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Systematics

Doctrinal Theology

DOCT 406 Christology. (3)

Understandings of the person, presence and mission of Christ in scripture, in doctrine and dogma, and in contemporary theology.

DOCT 407 Trinity, Faith and Revelation. (3)

An investigation of the historical development and the systematic import of the doctrine of the Trinity. Faith and revelation examined from the viewpoint of the Christian confession of God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

DOCT 408 Ecclesiology. (3)

Nature and structure of the Roman Catholic Church, apostolic origins, Church as communion and sacrament, magisterium and authority, local and universal Church, evangelization, ministry and mission.

DOCT 411 Christian Anthropology. (3)

An investigation of the Christian doctrine of the person: creation and fall, sin and grace, justification and sanctification, eschatological fulfillment.

DOCT 414 Eschatology. (3)

Eschatological dimensions of the Christian experience.

DOCT 415 Ordained Ministry. (3)

A study of the biblical foundations, historical development, systematic theology, and canonical structures of ordained ministry in the Church, with special emphasis on the spirituality of such ministry and the service rendered by ordained ministers in the contemporary Church.

DOCT 419 Mariology. (3)

Scriptural, Christological and ecclesiological bases of the Church's view of Mary. The development of Marian devotions and their place in the history of spirituality and in contemporary spiritual life.

DOCT 424 Theology of Sacraments and Worship. (3)

The roots of Christian worship in human myth, symbol, ritual and celebration. The historical development of sacramental life in the Church and theological reflection upon it. Contemporary approaches to a theology of sacrament especially in relation to Christology and ecclesiology. Cross-listed with LTGY 424.