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T7210

Christology and Soteriology

Code
T7210
Level
Undergraduate
Weighting
9 credit points
Type
Intermediate
Discipline
Theology

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Prerequisites

T7101 Introduction to Theology or T7105 Introduction to Christian Doctrines

Exclusions

T5110 The Person and Work of Christ; T6210 The Person and Work of Christ

Academic Staff

Very Revd. Professor John Anthony McGuckin, Professor of Early Christian Thought in the Theological Faculty of Oxford University; BDivinity (University of London); Cert. in Education (University of Newcastle upon Tyne); MA. in Education (University of Southampton); Ph.D. (Durham University)

Curriculum Objectives

This course unit is designed to provide students with an understanding of the person and saving work of Jesus Christ. It seeks to explore this understanding in the light of contemporary Christian thought and life.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this unit students will be able to:

  1. Identify the key biblical material that provides the foundation for a theological understanding of the person and saving work of Christ
  2. Articulate a theological account of the development of Christological and soteriological doctrines
  3. Analyse the writing of relevant theological thinkers and their texts
  4. Use appropriate methods of theological reflection to examine key doctrines in Christology and Soteriology
  5. Apply Christological and Soteriological insights to Christian life and ministry within their particular context

Content

  1. The New Testament Complexity.
    • A brief summation of the earliest Christologies (AD 50-100)
  2. The Apostolic Fathers The Didache (between AD 90 and 120)
    • The Epistle of Diognetus. (circa AD 160)
    • The Shepherd of Hermas. (between AD 90 and 150)
    • Clement of Rome (circa AD 96)
    • Ignatius of Antioch (circa AD 35-107)
  3. Anti-Gnostic Synthesis
    • Irenaeus of Lyons (circa 130-202)
  4. A Time of Apologia
    • Tertullianus (circa AD 160-225)
  5. Latin Africa I
    • Cyprianus of Carthage. (circa AD 200-258)
    • Lactantius. (circa AD 250 -325)
  6. Alexandria I
    • Clement of Alexandria (circa AD 150-215)
  7. Alexandria II
    • Origenes of Alexandria. (circa AD 186-255)
  8. Alexandria III
    • Alexander and The Nicene conflict (AD 320-326)
  9. Latin Africa II
    • Augustine of Hippo (AD 354-430)
  10. Neo-Nicene Synthesis
    • Athanasius of Alexandria (circa AD 296-373)
    • Gregory the Theologian (AD 329-390)
  11. Alexandria V
    • Cyril of Alexandria (circa AD 378-444)
  12. After Chalcedon
    • Severus of Antioch (circa AD 465-538)
    • Maximus the Confessor (circa AD 580-662)