Course Catalogue 2026-2027

This course introduces students to the fundamentals of Hellenistic Greek grammar and vocabulary for the purpose of reading and translating the Greek New Testament. Students will move between reading and translating the GNT, learning and memorizing the grammar, and memorizing 390 of the most frequent vocabulary words, along with engaging in disciplines that will promote use of Greek following completion of the course.

This course introduces students to the fundamentals of Hellenistic Greek grammar and vocabulary for the purpose of reading and translating the Greek New Testament. Students will move between reading and translating the GNT, learning and memorizing the grammar, and memorizing 390 of the most frequent vocabulary words, along with engaging in disciplines that will promote use of Greek following completion of the course.

Pastoral care is a vital ministry in the life of the Church, embodying Christ's love and compassion for individuals and communities. This course provides an introduction to the fundamental principles, practices, and skills needed by those preparing for pastoral ministry. Students will explore the theological and historical foundations of pastoral care, offering insights into its development and significance within the Church's mission. The course will highlight the unique nature of pastoral care, emphasizing how it differs from other forms of caregiving through its spiritual and theological grounding. Through readings, discussions, experiential learning, and practical exercises, students will gain foundational knowledge and essential skills to effectively provide pastoral care and support to future parishioners and communities.

Contexts are always shaped by numerous historical and social forces, which we come to embody in ways related to our particular social locations. In the first half of this course, we learn how to do spiritual/vocational reflection on the self-in-context. In the second half of the course, we nurture these capacities by using them in relation to one context in which we all share: colonial Canada in the wake of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). Exploring how to be vocationally responsible in light of this context, we will develop analytic skills transferable to multiple other contexts too. In-person learning is primarily experiential, rooted in a trauma-informed, decolonial, neuro-affirming approach that values diverse ways of keeping and creating knowledge.

This course provides students, with no previous experience in the language, basic knowledge of Latin grammatical structure, including verb forms and tenses and the various types of nouns and adjectives. Familiarity with the vocabulary of Christian literature written in the Latin language accompanies the learning process. The lectures cover units 1-19 of Collin's Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin.

This course is designed for students who have successfully completed Introduction to Ecclesiastical Latin I or the equivalent. We plan to complete studying Collins? Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin (Units 20-35) while building on the material previously learned. We will practice reading Latin out loud and more importantly translate various Latin texts from the Vulgate to the Patristic and Medieval periods. The instructor will provide texts for exercises in translation.

This course is designed for students who have successfully completed Introduction to Ecclesiastical Latin I or the equivalent. We plan to complete studying Collins? Primer of Ecclesiastical Latin (Units 20-35) while building on the material previously learned. We will practice reading Latin out loud and more importantly translate various Latin texts from the Vulgate to the Patristic and Medieval periods. The instructor will provide texts for exercises in translation.

The course aims at a general introduction to the four families of Eastern Churches: Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Eastern Catholic and the Assyrian Church of the East. After reviewing the history of the Eastern Churches and the critical moments that shaped their development (including schisms, attempts at re-union and the impact of Islam), the course will give particular attention to the history and culture of the Assyrian Church of the East, the Coptic and Armenian Orthodox Churches, the Orthodox Churches of Ukraine, Greece and Russia, the Maronite, Melkite and Ukrainian Greco-Catholic Churches. Subsequently, the course will briefly survey the East's distinctive approaches to liturgy, art, architecture, music, spiritual life, monasticism, social service, hagiography, mission and theology. The course ends with an assessment of the current state of these Churches in North America and their approaches to inter-Christian and interreligious relations.

Exploration of leadership and ministry in the context of a theological understanding of the nature of the Church and the scope of its ministry.

Exploration of leadership and ministry in the context of a theological understanding of the nature of the Church and the scope of its ministry.

This course introduces Emmanuel College Basic Degree students to the project of theological education in a multi-religious setting. Students will solidify the narratives of their professional and spiritual paths within a variety of spiritual-professional paths, build relationships with their cohort, and connect with faculty in small group settings. They will learn about their own spiritual/religious tradition while engaging several of other major religious/spiritual traditions (including Islam, Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism and traditional Indigenous understandings). They will consider their own and other spiritual/religious traditions through respective practices, yearly cycles and rituals. They will develop capacity in multi-religious cooperation and leadership in the public sphere. They will gain knowledge in intercultural competence and assess their own need for growth in this area. They will begin to develop their plan for spiritual/religious leadership in dialogue with classmates.

In this foundational pastoral course, participants will reflect on understandings of God's mission, the Church's part in that mission, and their own sense of call in relation to these. The course will draw on texts from Genesis, Isaiah, Luke and Romans, as well as patristic, liturgical, spiritual writings and sermonic writing. Examining the history of mission and the church, and contemporary congregational mission theory, we will consider alternative images and paradigms of mission. Lectures and book discussion sessions will seek to build participants' critical skills particularly in relation to conflict, healing, culture, pluriformity, and proclamation as part of mission. Participants will be required to meet and interview individuals involved in diverse forms of ministry in the community to develop their own vocational discernment and gain practical awareness of the issues, challenges and skills involved in a differing forms of Spirit-led developments as congregations seek to participate and live God's mission.