Foundational Christian Beliefs

TH505

Learning Outcomes

The purpose of the course is to give an overview of the central doctrines of Christian faith following the outline given in the Creeds. It is designed to provide a single semester outline of theology for candidates for the Graduate Diploma of Divinity.

On completion of this unit, a student will be able to:

  1. Name and outline the content of the major theological loci as set out in the Creeds;
  2. Describe why it is useful to be able to describe beliefs; and
  3. Locate their own beliefs in the wider spread of Christian understandings.

Content

  1. Why beliefs matter, and why the Creeds were created
  2. The doctrine of God the Father
  3. The doctrine of God the Creator
  4. The doctrine of God the Son
  5. The doctrine of Jesus the Saviour
  6. The doctrine of the Holy Spirit
  7. The doctrine of the Church
  8. Eschatology


Workload: One semester, 4 credit points, 39 contact hours
Status: Elective
Pre-requisites / Co-requisites / Exclusions:
This unit may not be taken if any of TH401–404 or TH601–604 has been taken.
This unit should only be taken by Graduage Diploma students.