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Course Descriptions
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Old Testament (3 courses) |
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This course introduces the Old Testament, especially the historical and geographical circumstances. It covers important topics such as Manuscripts of the Holy Bible, the other Holy Canonical Books (so called Apocrypha), Biblical archaeology, Geography of the Holy Bible, History of the Jewish people, patterns of interpretation of the prophecies, etc. The course will also cover an analysis of the Holy Books from Job to Malachi. |
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New Testament (2 courses) |
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This course provides a general introduction to the New Testament, its social, historical and political background. The emphasis will be on the four Holy Gospels, with a comparison between the three synoptical Holy Gospels and the distinctive features in each Holy Gospel. It also presents an overview of the Holy Pauline and the Catholic Epistles and the circumstances that led to their writing. |
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Comparative Theology (2 courses) |
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This course presents the position of the Coptic Orthodox Church regarding the beliefs and doctrines of the Protestant and Catholic Churches, using Biblical, theological and historical arguments. Issues addressed include such topics as priesthood, infant baptism, purgatory, procession of the Holy Spirit, supremacy and infallibility of the Catholic pope, repentance, confession and intercession of saints. This course also shed the light on the theological views of various popular sects, cults, and religious movements today such as Jehovah's Witness, the Mormon, the Christian Science, etc. |
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Pastoral Care (2 courses) |
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This course covers issues of both ministry and pastorship in their broad sense. This study focuses on the inspiration of serving within the Ministry through the guidance of the Holy Spirit, the qualities necessary in the personality of the minister, his spiritual, psychological and theological preparation. The study discusses the inter-relationship between ministers and the relationship between a minister and those being ministered to. It also shows the various scopes of ministry and pastorship, as well as demonstrating examples of ministry in the Holy Bible, the ancient Church and in contemporary history. |
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History (2 courses) |
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This course introduces the political, religious and cultural environment in which Christianity was established. It deals with the way in which Christianity faced these adverse situations and the history of its victories over them. The course also presents the severe theological conflict that the church and its leaders encountered from the end of the third century to the middle of the fifth century. It will also touch upon the Arab conquest of Egypt, Napoleon's invasion, the British occupation and finally the renaissance in the Coptic Church since 1959. |
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Dogma (2 courses) |
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This course discusses the fundamentals of Christian Doctrine. In particular, Orthodox theological thought in respect of the divinity of the Lord Jesus Christ and the divinity of the Holy Spirit, followed by a study of the Church, its theological concept and its authority, as well as a study of eternity i.e. the after-death (eschatology); sources of religion; tradition and the Holy Bible; the visible and invisible creatures and many other introductory topics that form the basis of theological science. |
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