Dogmatic Theology - Eschatology WT-FW-ESCH
Course contents:
1. Postulates of theological doing of eschatology
2. Biblical eschatology
3. Eschatology in creeds
4. Eschatology in the statements of the Church’s Magisterium
5. Types of eschatology
6. Problematisc of man’s death
7. Problem of the immortality of the soul
8. Participation of man in the paschal mystery of Christ
9. Particular and last judgments
10. Perfect joy of the saved in heaven
11. Hell as God lost forever
12. Development of the teaching on the purgatory (errors and statements of the Church’s Magisterium)
13. Purgatory as cleansing love
14. Parousia
15. Renewal of the world and realization of the kingdom of God
Subject level
Learning outcome code/codes
Learning outcomes
The lecture aims to familiarize students with the issues concerning eschatology in a biblical perspective, in tradition, and in the statements of the Church’s Magisterium, as well as in the contemporary theological publications.
Assessment criteria
Assessment methods:Oral examination
Active participation in lecturers, based on the knowledge of the Reading list, and an assignment at the end of the semester.
Bibliography
J. Ratzinger, Eschatology – Heath and Sternal life, Poznań 1984.
W. Hryniewicz, Hope for the salvation of all people, Lublin 1989.
Paula Clifford, A Brief History of End-Time, Warszawa 1999.
J. Finkenzeller, Eschatology, Kraków 2000.
J. Buxakowski, Eternity and a human. Eschatology, Pelplin 2001.
L. Balter, Eschatology of the end of 20th century, Siedlce 2001.
Cyril Obanure Oloruntoyin, The sacraments of the Church and their eschatological import: a systematic-theological inquiry, Pont. Univ. Urbaniana, Fac. Tcheologiae, Rome 2001.
Cz. S. Bartnik, Eschatological thought, Lublin 2002.
Alice K. Turner, The history of hell, Gdańsk 2004
Jude Mulenga Chisanga, Eschatology and the spiritual life in St. Augustine's "City of God",Pontificia Universitas Gregoriana. Facultas Theologiae. Institutum Spiritualitatis, Romae 2006.
Z. Danielewicz, Treatise about the ultimate reality,
Dogmatics, vol.6, course books of “Więź”, Warszawa 2007.
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