MT

PR 503 Liturgical Practicum III (2 hrs)* P/F PR 504 Liturgical Practicum IV (2 hrs)* P/F

Subject

MT

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025

Source

bcs.edu

This course examines the basic elements of Catholic social and moral teaching as well as specific themes related to Catholic social teaching in dialogue with expressions of social teaching from other Eastern Churches. The historical and theological development of the Catholic tradition will be presented along with the pastoral dimensions of Catholic social doctrine for the Church today. By means of the readings, class discussions, and other coursework, at the end of the semester students will be able: • To articulate, interconnect, and apply the following principles of Catholic social teaching: the dignity of the human person (esp. Dignitatis Humanae), the common good, the origin, purpose, and limits of civil authority, subsidiarity (beginning with 67 B.C.S. Academic Catalog – FINAL February 12, 2025

Subject

MT

Type

course

Edition

2025

Source

bcs.edu

This course examines, in a holistic manner, the basic elements of the Catholic Church’s teaching on marriage and sexuality. The Biblical foundations, historical and theological development of the Catholic tradition of marriage and sexuality will be presented with special attention to Church documents on these subjects. In addition, questions pertaining to sexuality will be considered as related to particular contemporary bioethical topics such as abortion, fertility technologies, and the ethics of genetic modification technologies. The pastoral dimensions of premarital counseling and evaluation will also be considered. The student will engage: • Primary source material on marriage, chastity, and sexual morals in Biblical texts and in Byzantine patristic tradition. • Primary sources on marriage and sexuality: Humanae Vitae, Familiaris Consortio, Evangelium Vitae, Donum Vitae, and Dignitatis personae. • The philosophical underpinnings for the definitions, goods, and obligations of marriage and sexual ethics, as foundations for moral reasoning on the topics found in revelation. • Magisterial understanding of marriage, the family, and natural sexual acts. • The components of Natural Family Planning and reproductive technologies. In doing this, particular care will be given to showing the connection of contraception with other contemporary bioethical issues, whether at the beginning or the end of life. These topics will be considered primarily from the perspective of individual morality. • Magisterial teachings and contemporary theories on homosexuality. • In the contextualization of medical questions and their resolutions with pastoral sensitivity while retaining respect for human life from natural conception to natural death. 2 hours; 1 semester 68 B.C.S. Academic Catalog – FINAL February 12, 2025

Subject

MT

Type

course

Edition

2025

Source

bcs.edu

Studies of particular themes, periods or texts in Moral Theology may be offered as an elective of 1-3 credits depending on enrollment, students’ needs and interests, faculty availability and approval of the Dean.

Subject

MT

Type

course

Edition

2025

Source

bcs.edu

This course aims to fill out the most fundamental theme in moral theology, namely, the divine vocation of the life of grace, known in Eastern theology as “theosis.” This course provides the student with a robust account of the scriptural and patristic background of the theology of divinization, along with a consideration of later spiritual and theological elaboration concerning this topic. 3 hours; 1 semester

Subject

MT

Type

course

Edition

2025

Source

bcs.edu

Prerequisite

MT 100