Clara Geoghegan (coordinator) Hilary Martin op

Semester 2 Wednesday morning 2007

This unit comprises a survey of the Church in its social and political context to approximately 700 AD, with special reference to the formulation of Christian doctrine. Particular attention is given to Trinitarian and Christological issues, and to the development of the Church in the East and West. The seminar text will be the Confessions of St Augustine, and other appropriate texts.

Prerequisites:	none
Requirements:	3 hours per week
Assessment:	2,000 words written work	50%
	one 2 hour open book examination	50%

Recommended preliminary reading

Chadwick, H. The Early Church. Revised ed. The Penguin History of the Church, vol. 1. London: Penguin, 1993.

Comby, J. How to Read Church History. Vol. 1: From the Beginnings to the 15C. London: SCM Press,1985.

Hamman, A. How to Read the Church Fathers. New York: Crossroad, 1993.

Seminar Text

Augustine. Confessions.

Bibliography

Barnes, T. D. Constantine and Eusebius. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1981.

Brown, P. The Rise of Western Christendom. Oxford: Blackwell, 1996.

Frend, W. H. The Rise of Christianity. London: Darton, Longman & Todd. 1984.

Markus, R. A. Christianity and the Roman World. London: Thams & Hudson, 1974.