Week 2: The “Christ”
M (01/26) Backgrounds, part 2. The Jewish Context.
Reading Assignment: Walker: period 1, chapters 3 through 7.
W(01/28) Backgrounds part 2. The Jewish Context, continued. Intro. to the Gospel of Mark.
F(01/30) The Gospel of Mark in context.
Reading Assignment: Gospel of Mark.

Week 3: The Movement
M(02/02) Christian Organization and Life: Transformation of the Jewish model. Introduction to the Didache.
Reading Assignment: Walker: period 1, chapters 8 and 9, AND period 2, chapters 12-14.
W(02/04) Christian Organization and Life, continued. Introduction to the Didache.
F (02/06) Early varieties of Christianity and the Didache.
Reading Assignment: The Didaché Cyril Richardson translation. (available online)

Week 4: Growing Pains
M(02/09) Relating to the Outside: The Church, the Roman State, and Philosophy.
Reading Assignment: Walker: Period 1, chapters 10 & 11.
W(02/11) Discussion of Justin Martyr: Second Apology.
Reading Assignment: Justin Martyr, Second Apology. (Available online or on disk.)
F(02/13) Introduction to Gnosticism, Marcion, and Montanism.
Reading Assignment: Walker: Period II, chapters 1, 2 & 3.

Week 5: Reaction and Consolidation
*M(02/16) The development of the mainstream. Development of the Canon.
Reading Assignment: Walker: Period II, chapters 4 through 7.
ASSIGNMENT DUE: Primary Source Report on Ignatius of Antioch’s Letter to the Magnesians.
W(02/18) Development of the Canon concluded. Irenaeus of Lyon: Against Heresies. Intro. to Gnostic Gospels.
Reading Assignment: Irenaeus of Lyon, Against Heresies, Book 1, selections. (Available online and on disk.)
F(02/20) Irenaeus, concluded. Intro. to Gnostic Gospels.
Reading Assignment: Irenaeus of Lyon, Against Heresies, Book 5, selections. (Available online and on disk.)

Week 6: Gnosticism concluded and Test
M(02/23) Gnostic Gospels.
Reading Assignment: ALL read The Gospel of Thomas (Available online.) Class will be divided between Gospel of Judas, and Apocalypse of Peter (both available online).
W(02/25) Gnostic Gospels, concluded. Review for test.
**F(02/27) TEST 1.

Week 7: Perpetua’s Passion
M(03/02) Return of Test 1.
W(03/04) Introduction to Martyrdom and the Memory of the Saints.
F(03/06) Discussion of the Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicity.
Reading Assignment: The Passion of the Holy Martyrs Perpetua and Felicity. (Available Online).

Week 8: Conflict in the “long” Third Century
M(03/09) Discussion of the Apostolic Tradition of Hippolytus of Rome.
Reading Assignment: Hippolytus of Rome, Apostolic Tradition (available online)
W(03/11) Philosophical questions and the nature of Christ.
Reading Assignment: Walker: period 2, chapters 8-11.
F(03/13) Heresies: a how-to. Transition.
Reading Assignment: Walker, period 2, chapters 15-19.

SPRING BREAK

Week 9: Legalization and the Arian Conflict.
M (03/23) The Emperor’s new groove. Intro. to Arianism.
Reading Assignment: Walker: Period 3, chapters 1-2.
W (03/25) Arianism, part 2, and the first two Councils.
Reading Assignment: Walker: Period 3, chapters 3-4.
F (03/27) The Arian conflict, concluded. People on the move (both Germans and Monks -- hmmm...)
Reading Assignment: Walker: period 3, chapters 5-7.

Week 10: Further Debates, Decisions, and Revisions
**M (03/30) Intro. to the Later Christological controversies.
Reading Assignment: Walker: period 3, chapters 8 & 9.
ASSIGNMENT DUE: Primary source report on Athanasius’ Life of Anthony
W (04/01) The Later Christological controversies continued.
Reading Assignment: Walker: period 3, chapters 10-11.
F (04/03) Other Fourth Century developments.
Reading Assignment: Walker: period 3, chapters 12-13.

Week 11: Test and Transition
M (04/06) Wrap-up and review.
**W (04/08) Test 2.
F (04/10) Return of Test 2.

Week 12: Jerome and Augustine.
M(04/13) Intro. to Western Christianity.
Reading Assignment: Walker, period 3, chapter 14.
W(04/15) Jerome. Intro. to Augustine.
Reading Assignment: Walker: period 3, chapters 15-16.
F(04/17) Augustine and the Pelagian Controversy.
Reading Assignment: Walker: period 3, chapters 17-18.

Week 13: Pelagianism concluded and Expansion.
M (04/20) The Pelagian Controversy concluded.
Reading Assignment: Walker: period 3, chapter 19.
W (04/22) Intro. to Gregory and European Conversions.
Reading Assignment: Walker: period 4, chapter 1.
F (04/24) Expansion of Christianity, the “Empire” of the Franks, intro. to Iconoclasm.
Reading Assignment: Walker: period 4, chapters 2-5.

Week 14: Iconoclasm and Icons.
M (04/27) The Iconoclastic Controversy.
Reading Assignment: Walker: period 4, chapters 6-8.
W (04/29) Western Christianity in the Medieval period.
Reading Assignment: Walker: period 4, chapters 9-11.
*F (05/01) Introduction to Icons and their theology.
ASSIGNMENT DUE: Primary source report on John of Damascus, On the Divine Images

Week 15: The View From the East, and Review.
M (05/04) The Eastern Understanding of the Schism.
Reading Assignment: Ware, chapters 1-3.
W (05/06) Eastern Christian history, continued.
Reading Assignment: Ware, chapters 4-6.
F (05/08) Review for final exam.

FINAL EXAMINATION: Tuesday, May 12, 12:00-1:55