The Emerging Christian Church: Church History to 451

College University of Trinity College, Faculty of Divinity
Instructor(s)
Course Code TRH2421HS
Semester Second Semester
Section 6101
Online Yes
Credits One Credit
Location Toronto (St George Campus)
Description

This course will examine the earliest history of Christianity and the Christian Church from the time of Christ to 451 CE,
doing so especially from an Orthodox Christian perspective. Key topics will include the Apostolic period, early cultural and political transitions after the time of the Apostles, the growth and fragmentation of Christianity in the 2nd Century, the rise of monasticism and the episcopacy, the encounter of Christianity and Roman imperial culture in the 2nd and 3rd Centuries (both through persecution and cooperation), the rise of Christianity as Roman state religion through Constantine and Theodosius, and the Councils of Nicaea, I-Constantinople and Ephesus along with the lead-up to the Council of Chalcedon.

Syllabus http://www.trinity.utoronto.ca/UserFiles/Document/Divinity/TRH%202421H%20-%2020…
Schedule N/A
Start Time TBA
End Time TBA
Minimum Enrolment 10
Maximum Enrolment 20
Teaching Method
Lectures
Means of Evaluation
Other
Previously Offered Fall 2013
Currently Offered Winter 2018