Course: Introduction to Patrology

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Course title Introduction to Patrology
Course code KFK/5ÚPAT
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 8
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Hušek Vít, doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Th.D.
Course content
Introduction: Patrology as a Subject -the concept "Father" -Church Father - Doctor of the Church - Church Writer -Patrology - Patristics - History of Literature Apostolic literature Postapostolic literature -Clement of Rome -Ignatius of Antioch -Polycarp of Smyrna Apologists -Diognetus -Justin Martyr -gnostics -Irenaeus of Lyon -Hippolytus of Rome Biginnings of latin literature -Tertullian Cyprianus of Carthage Alexandrian Christian School -Philon of Alexandria -Clement of Alexandria -Origen Cappadocian Fathers -Basil the Great -Gregory of Nyssa -Gregory of Nazianzus Augustine of Hippo Dionysius the Areopagite Maximus the Confessor

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training)
Learning outcomes
This basic course of the history of Old-Christian literature will introduce the thought of Eastern and Western theologians of the first 8 centuries.
Students will be introduced to biographical data, literary-historical analysis of works and mainly to the contribution of particular authors for the further development of theological thought.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Didactic Test, Dialog

Written test and colloquium.
Recommended literature
  • H. Drobner. (2004). Lehrbuch der Patrologie. Freiburg, Basel, Wien.
  • H. Kraft. (2005). Slovník starokřesťanské literatury. Kostelní Vydří.
  • J. Quasten. (1999). Patrology I-IV. Allen (Tex.).
  • L. Dattrino. (1994). Patrologie. Praha.


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