Early Christian Ethics

WYT6995HF
Summary

This course will (1) look at the key texts and themes in the NT on ethical matters; (2) see how the early church (100-450) worked with these but also how it related the NT teaching to that of the OT, Jewish ethics and the classical philosophical ethics, and how it adapted its moral theology to its ever-changing circumstances; (3) assess the question of authority and interpretation of scripture and early Christian writings for church and society today. The course will cover a number of major themes present in the New Testament’s ‘ethical teaching’ across a range of the canon and will continue (in each second half of the session) with how the thinking changed and/or remained constant, was weakened or intensified by the likes of the Apostolic Fathers, the Apologists, Alexandrian and North African theologians, early Byzantine and Latin fathers.

Enrolment Notes

This course will only be offered via synchronous remote learning, as such the only section available in ACORN will be 9101. This is the AD section of the course, BD students please enrol in WYT3995HF. 

Session Offered
Fall 2021
Start Date
-
Day
Mon
Time
07:00 pm ~ 10:00 pm
Discipline
Theological
Online
No
Instructor
Credits
1