Postgraduate Course: Creeds, Councils and Controversies: Patristic and Medieval (ECHS11003)
Course Outline
| School | School of Divinity |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Ecclesiastical History |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The course is concerned with some of the major phases of theological debate and clarification in both Western and Eastern Christianity down to the late medieval centuries, and with their credal and other definitional outcomes. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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| New College | Lecture | | 1-11 | | 09:00 - 10:50 | | | |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students should be able to:
Understand the historical origins and theological and ecclesiastical significance of texts such as the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed, the Chalcedonian Definition, and selected canons of medieval church councils;
Analyse and assess the major factors - philosophical and cultural, hermeneutical and theological, political and personal, linguistic and devotional - making for theological disputes such as the Arian and Iconoclastic controversies, and medieval debate about the nature of the Eucharist, Authority in the Church, and Justification.
to appreciate critically the role of selected important individuals in the course and resolution of such controversies. |
Assessment Information
| The course will be examined by a 3,000 word essay based on one of the key texts studied in the seminar. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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| Study Abroad |
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| Keywords | CCC1 |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Susan Hardman Moore
Tel: (0131 6)50 8900
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Course secretary | Ms Paula Kruyff
Tel: (0131 6)50 7227
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