CS201 Western Civilization: Greeks to Aquinas

CS201 Western Civilization: Greeks to Aquinas

*Title Page
*Syllabus
*Introduction
*Unit 1: Introduction: A Christian View of History

• S1 – The Concept of “Catholicity”
• S2 – The Methods of Historical Inquiry: How Do We Do History?
• Unit 1 Quiz

*Unit 2: Background of the Early Church: Judaism

• S3 – Monotheism
• S4 – Jewish History to the Time of Jesus
• S5 – Key Aspects of First-Century Judaism
• S6 – Using Ratings and Collections to Search for Key Terms
• Unit 2 Quiz

*Unit 3: Background of the Early Church: The Greeks

• S7 – The Classical Era
• S8 – Alexander and His Conquests
• S9- Features of Hellenism
• Unit 3 Quiz

*Unit 4 – Background of the Early Church: The Romans

• S10 -Rome and the Early Church: Friends or Foes?
• S11 – A Brief Survey of Roman History
• S12 – Aspects of Roman Culture Conducive to the Gospel
• S13 – Using Search Operators to Find Information about Roman Travel
• Unit 4 Quiz

*Unit 5 – The Birth of Christianity

• S14 – Key Ideas of the “Orthodox” Church
• S15 – The Myth of Early Universal Orthodoxy
• S16 – The Myth of Radical Diversity
• S17 – How Orthodoxy Was Formed
• Unit 5 Quiz

*Unit 6 – Judaism and the Early Church

• S18 – Hebrews, Hellenists, and Heretical Sects
• S19 – James and the Jerusalem Church
• S20 – Understanding and Using the Referent Database
• S21 – The Church versus the Synagogue
• Unit 6 Quiz

*Unit 7 – Strategies to Achieve Catholicity

• S22 – The Monepiscopacy
• S23 – Using Louw-Nida Numbers to Research Church Leadership
• S24 – The Canon of Scripture
• S25 – The Creeds of the Ancient Church
• Unit 7 Quiz

*Unit 8 – Persecution in the Early Church

• S26 – The Reasons behind Persecution
• S27 – The Roman Imperial Cult
• S28 – Historical Stages of Persecution
• S29 – Using the Timeline to Look Up Persecution in Church History
• Unit 8 Quiz

*Unit 9: Imperial Christianity

• S30 – The Rise of Constantine
• S31 – Two Important Successors to Constantine
• S32 – The Imperial Theology of Eusebius
• Unit 9 Quiz

*Unit 10: The Council of Nicaea

• S33 – The Theology of Arius
• S34 – Nicene Trinitarianism

*Unit 11: Early Christian Art and Architecture

• S35 – The Catacombs
• S36 – Finding Images of the Catacombs and Storing Them in Favorites
• S37 – Types of Early Christian Art
• S38 – Triumphal Art after Constantine
• S39 – Early Christian Buildings
• Unit 11 Quiz

*Unit 12: Augustine of Hippo

• S40 – Augustine’s Life
• S41 – Augustine’s View of History
• S42 – Using Notes to Track Augustine’s View of the Two Cities
• S43 – Augustine’s Legacy for Western Civilization
• Unit 12 Quiz

*Unit 13: The Council of Chalcedon

• S44 – Heretical Christologies
• S45 – The Alexandrians and the Antiochians
• S46 – Chalcedon and Its Aftermath
• Unit 13 Quiz
• Midterm Exam

*Unit 14 – Early Christian Monasticism

• S47 – Antecedents of Early Christian Monasticism
• S48 – The Historical Motive
• S49 – Finding Information on the Origins of Monasticism
• S50 – Key Figures in Early Christian Monasticism
• Unit 14 Quiz

*Unit 15: Christian Mission

• S51 – Alternate Christian Expressions
• S52 – Early Missionary Efforts
• Unit 15 Quiz

*Unit 16: The Byzantine World

• S53 – Constantine and His City
• S54 – The Splendor of Justinian
• S55 – Conversion of the Slavs
• S56 – Eastern Orthodox Distinctives
• Unit 16 Quiz

*Unit 17: The Fall of Rome

• S57 – Historical Explanations
• S58 – The Barbarian Invasions
• S59 – New Alliances for the Church
• Unit 17 Quiz

*Unit 18 – The Rise of the Papacy

• S60 – Apostolic Succession
• S61 – The Prestige of Rome
• S62 – Theology of the Papacy
• S63 – Using the Clause Search to Explore the Relationship between Jesus and Peter
• S64 – Key Figures in the Development of the Papacy
• Unit 18 Quiz

*Unit 19 – British and Celtic Christianity

• S65 – Early History of the British Isles
• S66 – Christianity in Britain
• S67 – The Celtic Church
• S68 – The Anglo-Saxons
• Unit 19 Quiz

*Unit 20 – The Birth of Europe

• S69 – Political Structures
• S70 – Religious Beliefs and Practices
• S71 – Cultural Institutions
• S72 – Using the Sermon Starter Guide to Find a Biblical Perspective on War
• Unit 20 Quiz

*Unit 21 – Charlemagne and the Carolingian Renaissance

• S73 – Rise of the Carolingians out of the Dark Ages
• S74 – Rebirth under Charlemagne
• S75 – The Holy Roman Empire
• S76 – The Viking Invasions
• Unit 21 Quiz

*Unit 22: The High Middle Ages

• S77 – Reforms of Gregory VII
• S78 – Lay Investiture Controversy
• S79 – Romanesque and Gothic Architectural Styles
• S80 – The Great Schism
• Unit 22 Quiz

*Unit 23: Life in Medieval Christendom

• S81 – William the Conqueror
• S82 – Norman Castles
• S83 – Thomas Becket and the “Murder in the Cathedral”
• S84 – Pope Innocent III
• Unit 23 Quiz

*Unit 24 – The Crusades

• S85 – Interpretation and Motivations
• S86 – Historical Context: The Rise of Islam
• S87 – The First Crusade
• S88 – Results of the Crusades
• Unit 24 Quiz

*Unit 25: Medieval Intellectualism

• S89 – Two Important Intellectual Leaders: Alcuin and Anselm
• S90 – New Monastic Orders: Cistercians, Dominicans, and Franciscans
• S91 – Rise of the Universities
• S92 – Scholasticism and Thomas Aquinas
• Unit 25 Quiz

*Conclusion

• S93 – Conclusion to the Course

*Final Exam