Patristics WT-EM-PAT1
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Contents:
1. Patrology as a subject and its tasks. Terms: Church Father, Church writer. Basic notions.
2. Apostolic Fathers: Didache, Clement of Rome, Ignatius of Antioch, Polycarp of Smyrna, Shepherd by Hermas.
3. Witnesses of Faith (martyrdom literature).
4. Jewish-christians.
5. The Apocrypha.
6. Early Christian apologist.
7. Gnosis (orthodox and heterodox). Irenaeus of Lyon.
8. African context: Tertullian, Cyprian of Carthage.
9. Alexandrian school. Clement of Alexandria.
10. Origen. Allegorical exegesis, apocatastasis.
11. Beginnings of monasticism: saint Anthony, Pachomius, apoftegmata.
12. Roman context: Minucius Felix, Novatian.
13. Eusebius of Caesarea. Father of Church history.
14. Aryanism. Genesis and course of the Council of Nicaea – 325 AD.
15. Athanasius the Great. The fight for orthodoxy.
16. Cappadocian Fathers. Lives, works and their role in creating the doctrine on the Holy Trinity: Basil the Great, Gregory of Nazianzus, Gregory of Nyssa.
17. The First Council of Constantinople. Its genesis, course and achievements.
18. Didymus the Blind.
19. Ephrem and the Syrian theology.
20. Cyril of Alexandria.
21. The Council of Ephesus – 431 AD.
22. Pope Leo the Great.
23. The Council of Chalcedon – 451 AD. Monophysits.
24. Cyril of Jerusalem. Religious instructions.
25. John Chrysostom. Religious instruction.
26. Ambrose. Church - State relations.
27. Jerome. Vulgate. Translator Rufinus of Aquileia.
28. Augustine of Hippo. Pelagianism.
29. Pope Gregory the Great.
30. John of Damascus. Icon cult.
Forms of student assessment:
Written exam (multiple choice test as well as open descriptive questions)
Length of the exam: about 45 minutes
The minimal amount to pass is 50 % of the right answers. Before the normal exam students have a right to enter the so called ‘zerowka’ exam (not obligatory), which is not connected with the risk failing in the case of achieving the below minimum score.
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Bibliography
Bibliography:
1. B. Altaner - A. Stuiber, Patrology, Warszawa 1990.
2. F. Drączkowski, Patrologia, Pelplin-Lublin 1998.
3. H. Pietras, The Beginnings of Church Theology, Kraków 2000.
4. J. Quasten, Patrology, t. I-III, Utrecht 1949-60 and t. IV-V, (edit.) A. Di Berardino, Torino 1996-2000.
5. J. Szymusiak, M. Starowieyski, The Dictionary of Early Christian Writing, Poznań 1971.
6. H. Drobner, Lehrbuch der Patrologie, Freiburg-Basel-Wien 1994.
7. G. Bosio - E. dal Covolo - M. Maritano, Introduzione ai Padri della Chiesa, t. I-IV, Torino 1990-1996.
8. A. Żurek, The Introduction on Church Fathers, Tarnów 2001.
9. A. di Berardino – B. Studer (edit.), History of Theology. T. I. Patristic Period, Kraków 2003.
10. S. Döpp (edit.), Lexikon der Antiken Christichen Literatur, Wien 2002.
11. L. Padovese, The Introduction to Patristic Theology, Kraków 1994.
12. J. Kelly, The Beginnings of Christian Doctrine, Warszawa 1988.
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