TH590H: The Theology of the Church - Saint Joseph's College ...

page for this course.
• Use this diagram and timeline either to
stimulate your thinking or as the actual
format (downloaded and expanded as
necessary) for the following:
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Within each era, list the images
(models) of Church that seemed to
dominate your understanding of
Church during that timeframe.
[These do not need to correspond
to any texts, they are your images]
• Reflect on this exercise. What do you
see Have changes occurred Which
images remain constant How has the
retention or change in your images of
church affected your faith journey and
your appreciation of the church and selfunderstanding
Discussion posting: Why does the Church use
images and models to explain its theology Is
this method a help or a hindrance to your grasp
of theology What do you most want to learn
from this course
Online week 2
May 29-June 9 th
Obj. To review the
history of the theology
of the Church and
understand its
implications for
ongoing theological
development
The Church Jesus Founded:
Unchanged and Changing
• Theologies of Church in
the New Testament,
Patristics, Reformation,
Modernity to 20 th
Century
Read this first:
http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/research/theolog
y/Kannengiesser.htm Article by Charles
Kannengiesser, “The Relevance of
Exploring Christian Origins.”
Phan Text Chapter 1, pp. 3-21;
Chapter 2, pp. 23-40
Lumen Gentium Chapter 1
Brown, Osiek & Perkins Text, “Church in
the New Testament. pp. 782-784
Brown, Osiek & Perkins Text, “The
Kingdom of God.” pp. 1339-1346
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