Courses, Department of Historical Theology, Concordia Theological Seminary, Ft.
All courses are three credits unless otherwise stated.
This course introduces the student to the discipline of Church History and offers an introduction to the life and thought of the Early Church. Emphasis is given to the emergence of institutional, theological, and ethical patterns in the light of the contemporary social, cultural, and intellectual environment. The student is introduced to the thought of major early fathersJustin, Irenaeus, Tertullian, Origen, Cyprian, Athanasius, and others. Attention is also given to the theological controversies and Church councils of the 4th and 5th centuries which determined the formation of Christian belief. This course offers a survey of the history of the Christian Church from the Patristic to the Reformation.