Ecclesiastical History I

This course covers the first Period of the Church History, beginning from the Pentecost until the end of the iconoclastic controversies (9th century). It presents the foundation of the Church, the distribution of the Evangelic call and the use of the vital methodological criterion of the canonical conscience of people in charge of the confrontation periods of ecclesiastical crisis. It also examines the Constitution of the Ancient Church and the various attempts of altering the apostolic preaching and splitting unity. The seven Ecumenical Councils possess a sovereign place, through which the dogmatic truths were formulated and answers were given by the direct report of the life and the organization of the ecclesiastical body. The individual subjects cover a wide variety of questions con- nected to the total dialogue developed within the course framework. The course is of fundamental and preparatory character. It contributes to the comprehension of people’s ecclesiastical practice during the first centuries and to the Christian way of living in both theory and practice. Furthermore, it concentrates on the use of basic theological terms and significances within the historical framework and it is supplemented by subsidiary material (notes, texts, etc) and the use of audiovisual means.

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