Introduction to Reformed Catholicity
A Greystone
MAR/MDiv Module
Program: MAR/MDiv
Visiting Students and Auditors Welcome
Sept. 8-Dec. 15 | Fridays 2-4 PM (EST) | On Site and Online
Note this is the MAR/MDiv introductory class, not the ThM/PhD class called "Reformed Catholicity”
Students who have already been accepted into a Greystone Program do not need to fill out the application form, but can register for the modules of their choice through their existing Populi account.
What is the “catholicity” of the Church confessed in the Apostles’ and Nicene Creeds? Does it only mean “universal,” or is there more to its significance? This class introduces the meaning and the significance of catholicity, exploring its function in confessional Reformational traditions and its ongoing importance for those traditions as a mode of ecclesiastical and theological labor. Figures and topics surveyed in this class include catholicity and the relationship of Scripture, the rule of faith, and tradition; Trinity, Christology, ecclesiology, and catholicity; Ignatius of Antioch; Augustine; the catholicity of the Reformation; the Thirty-Nine Articles, the Westminster Assembly, and other Reformed contexts for catholicity; Herman Bavinck; catholicity, preaching, the sacraments, and liturgy.