- Scripture
- Ancient World, Israel
- Christ and the fullness of time
- Apostles, St. Paul, Christian missionaries
- Doctrine
- God is the Lord and ruler of history
- The Church is a spiritual and historical reality
- Christ wills Christians cooperation and unity
- Ethics / Spirituality
- Synergy between God and humanity
- Lessons from conflicts, trials and suffering
- Witness and Christian mission unto death
- Worship
- Development of hymnology, iconography and the Liturgy
- Tradition
- Church history to Fourth Century
- Church history to Schism (1054 A.D.)
- Church history to modern times
- Goals
- To recognize God's plan for the salvation of the world.
- To understand the Church struggle in carrying out Christ's mission in history.
- To identify the great events of Christian history as well as the basic differences
between the various Christian traditions.
- To develop a sense of history and tradition, as well as to learn from the example
of the great figures of Christian history.
- To understand the present conditions and mission of the Church in the light of
history.
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