Religion 11

Unit One – Introduction (September

Why Study Church History? - Lectionary Based Catechesis - the Five Models of the Church

Unit Two – The Early Church (October – November)

Pentecost to the Council of Jerusalem - the Sacrament of Confirmation - early Christian communities - Mary as model disciple - St. Paul's journeys - the Council of Jerusalem - Persecutions and Early Martyrs - the Roman persecution – contemporary persecution - Constantine - the Edict of Milan - Creed Development – heresies - Council of Nicea - Mary in the Nicene Creed - Church fathers and Great Women of the Early Church - Augustine's conversion – conversion

Unit Three – The Middle Ages (November – January)

Monasticism– preservation of learning and re-establishment of agriculture – St. Benedict - Liturgy of the Hours – contemporary religious life - the Church as a Cultural Force - the role of art, cathedrals and universities - St. Francis and St. Clare of Assisi, St. Dominic, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Francis - present-day environmental concerns – the Crusades – Islam - conflicts occurring in the name of religion today - the Inquisition - the Eastern Church - division between the Western and Eastern Churches - attempts at reunification – the Church in Crisis - the Church's association with the state: Henry IV, Beckett - Avignon Papacy and Catherine of Siena - the Black Death

Unit Four - Renewal (February – March)

The Church Fractured - Erasmus, Luther, Calvin and the role of Henry VIII - Council of Trent, Ignatius of Loyola and Teresa of Avila – nationalism

Unit Five - The Modern Church (April – May)

Global Missionary Outreach – Canada – evangelization - Holy Childhood, Home Missions, (Church Extension Society), Society for the Propagation of the Faith - social justice – CCODP (Development and Peace), Dorothy Day, Jean Vanier, Jean Donovan, Mother Teresa - the Church in the 19th Century - papal infallibility (Vatican I) - Leo XIII, Rerum Novarum - Concordat to the present day papacy - the Church in the 20th Century - pre-Vatican II reform movements - Pope John XXIII - Vatican II - the Church’s response to current social, economic political, spiritual and moral issues - ecumenism and inter-religious dialogue - the role of the laity

Unit Six - Catholic Identity (May)

Personal Synthesis - the history of the Church as a pilgrimage journey - heirs to an illustrious Catholic tradition – oneself as Church, member of the living Body of Christ