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Certificate of Catholic Theology in Doctrine


Standards:

Knows and integrates into ministerial practice Trinitarian theology, Christology, pneumatology, missiology, Christian anthropology, and ecclesiology.

  • Describes the nature and structure of the Roman Catholic Church, including its apostolic origins, church as communion and sacrament, magisterium and authority, and mission.
  • Summarizes a theology of God as One and Triune by articulating an understanding of the relations of the persons of the Trinity.
  • Articulates the paschal mystery as the life, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ and our participation in it.
  • Integrates basic principles of Christian anthropology—an understanding of human existence, nature, grace, sin, and redemption.
  • Demonstrates an ecclesiology of domestic church, parish, (arch)diocese/eparchy, and universal Church in light of the nature and structure of the Catholic Church, including its apostolic origins, Church as mystery and sacrament, communion and mission, and authority.
  • Identifies the mission of the Church as evangelization and articulates a vision for the inculturation of the Gospel into every nation and race.

Prerequisites: 

  • The Creed: We Believe…
  • In God’s Image: The Mystery of Creation
  • Jesus Christ: Yesterday and Today
  • The Doctrine of Salvation in Jesus Christ
  • The Papacy
  • One of the following STEP courses:
    • Mary in the Catholic Tradition
    • Mary as Mother: A Symbol of Life and Hope for Christians

 

Enrollment for 2011-2012 academic year is full.
Registration for the 2012-2013 academic year will open in January 2012.




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