This is our catalog of courses. We will occasionally adjust the course listing to reflect the addition of new courses and the retirement of others.
This course will follow a “flipped-classroom” approach. Each week students will watch Mr. Horn’s 40-minute pre-recorded lecture before attending the live, interactive class on Tuesday. The live 30-minute class will be an engaging Q&A with the students.
Total classes: 11
Prerequisite: None
Suggested grade level: 9th to 12th
Suggested credit: 1 full semester Theology
Description
This course will follow a “flipped-classroom” approach. Each week students will watch Mr. Horn’s 40-minute pre-recorded lecture before attending the live, interactive class on Tuesday. The live 30-minute class will be an engaging Q&A with the students.
Fundamentals of Faith will cover Part One of the Catechism of the Catholic Church with an emphasis on God, Divine Revelation, the Trinity, and the Catholic Church.
Outline
Week 1: The Catechism, God, and revelation
Week 2: Divine revelation and faith
Week 3: One God in three persons
Week 4: God the creator
Week 5: The creation and fall of man
Week 6: The Incarnation
Week 7: Christ’s earthly ministry
Week 8: Christ’s death and resurrection
Week 9: The Holy Spirit and the Church
Week 10: The Catholic Church
Week 11: The Catholic Church II
Materials and Homework
Course materials:
1. Catechism of the Catholic Church (2nd edition). Can be paperback or online (http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/ccc_toc2.htm or https://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/ccc_toc.htm)
2. Why We’re Catholic by Trent Horn (the instructor of this course), https://shop.catholic.com/why-were-catholic-our-reasons-for-faith-hope-and-love/
Homework:
1. Watch the recorded lecture before attending class.
2. Weekly reading of approx. 20 pages of the Catechism and 5-10 pages of Why We’re Catholic.
3. Submit one discussion question in advance of each lecture and take the weekly quiz.
