Dogmatics I: History of Christian Theology & Spirituality

Course Information
TitleΔογματική I: Ιστορία της Χριστιανικής Θεολογίας & Πνευματικότητας / Dogmatics I: History of Christian Theology & Spirituality
Code508
FacultyTheology
SchoolTheology
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter/Spring
CoordinatorCharidimos Koutris
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID600023164

Programme of Study: Anamorfōméno PPS Tmīmatos THeologías (2023-2024)

Registered students: 16
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
KORMOSCompulsory Course533

Class Information
Academic Year2025 – 2026
Class PeriodSpring
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours3
Total Hours39
Class ID
600285091
Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
  • English (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to: - distinguish between the various Christian traditions and the doctrines that developed within each tradition, - understand the importance of historical, social and cultural factors in the formation of doctrines, - approach the sources with a critical mind, - realise the importance and necessity of interdisciplinarity, as well as the demand for open dialogue, - conduct independent research, - develop their arguments properly.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Adapt to new situations
  • Make decisions
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in teams
  • Work in an international context
  • Work in an interdisciplinary team
  • Generate new research ideas
  • Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
  • Respect natural environment
  • Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
The course presents the history and nature of the Church's Dogmatic Teaching and Spirituality in the Orthodox Tradition, examining the historical condition of the doctrines from the sources of the Church's symbolic and dogmatic texts and more generally from the authors who contributed to its formulation. Therefore, the broader context of the development of Christian doctrine is researched in dialogue with the sources of Christian traditions in general and the literature associated with them. Therefore, this course deals with both the history of the morphological development of Orthodox doctrines from their biblical formulation to their most developed ecclesiastical form and the historical context in which the doctrinal formulation is expressed and selected.
Keywords
History, Doctrine, History of Doctrines, Ecumenical Councils, Synods, Spirituality, Theology, Sciences, Christianity, Orthodoxy, Culture
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Video lectures
  • Audio
  • Multimedia
  • Book
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
Description
Teaching through the use of PowerPoint slides and other multimedia (video, images, audio, etc.) for the better understanding and deepening of the subject. Communication with students through e-mails, eLearning platform and Zoom.
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures391.6
Seminars30.1
Reading Assigment271.1
Written assigments30.1
Exams30.1
Total753
Student Assessment
Description
Oral or written exam in groups at the end of the semester. The exam is conducted by the professor and its results are available to the students. Written exam for special and legally prescribed categories of students. Alternative examination through assignments for foreign students.
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Summative)
  • Written Assignment (Formative)
  • Oral Exams (Summative)
  • Performance / Staging (Formative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
1. Σκουτέρης, Κωνσταντίνος Β., Ιστορία δογμάτων τ. 2, 1998 (Εύδοξος: 68400420) 2. Σκουτέρης, Κωνσταντίνος Β., Ιστορία δογμάτων τ. 1, 1998 (Εύδοξος: 68400410) 3. Ματσούκας, Ν., Δογματική και Συμβολική Θεολογία Β': Έκθεση της Ορθόδοξης Πίστης σε Αντιπαράθεση με τη Δυτική Χριστιανοσύνη (Εύδοξος: 59397475) 4. Ματσούκας, Ν., Δογματική και Συμβολική Θεολογία, Α': Εισαγωγή στη θεολογική Γνωσιολογία (Εύδοξος: 59397472)
Additional bibliography for study
1. Μαρτζελος, Γ., Ιστορία της Ορθόδοξης Θεολογίας και πνευματικότητας: σημειώσεις από τις πανεπιστημιακές παραδόσεις, 1991-92 2. Καλογήρου, Ιω., Ιστορία των Δογμάτων, τ. 1, εκδ. Πουρναρά, 1969-1983 (Βιβλιοθήκη Θεολογικής: BT21.2 .K35 1969) 3. Καλογήρου, Ιω., Ιστορία των Δογμάτων, τ. 2, εκδ. Πουρναρά, 1969-1984 (Βιβλιοθήκη Θεολογικής: BT21.2.K35 1984) 4. Davis, L.D., The First Seven Ecumenical Councils (325-787): Their History and Theology, Liturgical Press, 2017
Last Update
11-07-2024