Course TP110 · Year I · Summer 2024-2025

Patrology and post-patristic literature (II)

Compulsory course in Pastoral Orthodox Theology, taught by Lucian - Dumitru Colda.

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Overview

Lecturer
Lucian - Dumitru Colda
Seminar tutor
Lucian - Dumitru Colda
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
Romanian
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Theology
Field of study
Pastoral Orthodox Theology
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Class
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Lecture, debate, presentation.

Aims

- To know the patristic terminology specific to the first Christian ages.

- To know the life of the Holy Fathers of the Church and of the ecclesiastical writers of the first Christian ages.

- To know the work of the Holy Fathers of the Church and of the ecclesiastical writers of the first Christian ages.

- To know the doctrine of the Holy Fathers of the Church and of the ecclesiastical writers of the first Christian ages.

Course contents

1. Evagrie Ponticul. St. Macarius the Egyptian (the Great). Macarius the Younger (Alexandrin). St. Isidore the Hairy
2. St. Athanasius the Great (of Alexandria)
3. St. Cyril of Alexandria
4. Saint Basil the Great.
5. St. Gregory of Nazianzus (Theologian)
6. St. Gregory of Nyssa
7. St. Cyril of Jerusalem. St. Epiphany of Salamis
8. Saint John Chrysostom (Chrysostom)
9. Saint Ephraim Sir (ian) ul. St. Isaac the Syrian (of Nineveh).
10. St. Hilary of Pictavium. St. Hosius of Cordoba
11. Saint Ambrose of the Middle Ages
12. Blessed Jerome.
13. Blessed Augustine.
14. St. John Casian. St. Niceta of Remesiana. St. Vincent de Lerin

Learning outcomes

The discipline seeks to emphasize the role of patristic authors in the development of an effective pastoral mission of the Church.

Assessment

Written exam 50% and implication in course debates 50%

Recommended reading

Precis de Patrologie, 3 volumes
CAYRE. F.
Desclée et Cie, Paris, 1927-1930 · -
Patrology
QUASTEN, J
Ave Maria Press, Paris, 1951-1963 · 2210
Patrology
ALTANER, B
Herder and Herder, New York, 1960 · 660