Questions of Patristics I

ltheo2321  2019-2020  Louvain-la-Neuve

Questions of Patristics I
Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
4 credits
30.0 h
Q1

This biannual learning unit is being organized in 2019-2020
Teacher(s)
Auwers Jean-Marie;
Language
French
Main themes
One special question pertaining to various testimonies of the ancient Christian literature, considered in its literary, dogmatic and theological aspects will be analysed; - The different extracts read during the course will be situated in their historial and theological context.
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 tackle a theological or literary question pertaining to the ancient Christian literature, mainly Greek and/or Latin ;
 
2 read critically the ancient theological sources ;
 
3 make use of the patrologist's main working tools.
 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
One special question pertaining to various testimonies of the ancient Christian literature, considered in its literary, dogmatic and theological aspects will be analysed; - The different extracts read during the course will be situated in their historial and theological context.
Bibliography
Bochet I., «Le firmament de l'Écriture». L'herméneutique augustinienne (Collection des Études Augustiniennes. Série Antiquité, 172), Paris, 2004.
Bori P. C., L'interprétation infinie. L'herméneutique chrétienne et ses transformations, Paris, Cerf, 1991 (éd. originale italienne, 1987).
Fiedrowicz M., Principes de l'interprétation de l'Écriture dans l'Église ancienne (Traditio christiana, 10), Berne, 1999.
Pelletier A.-M., D'âge en âge, les Ecritures : la Bible et l'herméneutique contemporaine (Le livre et le rouleau, 18), Bruxelles, 2004.
Écriture et Tradition chez les Pères de l'Église, sous la direction de M. Stavrou et J. van Rossum (Cahiers de Biblia Patristica, 17), Turnhout, 2017.
Faculty or entity
TEBI


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [120] in Ancient Languages and Literatures: Oriental Studies

Master [60] in Ancient Languages and Literatures : Oriental Studies

Master [120] in Ancient and Modern Languages and Literatures

Master [120] in Theology

Master [60] in Theology

Certificat universitaire en langue, littérature et civilisation latines

Master [120] in History

Master [120] in Ancient Languages and Literatures: Classics