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Teachings of the Catholic Church


Class Syllabus
Table of Contents of the Catechism of the Catholic Church
Mon, Jan 23: 
    * Introduction
    * The Fundamental Questions: Man's Search for Meaning
Wed, Jan 25:
    * Know Thyself
    * Revelation: God’s Self-Communication to Man
Mon, Jan 30:
    * Faith:  Man’s Response to God's Self-Communication
    * The Timeless and Time: An Impossible Union of Spheres of Existence?
Wed, Feb 1:
    * Salvation History, God's Story (and Ours)
    * Covenant: The Focal Point of Salvation History
Mon, Feb 6:
    * EXAM 1
    * The Three Pillars:  Tradition/Scripture/Magisterium
Wed, Feb 8:
    * How to Read the Bible
    * Creation, Part I: Genesis and the Ancient World
Mon, Feb13:
    * Creation, Part II: Genesis and the Modern World
    * Providence and Secondary Causes
Wed, Feb 15:
    * Theology of Light, Theology of Darkness
    * The World as a Sacrament: Man as Priest of Creation
Mon, Feb 20:
    * Made in the Image of God
    * The Fall and Original Sin
Wed, Feb 22:
    * The Threefold Alienation of Sin
    * Sin and Death
Mon, Feb 27:
* Sin (cont.)

Wed, Mar 1:
* EXAM 2
Mon, Mar 6: SPRIING BREAK
Wed, Mar 8: SPRING BREAK
Mon, Mar 13:
    * What Good Must I Do?: The Call to Eternal Life
    * Law, Grace, and the Virtues
    * Magda and the Great Virtues
Wed, Mar 15:
    * Some Basic Teachings about Christ and the Trinity
Mon, Mar 20:  Final Class
Wed, Mar 22: FINAL EXAM

Class Lecture Review Questions

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