An introductory course to the language of the Old Testament. It covers chapters 1-23 of Thomas O. Lambdin’s Introduction to Biblical Hebrew, which deal with the alphabet, nouns, adjectives, prepositions, articles, pronominal suffixes, construct chains, and the QAL forms of the verbs.
This deals with the history of Pentateuchal research; the themes that bind the Pentateuch together; and the Levitical and Deuteronomic theologies of those who have written, compiled and edited the Pentateuch. This course includes the exegesis and rhetorical analysis of some key passages in the Pentateuch.
The course examines the foundations, historical developments, nature, and mission of the Church, with emphasis on developments from the period of Vatican Council II.
This course intends to explain the Trinitarian problem in Asian context today, to analyze the biblical and historical data about the Holy Trinity, and to summarize briefly the meaning of the Catholic teaching on the Holy Trinity.
Canon Law II builds up on the foundations laid out in the initial canon law course. It orients the students into the various ways and means whereby the whole People of God – the laity, clerics and consecrated persons - exercises Christ’s triple office of governing, teaching and sanctifying in today’s actual ecclesial life. The books of the Code of 1983 to be studied are sections of Book I on General Norms, Book III on the Teaching Office of the Church (Ministry of the Word, Missionary Activity, Catholic Education, Social Communications), Book IV on the Sanctifying Office of the Church (Sacraments, Other Acts of Worship, Sacred Times and Places), Book V on Temporal Goods, Book VI on Sanctions (Offenses and Penalties) and some sections of Book VII on Processes (Trials, Matrimonial Processes).
This initial course in canon law is developed around four key questions: (1) In what sense is the Code of Canon Law of 1983 the final document of the Second Vatican Council? (2) Who make up the Church, the People of God? What are their prerogatives and obligations? (3) How is the People of God organized in order to serve its purpose? (4) How does the Church exercise today Christ’s triple office of governing, teaching and sanctifying?
Part I of the course provides a basic introduction to the theology and history of canon law, with special focus on the new ecclesiological developments at Vatican II which guided the revision of the old Code of 1917.
Part II looks into the communion of the Church as composed of the laity, clerics and consecrated persons, having their own unique charisms and ministries that build up the one Body of Christ.
Part III studies the organization of the People of God on the level of the local, particular and universal Church.
In Part IV, the course begins to study the Church’s triple office of governing, teaching and sanctifying, the treatment of which will be continued in the succeeding course, Canon Law II.
A historical survey on the principal periods and forms of Christianity in Asia. Special attention will be given to the present situation of local Church in Asian since the II World War and the Council Vatican II, and the rise of Asian Theology.
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