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CHU 395 The Christian Tradition

Course Information - Dennis Bratcher, Professor

Point Loma Nazarene University, Fall, 2006

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Syllabus (Adobe .pdf format)

Schedule Revisions and Unit 3 Readings (MS Word Format)

*NOTE: The reading "The Orthodox Confession of Faith" will not be available because of copyright restrictions.  Read instead The Confession of Dositheus along with The Confession of Cyril Lucaris.

Class Material

Reading/Study Guide for The Story of God (Adobe .pdf format)

Contributors to the Faith Assignment (Adobe .pdf format)

Required Reading

The Gospel of Thomas

Creed of Gregory of Neocaesarea (c. 250)

Ecumenical Christian Creeds

The Canons of the Second Council of Orange (529)

Orthodox Confession of Faith (Ukrainian Orthodox, 1662)*

    The Confession of Dositheus
    The Confession of Cyril Lucaris - Eastern Orthodox

The 95 Theses (Martin Luther)

Edict of Worms (1521)

Augsburg Confession, Articles 22-27

Westminster Confession of Faith (1646)

The Scots' Confession (1560)

The Schleitheim Confession (1527)

The Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion - Church of England (Anglican) (1571)

The Confession of Cyril Lucaris - Eastern Orthodox

The Five Articles of the Remonstrants (1610)

The Question, "What Is an Arminian?" Answered by a Lover of Free Grace (John Wesley)

The Character of a Methodist (John Wesley)

Vatican II: On The People of God

Vatican II: The Blessed Virgin Mary

Ten Theological "Trick" Questions

A World Parish and a Catholic Spirit: Evangelism and Brotherhood

"TULIP" Calvinism Compared to Wesleyan Perspectives

Word and Table: Reflections on a Theology of Worship

Vatican II: The Role of The Church in the Modern World

John Wesley on Differences of Opinion Among Christians

A Catholic Spirit (John Wesley)

Optional: The Modern Inerrancy Debate

Female Ministry; or, Woman's Right to Preach the Gospel (Catherine Booth - 1859)

The Rapture: Truth or Speculation?

The Millennium

Optional: God’s Foreknowledge, Predestination, and Human Freedom

The Barmen Declaration (1934)

Supplemental Reading

Theological Issues

Relational Holiness: An Integrative Paradigm for Our Time (Thomas Oord)

The Triumph of Arminianism (and its dangers) (Keith Drury)

The Second Coming (Jirair Tashjian)

To the Ends of the Earth: Proclamation and the Second Coming

Doomsday Prophets: The Difference Between Prophetic and Apocalyptic Eschatology

God Is Dead: False Images of God (Ronald Stanley)

Christian Security (Keith Drury)

Church Traditions/Worship

"Low Church" and "High Church"

The Meaning of Church Colors

The Seasons of the Church Year

Christian Symbols: Chrismons

Information

Canons of the Hebrew Bible

"He Descended into Hell" Sheol, Hell, and the Dead (Apostles' Creed)

Holiness in the Early Church (Jirair Tashjian)

Ethics

Holy Living

Church Traditions: Creeds, Faith Confessions, and Position Statements

The Belgic Confession (1561) - Christian Reformed Church, 1985

The Heidelberg Catechism (1563)

Second Helvetic Confession(1566)

The Canons of Dordt (1618-1619)

Doctrinal and Ethical Positions -Church of the Nazarene

The Articles of Religion - Free Methodist

The Lausanne Covenant (1974)

The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy

General Information

Academic Policies

Formatting for Written Assignments

Ten Tips for Writing Student Academic Papers

Guidelines for Submitting Assignments Electronically*

  *Note: Except in extraordinary circumstances, electronic submission of papers is not available for PLNU classes.

 

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