Contemporaty issues in Pastoral Ministry, Canon Law and Worship. Interdisciplinary Approaches (Seminar).
| Title | Σύγχρονα θέματα Ποιμαντικής Διακονίας, Κανονικού Δικαίου και Θείας Λατρείας. Διεπιστημονικές προσεγγίσεις (Σεμινάριο). / Contemporaty issues in Pastoral Ministry, Canon Law and Worship. Interdisciplinary Approaches (Seminar). |
| Code | ΠΜ17 |
| Faculty | Theology |
| School | Social Theology and Christian Culture |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Spring |
| Coordinator | Theodoros Giagkou |
| Common | Yes |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600015753 |
Programme of Study: Orthodox Theology and Christian Culture
Registered students: 14
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biblical, Patriarchal, Hagiological and Religious Studies | Elective Courses belonging to the selected specialization | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| History, Doctrine, Philosophy and Archeology | Elective Courses belonging to the selected specialization | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Applied Theology | Compulsory Course belonging to the selected specialization (Compulsory Specialization Course) | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Academic Year | 2023 – 2024 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Faculty Instructors |
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| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Class ID | 600229827
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Course Type 2011-2015
Knowledge Deepening / Consolidation
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600229827
- At the Website of the School:
- eLearning: https://elearning.auth.gr/course/view.php?id=15494
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
Lectures and class presentations of the specialized themes of the course have the following general presuppositions: (a) good academic performance or knowledge of the material covered in all core Liturgics undergraduate courses offered at the School of Pastoral and Social Theology AUTH and (b) adequate knowledge and ability in writing research papers.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course the student:
1. Will know the basic principles relative to the interdisciplinary examination of contemporary issues regarding Pastoral Ministry, Canon Law and Liturgics.
2. Will be able to utilize the ancient catechetical texts in a contemporary setting.
3. Will understand the theology, history, and canonical legislature pertaining to the sacraments of baptism, matrimony, ordination and confession.
4. Will be able to distinguish the monastic institutions as well as the relationship between monasteries and parishes within the ecclesiastical structure.
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Work autonomously
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
1. Introduction. Principles of the interdisciplinary examination of canonico-liturgical / pastoral issues
2. Ancient Catechetical literature - The history and theology of the baptismal rite
3. Baptism in the canonical tradition
4. The contemporary catechesis of children and adults - Baptism: Pastoral Issues
5. Prayers of confession - Exomologetaria and the pseudo-canonical tradition
6. The theology of spiritual fatherhood - The interface of confession, psychoanalysis, and counseling
7. Institutions of monastic life – Foundation Documents and Testaments
8. Monastic tonsure - Canonical consequences of monastic tonsure
9. Marriage and Canon Law (contemporary challenges)
10. The Sacrament of Μatrimony - Marriage and Pastoral care
11. Canonical presuppositions for ordination
12. The Sacrament of the Priesthood - Liturgical Order of ordination
13. The priest as pastor
Keywords
Canon Law, Pastoral Care, Liturgics, Marriage, Priesthood, Monasticism, Baptism, Confession
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Multimedia
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
- Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 39 | ✓ | |||
| Reading Assigment | 125 | ✓ | |||
| Field trips and participation in conferences / seminars / activities | 30 | ✓ | |||
| Written assigments | 56 | ✓ | |||
| Total | 250 |
Student Assessment
Description
The evaluation of graduate students enrolled in the course and the final grade is based of the following criteria: (a) term paper (70%), (b) active class participation (20%), and (c) oral presentation of term paper (10%).
Student Assessment methods
- Written Assignment (Formative)
- Performance / Staging (Formative)
- Active class participation (Formative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
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Additional bibliography for study
Witvliet, John D. “For our own purpose: the appropriation of the social sciences in liturgical studies”, p. 17-40, στο: Paul Bradshaw and John Melloh, Foundations in Ritual Studies: A Reader for Students of Christian Worship. London, 2007. REPRINT: Witvliet, John D. “For Our Own Purposes: The Appropriation of the Social Sciences in Liturgical Studies. Liturgy Digest, 2 no 2 Spr - Sum 1995. 6-35.
Stringer, Martin D. “Liturgy and anthropology: the history of a relationship.” Worship 63.6 (1989) 503-521.
Βασιλοπούλου, Χ., Οἱ κατηχήσεις τοῦ Κυρίλλου Ἱεροσολύμων – Ψυχοπαιδαγω¬γικὴ προσέγγιση, γ΄ ἔκδ., Θεσσαλονίκη: Πατριαρχικὸν Ἵδρυμα Πατριαρχικῶν Μελετῶν, 1998.
Βουλγαράκη, Η. Α., Αἱ κατηχήσεις τοῦ Κυρίλλου Ἱεροσολύμων. Ἱεραποστολικὴ θεώρησις, Ἀνάλεκτα Βλατάδων 24, Θεσσαλονίκη: Πατριαρχικὸν Ἵδρυμα Πατριαρ-χικῶν Μελετῶν, 1977.
Bruns, Peter, Den Menschen mit dem Himmel verbinden. Eine Studie zu den katechetischen Homilien des Theodor von Mopsuestia, CSCO 549, Subsidia 89, Leuven: Peeters, 1995.
Buchinger, Harald, “La Preghiera del Signore fra esegesi catechesi e liturgia: Il Padre Nostro nei primi tre secoli,” Annali di scienze religiose n.s. 3 (2010) 15-39.
Cattenoz, J.-P., Le Baptême, mystère nuptial. Théologie de saint Jean Chrysostome, Vé-nasque: Du Carmel, 1993.
Camélot, P. Th., «Note sur la théologie baptismale des Catéchèses attribuées a saint Cyrille de Jérusalem», στό: P. Granfield - J. A. Jungmann (ἐπιμ.), Kyriakon. Festschrift Johannes Quasten, t. II, Münster: Aschendorff, 1970, 724-729.
Day, J., “The Catechetical Lectures of Cyril of Jerusalem. A Source for the Baptismal Liturgy of Mid-Fourth-Century Jerusalem,” στό: D. Hellholm, T. Vegge, Ø. Norderval, Ch. Helleholm (ἐπιμ.), Ablution, Initiation, and Baptism: Late Antiquity, Early Judaism, and Early Christianity, Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft 176, Berlin: de Gruyter, 2011, 1179-1204.
Devreesse, Robert, “Les instructions catéchétiques de Théodore de Mopsueste,” Recherches de sciences religieuses 13:3 (1933) 425-436.
Doval, A. J., Cyril of Jerusalem, Mystagoge, Patristic Monograph Series 17, Washington DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 2001.
_____, “The Date of Cyril of Jerusalem’s Catecheses,” Journal of Theological Studies n.s. 48.1 (1997) 129-132.
Voicu, Sever J., “Christian Initiation in Antioch between St. John Chrysostom and St. Severus,” στό: Seeing through the Eyes of Faith: New Approaches to the Mystagogy of the Church Fathers, Late Antique History and Religion 11, ἐπιμ. Paul van Geest, Leuven: Peeters, 2016, 317-330.
Vosté, Jacques Marie, “Theodori Mopsuesteni Liber ad baptizandos,” Orientalia Christiana Periodica 9 (1943) 211-228.
Witkamp, Nathan, Tradition and Innovation: Baptismal Rite and Mystagogy in Theodore of Mopsuestia and Narsai of Nisibis, Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae 149, Leiden: Brill, 2018.
Yarnold, E. J., “Did St Ambrose know the Mystagogical Chatecheses of St Cyril of Jerusalem?” Studia Patristica 12 (1975) 184-189.
_____, “The Authorship of the Mystagogic Catechesis attributed to Cyril of Jerusalem,” Heythrop Journal 19 (1978) 143-161.
Last Update
20-11-2023
