E-Quip Lectures
119* Lecture Access Points for Orthodox Faith and Life and Numerous Extra Appendices, Bibliographies etc.
* 12 to follow 2012/2013
includes, Preaching and Teaching Course
also Liturgical Composition and Rules Resource
and Orthodox Guides to Non-Orthodox Christian Confessions and Traditions and Non-Christian Religions
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YEAR 1
UNIT 1A
ORTHODOX FAITH AND LIFE
Orthodox Faith and Life – Theology, Experience, and Practice (1)
Orthodox Faith and Life – God, Known and Unknown (2)
Orthodox Faith and Life – What is Truth? (3)
Orthodox Faith and Life – The Sources in Tradition (4)
Orthodox Faith and Life – Biblical Canon and Interpretation (5)
Orthodox Faith and Life – The Human Person (6)
Orthodox Faith and Life – Salvation in the Orthodox Church ( 7, 8, 9, 10 )
Supplementary Material
An ecumenical essay examining the fundamentalist and evangelical doctrine of the authority of the Scriptures in the context of the historical trajectory of the Church in the East and the West. Magisterial in scope and thorough in its research and its sourced material, this is an excellent survey of the issues as they have developed from the Protestant Reformation to the present day.
UNIT 1B
LITURGICAL THEOLOGY
Liturgical Theology – "Why Liturgical Theology?" (11)
Liturgical Theology – Baptism and Chrismation (12)
Liturgical Theology – The Eucharist (13)
Liturgical Theology – The Sanctification of Space and Time (14)
Liturgical Theology – The Sanctification of Matter and Life (15)
Liturgical Theology – The Sanctification of Persons and Saints (16)
Liturgical Theology – Liturgical Space (17)
Liturgical Theology – The Jesus Prayer (18)
Liturgical Theology – A Liturgical Miscellany - other Services and Prayers (19)
Liturgical Theology – Historical Developments, East and West (20)
Supplementary Material
For Glossaries, Composition and Rules for the Services according to the typicon, see below.
UNIT 1C
CHURCH HISTORY
Church History – New Testament Background (21)
Church History – The Early Christian Centuries (22)
Church History – The Church of the Councils & The Greek-Latin Divide (23, 24)
Church History – Decline and Metamorphosis from the Schism, 1054 to 1453 (25)Church History – Christianity in Russia (to 1600) & the Reformation (to 1650) (26)
Church History – Reason and Revolution – 1650 to 1800 (27)
Church History – Nationalism and Modernity – 1800 to 1900 (28)
Church History – Secularism and Atheism - 1900 to present (29)
Church History – Lessons from History (30)
Supplementary Material
Timeline (Mainly the West - pre/post Schism)
"The Golden Age of Christianity in Britain and Ireland and Orthodoxy Today" (Kenneth Parker)
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YEAR 2
UNIT 2A
SCRIPTURE – OLD TESTAMENT
Scripture OT - Ancestors and Patriarchs (31)
Scripture OT – Exodus (32)
Scripture OT - Covenant (33)
Scripture OT - Conquest and Judges (34)
Scripture OT – Kings (35)
Scripture OT – Prophets in the North (36)
Scripture OT - Judah and Assyria (37)
Scripture OT – The Fall of Jerusalem and Babylonian Exile (38)
Scripture OT - Restoration Rebuilding and Reform (39)
Scripture OT – Worship, Wisdom and Eschatology (40)
UNIT 2B
SCRIPTURE – NEW TESTAMENT
Scripture NT – The Synoptic Gospels
41: St. Mark 42: St. Matthew 43: St. Luke
Scripture NT- St. John (44) The Johannine Writings (45)
Scripture NT – The Theology of St. Paul & the Deutero-Pauline letters:-
46: Introduction, 1 & 2 Thessalonians, 1 & 2 Corinthians, Galatians
47: Romans and the Prison Epistles
48: The Pastoral Epistles, Hebrews
Scripture NT – Acts of the Apostles, James and 1 Peter (49)
Scripture NT – Jude, 2 Peter and the New Testament Canon (50)
UNIT 2C TRADITION
Fr. Gregory, Daniel Hartley and Fr Deacon Emmanuel Kahn
Tradition – The Apostolic Fathers and Apologists (51)
Tradition - The Ante-Nicene Fathers (52)
Tradition – Martyrdom and Monasticism (53)
Tradition – The Nicene Era (54)
Tradition - Early Western Fathers after Nicaea (55)
Tradition The 3rd to the 6th Ecumenical Councils (56)
Tradition – Iconoclasm, the 7th Council and East-West tensions (57)
Tradition - East and West from 1054 to 1453 (58)
Tradition – Orthodox Teachers and Saints of the 18th and 19th centuries (59)
Tradition – Orthodox Teachers and Saints of the 20th Century (60)
Supplementary Material
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YEAR 3
UNIT 3A
DOCTRINE
Doctrine – Creator and Creation (61, 62)
Doctrine – The Incarnation and the Theotokos (63,
64)
Appendix A:
Feasts of the Theotokos
Doctrine – The Holy Spirit and the Dogma of the
Trinity (65,
66)
Appendix B: The Filioque (external link)
Doctrine – Deification and the Communion of Saints (67, 68)
Doctrine – Eschatology and the Kingdom of God (69, 70) [one text in two parts]
UNIT 3B
PASTORAL AND ASCETICAL THEOLOGY
Pastoral Theology – Repentance, Confession and Reconciliation (71)
Pastoral Theology – Healing and Deliverance (72)
Pastoral Theology – Spiritual Parenting and Discipleship
"The
Spiritual Father in Orthodox Christianity"
by Metropolitan Kallistos Ware (73)
Pastoral Theology – Prayer (74)
Pastoral Theology – Asceticism (75)
Pastoral Theology – Almsgiving and Stewardship (76)
Pastoral Theology – Vocation and Work (77)
Pastoral Theology – Marriage Family and Relationships (78)
Pastoral Theology – Gender and Sexuality (79)
Pastoral Theology – Canonical Tradition (80)
UNIT 3C MINISTRIES AND MISSION
Church Theology – Bishop, Priest and Deacon (81)
Church Theology – Men and Women in the Church (82)
Church Theology – The Orthodox Parish (83)
Church Theology – Church Music (84)
Church Theology – Christian Education (85)
Church Theology – Ecclesiology (86)
Church Theology – Ecumenism (87)
Church Theology – Politics and Social Justice (88)
Church Theology – Faith and Science (89)
Church Theology – Evangelisation and Missions (90)
(St. Nicholas of Japan - Orthodox Missions Timeline)
Supplementary Material
Fr. Gregory's Lectures and Debates on Orthodoxy and Science
"The Diaconate Today" - a paper commissioned from Fr. Gregory by the Theological Committee of the Assembly of Bishops for the British Isles and Ireland.
C.S. Lewis: Priestesses in the Church?
BIBLIOGRAPHY - UNIT 3C - no separate listing - there are extensive footnotes, references and bibliographies in each lecture of this unit.
SUPPLEMENTARY LECTURES
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TEACHING AND PREACHING COURSE
Fr. Gregory, Fr Deacon Emmanuel Kahn
1. Historical Perspectives and Theological Principles (91) - TASK
2. Objectives of Teaching and Preaching (92) - TASK
3. Context - Social, Personal, Spiritual (93) - TASK
4. Modes of Learning (94) - TASK
5. Preparation Principles (95) - TASK
6. Choosing Content (96) - TASK
7. Composition and Process (97) - TASK
8. The Science and Art of Communication (98) - TASK
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SERVICES - COMPOSITION AND RULES RESOURCE
Fr. Gregory
1. Vespers, Liturgical Principles, and Glossaries (Books and Terms) (99)
2. Matins, Ranking of Celebrations, Festal Variants (100, 101)
3. Liturgies: St. John Chrysostom / St. Basil the Great
Pre-Sanctified Gifts, Hierarchical (102, 103, 104)
4.
Hours, Royal Hours,Typica and Services without a Priest (105)
Compline (Great and Small),
Midnight Office, Akathist, Paraklesis, Molieben (106)
5. Baptism, Chrismation, Marriage, Funerals (107)
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NON-ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CONFESSIONS AND TRADITIONS
See also Unit 1C on Church History (Dimitri Brady)
THIS UNIT: Fr. Gregory, Fr. Deacon Emmanuel
2. Non-Chalcedonian Christianity (109)
3. European Reformation Protestantism (110)
4. Protestantism in America (111)
5. The Reformation and After in Britain (112) Appendix: Church Statistics UK
6.
Protestantism and the World Council of Churches (113)
& Lecture Summary
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NON-CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS
1. Judaism (114)
2. Islam (115)
3. Hinduism (116)
4. Buddhism (117)
5. Sikhism (118)
6. New Religions (119)
(To be published in 2013)
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COMING IN 2013 - a new Supplementary Unit on "Christian Anthropology" (6 lectures) and a new 1 year Certificate Course (Autumn / Fall)
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