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.
Do you ever feel like our Catholic faith is just a series of meaningless rules and beliefs? In this course you will learn to connect the dots and discover what is behind the rules and their importance.
Total classes: 13
Duration per class: 55 minutes
Suggested Grade Level: 9th to 12th grade
Suggested High School Credit: 1 full semester Literature, Theology, or History
Description
Sometimes our faith seems like a series of disconnected rules or bits and pieces of things we’re told that doesn’t seem to fit together or make a lot of sense. But every part of what we believe as Catholics is not only of one piece, a “seamless garment” theologically, but the vast story of man from the Bible through the years of the Early Church, the Dark Ages, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and Modern Times is a vast story written by a vast Storyteller. This class will look at the Big Picture, especially the overall scope of Scripture, as well as at eternal themes that have run through literature and art through the ages. The goal is to make sense of it all and to see God’s great plan which includes both suffering and joy.
Outline
Class One: Introduction – Prehistory, Egypt and Early Civilization
Class Two: Moses and the People of God
Class Three: The Prophets
Class Four: The Greeks: Socrates and Plato
Class Five: Socrates and Christ
Class Six: Christ Answers the Mystery – Revelation and Resistance Continues
Class Seven: The Fall of Rome and the Rising of the City of God
Class Eight: The Heresies
Class Nine: Islam
Class Ten: Christendom and Its Culture
Class Eleven: The Reformation and Utopia
Class Twelve: Totalitarianism
Class Thirteen: Review and Conclusion
Materials and Homework
Course Materials:
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A Bible, any translation
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Materials provided FREE as PDF files by the instructor
Homework: Lots of in-depth reading and short papers (graded by the instructor). Expect to spend 3 to 4 hours outside of the classroom on homework per week.
