The First 500 Years the Fathers, Councils, and Doctrines of the Early Church

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Otros Autores: Meconi, David (-)
Formato: DVD
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlotte, NC : Catholic Courses cop. 2012
Colección:Catholic courses : learn more. Theology
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  • 1. The Purpose and Persons of Patristic Thought The Fathers were the immediate inheritors of the teachings of Christ through the Apostles; we study them because they laid down the very foundation of the Church. 2. The Church Under Persecution The earliest period of Church history was shaped by persecution, which led at least one Father to comment, “The blood of Christ’s martyrs is the seed of the Church." 3. Constantine, Conversion, and Councils The Church survived external persecutions, only to face the internal threats of Novatian’s rigorism which deprived sinners of absolution, and Arianism’s denial of Christ’s divinity. 4. The Cappadocian Fathers and the Holy Spirit Sts. Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa, and Gregory of Nazianzus preserved the mystery of relationship and union in the Trinity at the Council of Constantinople. 5. Theotokos: Mary as the Mother of God At the Council of Ephesus, the Church emphatically and definitively declared that Mary is truly the Mother of God; she is the Mother and Model to All Christians. 6. Saint Augustine and the Beauty of Confession Next to the Apostle Paul, St. Augustine of Hippo is perhaps most responsible for helping the Church formulate doctrines on grace, the sacraments, and how God works in the human soul. 7. Pope Leo the Great and Humanity's Newness in Christ As the Successor of Peter, Pope Leo the Great presided over the Council of Chalcedon which declared Christ’s human and divine natures are without confusion, change, division, and separation. 8. Monks, Missions, and the Rise of Christendom All the Church’s doctrines are rooted in the Patristic Era; today, we are all recipients of the organic development begun by the Fathers’ theological insights and conciliar decisions