conversion of the Barbarian Tribes
• Chapter 7 Iconoclasm, the Carolingian
  Renaissance, and the Great Schism
• Chapter 8 Collapse, Corruption, and Reform in
  Europe
• Chapter 9 The Crusades, Military Orders, and the
  Inquisition
• Chapter 10 The High Middle Ages Scholastic
  Development and the Flowering of Culture
• Chapter 11 A Century of Suffering Plague, War,
  and Schism
• Chapter 12 The Renaissance
• Chapter 13 The Reformation Protestant and
  Catholic
• Chapter 14 Wars of Religion
• Chapter 15 Exploration and Missionary Movements
• Chapter 16 The Church and the Age of
  Enlightenment
• Chapter 17 The French Revolution and Napoleon
• Chapter 18 The Nineteenth Century The Age of
  Revolution and the Emergence of Nationalism

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First Semester

• Background to Church History the Roman World
• Chapter 1 Jesus Christ and the founding of the
  Church
• Chapter 2 The Early Christians
• Chapter 3 Persecution of The Way
• Chapter 4 The Church Fathers and Heresies
• Chapter 5 Light in the Dark Ages

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First Semester

• Chapter 6 The Conversion of the Barbarian Tribes
  (personal or group presentation)
• Chapter 7 Iconoclasm, the Carolingian
  Renaissance, and the Great Schism
• Chapter 8 Collapse, Corruption, and Reform in
  Europe
• Chapter 9 The Crusades, Military Orders, and the
  Inquisition
• Chapter 10 The High Middle Ages Scholastic
  Development and the Flowering of Culture

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Goals and objectives

• The objective of this course is to help the
  students understand better the historic
  perspective of Christianity from a Catholic
  perspective.
• Church History events will be studied taking into
  account their political, social and cultural
  circumstances.

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• Questions?
• Comments?

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Background

• Instructions
• On a sheet of paper, write the following
• Theology II 1321
• Christianity History and Doctrines
• Fr. Leo Almazán, OP
• Your name_____
• The Hellenistic Worldview (Video quiz)

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Homework

• Reading a) background chapter parts I- II pp.
  2-16 b) supplementary reading from Tacitus
  and/or Virgil - p. 22.
• Use SOAPPS to analyze Tacituss Annals or
  Virgils Aeneid - supplementary reading, p. 22.
• Learn the meaning of the following words - from
  vocabulary, p. 23and use them in your paragraph
• Chattel.
• Mithraicism.
• Hellenization.
• Stoicism.Augustus.
• Pax Romana.
• Pontifex Maximus.
• Pieta
• Punic Wars