YLHS-Church History

This course is an introduction to the field of Church history. It will survey the development of the Church from its Jewish roots through the High Middle Ages. Special attention will be given to the geographical expansion and relationship of the Church to surrounding cultures. The development of doctrinal positions and the relationship between church and state will also be explored.

This course is a survey of European Christian history from the High Middle Ages to the modern ecumenical era. The course will concentrate upon significant theological developments, changes in church-state relations, and major movements, controversies, and reforms. Major emphasis will be placed on the Reformation and Counter-Reformation as well as identifying the roots of Vatican II.

This course offers a study of the lives and works of Greek and Latin writers of Christian antiquity from St. Clement to St. Gregory the Great. Emphasis will be placed upon their contribution to the development of Christian doctrine and life in the formative centuries of the Church.

This course provides an introduction to the history of the Catholic Church in the United States. The course will concentrate upon the creation and development of ecclesiastical structures within a democratic environment and the assimilation of the large immigrant population into the American Church. In addition, the course will emphasize the key social, political, ethical, and doctrinal issues observable in the development of the American Church.