9 courses with the subject DOGM, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
The Orthodox doctrine of the knowledge of God and of the doctrines of the Trinity, Pneumatology, cosmology, anthropology, and eschatology. Emphasis will be placed on the ancient Fathers and on contemporary Orthodox dogmaticians.
The doctrines of Christology, pneumatology, soteriology, and ecclesiology in the conciliar patristic tradition. Emphasis will be placed on certain patristic writings and on the official statements of the Ecumenical Councils.
The study of the seven holy sacraments: baptism, chrismation, Eucharist, ordination, matrimony, repentance and unction in historical, liturgical, and dogmatic perspective. 59
A Systematic examination of the Biblical and Patristic views on suffering and hope within God’s good creation and how such views affect the human understanding of God. The course will explore different pastoral approaches communicating God’s healing Grace to those innocent ones who suffer unjustifiably in the present world.
This course will provide a detailed study and analysis of select passages from St John of Damascus’ Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith, widely regarded as the most accurate and comprehensive summary of patristic and conciliar dogma up to the mid-eighth century. We will use the critical edition by Bonifatius Kotter and the recent English translation by Norman Russell. References will be made to the work’s use by later authors in both the Eastern and the Western traditions. This course is a valuable addition to core courses in Dogmatics.
This class will cover the basic principles of Orthodox theology with a heavy emphasis on Orthodox anthropology. Orthodox Christian theology and anthropology are essentially the same because God has revealed himself in human history as a human being. It is therefore impossible to distinguish where theology starts and anthropology ends. The only God we know is the God we have encountered in the crucified and risen one, and this, according to scripture and the early Church experience, is the starting point for all theology. This class will explore key tenets of the Orthodox faith through this lens employing scripture, the liturgical tradition and the writings of theologians, ancient and more recent. 60
In this seminar, the embodied experiential theology of the Elders (Elder Joseph of Vatopedi, Archimandrite Sophrony, St. Silouan, Elder Paisios of Mount Athos, Elder Cleopa of Sihastria, Fr. Arseny, Elder Porphyrios, Elder Ephraim of Phoenix) will be studied. These elders presently influence and guide in a substantial way the spiritual life of many Orthodox Christians. The seminar will focus on the spiritual discipline and ethos that guided these elders in their journey toward God; the theological and liturgical underpinnings of their experiential theology; and the historical antecedents of their monastic ethos. Given the fact that these elders lived and developed their experiential theology in monastic communities, the seminar will reflect on how their ascetical practices can guide those who espouse to live an authentic Christian life.
A study of the classic Exposition of the Orthodox Faith.
Source: Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
