RS 253 — The History of the Early Church
BA BA Religious Studies · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
The course is designed to introduce students to the roots of the church and how it started. It traced the Jewish background of the church and how it created its own image and identity. It deals with how the church moved from Jerusalem to Rome, organizing itself along the lines of faith, culture and other factors such as; the persecutions, the expansion and growth of the church, the church fathers, church and state relations in the third century, Constantine and the Council of Nicaea, the controversies, the development of Eastern and Western Christian thought, the Papacy, Worship and Art. These will be examined in relation to the current situation and mission of the church and their implications for Christianity today.
- Credits
- 0
- Level
- Level 200
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