CHURCH HISTORY II. HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY

Course Information
TitleΓΕΝΙΚΗ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣΤΙΚΗ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ / CHURCH HISTORY II. HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY
CodeΥ203
FacultyTheology
SchoolSocial Theology and Christian Culture
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodSpring
CoordinatorKonstantinos Christou
CommonYes
StatusActive
Course ID60005050

Class Information
Academic Year2017 – 2018
Class PeriodSpring
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours3
Total Hours39
Class ID
600101209
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
  • English (Examination)
  • German (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
Learning Outcomes
To enable the student to understand the evolution, progress and development of the Church and learn the major phases of its history. Το βe able to reproduce his knowledges and scientific work on them.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Work autonomously
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
The historical development and the most important facts that concern in the historical life of the Church and are connected with the nature and her mission in the World. The predominance of Christianity inside the Greco-Roman Oikumene and the configuration of relations with the State. The appearance of heresies and their confrontation. The development of ecclesiastical organism. The christianization of Europe. The split of the Christian World and the attempts of reunification. 1.The legalization of Christianity and the relations between Church and State. 2.Arianism and the first two Ecumenical Councils. 3.The Christological controversies. The 5th Ecumenical Council. 4.Antichalkidonismus and neochalkidonismus. 4th Ecumenical Council. 5.Monoenergitismus and Monotheletismus. 6.Iconoclasm 7.The evolution of the administrativ system of the Church 8.Mission. 9.Rom and Constantinopel. 10.The Schism of 1054. 11.The Church and the East. 12.The Church and the West. 13.The Council of Ferrara – Florence.
Keywords
Church, Heresy, Synod, Schism
Educational Material Types
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures
Reading Assigment732.9
Written assigments60.2
Other / Others20.1
Total813.2
Student Assessment
Description
One 2-hour written examinations. Oral examinations. Counted positive participation in class and written essays undertaken.
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Summative)
  • Written Assignment (Formative)
  • Oral Exams (Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
1. Βλ. Φειδάς, Εκκλησιαστική Ιστορία, τ. 2, Αθήνα 2002.
Additional bibliography for study
1. Β. Στεφανίδης, Εκκλησιαστική Ιστορία, 5η έκδ., Αθήνα 1990. 2. G. Ostrogorsky, Ιστορία του βυζαντινού κράτους, τ. 1-3, Αθήνα 2001. 3. Βλάσιος Φειδάς, Ο θεσμός της Πενταρχίας των Πατριαρχών Ι. Προϋποθέσεις διαμορφώσεως του θεσμού (απ΄ αρχής μέχρι το 451), Αθήναι 1977.
Last Update
06-11-2015