Old Catholic Institute Continuing Formation in the Old Catholic Tradition

SACR601 - Sacramental Theology

Instructor: Bishop Greer Godsey

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Course Content

Section 1

  • Syllabus file

MODULE 1: What Is a Sacrament? — Definition, Sign, and Grace

  • Augustine — On Christian Doctrine Book II: Signs and Things file
  • Gregg Allison — Essentials of Catholic Theology: The Seven Sacraments file
  • Catholic Encyclopedia — Sacraments file
  • Aquinas — Summa Theologica III Q.60-65: On Sacraments in General file
  • Declaration of Utrecht (1889) — Articles 6-8 file
  • John H. Gerstner — Sacraments Part 1 file
  • MODULE 1 QUIZ quiz

MODULE 2: Biblical Foundations of Sacramental Theology

  • Romans 6:1-11 — Baptism into Christ's death and resurrection file
  • John 6:22-65 — Bread of Life discourse file
  • 1 Corinthians 11:23-34 — Paul's eucharistic tradition file
  • Matthew 28:18-20 — The Great Commission and baptismal mandate file
  • James 5:13-16 — Anointing the sick file
  • Catholic Encyclopedia — Baptism: Scriptural basis file
  • MODULE 2 QUIZ quiz

MODULE 3: The Patristic Sacramental Vision — Ignatius, Tertullian, and Cyprian

  • Ignatius of Antioch — Letter to the Ephesians (on the Eucharist) file
  • Tertullian — On Baptism (De Baptismo) file
  • Cyprian of Carthage — On the Unity of the Church file
  • Hippolytus — Apostolic Tradition file
  • Catholic Encyclopedia — Tertullian file
  • MODULE 3 QUIZ quiz

MODULE 4: The Mystagogical Tradition — Cyril of Jerusalem, Ambrose, and Chrysostom

  • Cyril of Jerusalem — Mystagogical Catecheses 1-5 file
  • Cyril of Jerusalem — Catechetical Lecture 3 (On Baptism) file
  • Ambrose of Milan — On the Sacraments (De Sacramentis) file
  • John Chrysostom — Homily on 1 Corinthians 24 (on the Eucharist) file
  • Catholic Encyclopedia — Cyril of Jerusalem file
  • St. Cyril of Jerusalem and the mystagogical tradition file
  • MODULE 4 QUIZ quiz

MODULE 5: Augustine's Sacramental Theology — Sign, Reality, and the Donatist Controversy

  • Augustine — On Baptism Against the Donatists file
  • Augustine — Sermon 27: On the Eucharist file
  • Augustine — Tractate 80 on John 15 file
  • Catholic Encyclopedia — Augustine of Hippo file
  • Gregg Allison — Essentials of Catholic Theology: The Sacramental Economy file
  • Augustine's Sacramental Theology file
  • MODULE 5 QUIZ quiz

MODULE 6: Aquinas and the Scholastic Development of Sacramental Theology

  • Aquinas — Summa Theologica III Q.60-65 file
  • Aquinas — Summa Theologica III Q.73-83: On the Eucharist file
  • Catholic Encyclopedia — Transubstantiation file
  • Aquinas — Summa IIIa Q.65 Art.1 file
  • Catholic Encyclopedia — Sacramentals file
  • Thomas Aquinas — De Articulis Fidei (On the Articles of Faith and the Sacraments of the Church) file
  • Philip Schaff — History of the Christian Church, Vol. V: Aquinas, Transubstantiation, and Scholastic Sacramental Theology file
  • MODULE 6 QUIZ quiz

MODULE 7: The Reformation Controversies — Luther, Calvin, and Trent

  • Council of Trent — Session VII: On the Sacraments in General file
  • Council of Trent — Session XIII: On the Eucharist file
  • Council of Trent — Session XXII: On the Sacrifice of the Mass file
  • Martin Luther — The Babylonian Captivity of the Church (1520) excerpts file
  • Catholic Encyclopedia — Trent, Council of file
  • Gregg Allison — Essentials of Catholic Theology: The Eucharist file
  • MODULE 7 QUIZ quiz

MODULE 8: Dutch Old Catholic Sacramental Theology — Declaration of Utrecht and the Patristic Norm

  • Research Paper 1: The Patristic Foundations of Dutch Old Catholic Sacramental Theology assignment
  • Declaration of Utrecht (1889) — Full text file
  • Lima Text — Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry (BEM, 1982) file
  • Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands file
  • Bonn Agreement (1931) — Anglican-Old Catholic full communion file
  • Old Catholics file
  • John Mason Neale — History of the So-Called Jansenist Church of Holland file
  • MODULE 8 QUIZ quiz

MODULE 9: Baptism — Death, Resurrection, and New Birth

  • Tertullian — On Baptism (De Baptismo) file
  • Cyril of Jerusalem — Mystagogical Catechesis 2 (On Baptism) file
  • Ambrose — On the Mysteries (De Mysteriis) file
  • Romans 6:1-11 — Bible Gateway NRSV file
  • Catholic Encyclopedia — Baptism file
  • Lima Text (BEM) — Baptism section file
  • MODULE 9 QUIZ quiz

MODULE 10: Confirmation — Chrismation and the Seal of the Spirit

  • Acts 8:14-17 — The Samaritans receive the Spirit file
  • Cyril of Jerusalem — Mystagogical Catechesis 3 (On Chrismation) file
  • Ambrose — On the Mysteries: The Spiritual Seal file
  • Catholic Encyclopedia — Confirmation file
  • Aquinas — Summa Theologica III Q.72: On Confirmation file
  • Lima Text (BEM) — Baptism section on the gift of the Spirit file
  • MODULE 10 QUIZ quiz

MODULE 11: The Eucharist I — Real Presence, Sacrifice, and Communion

  • Cyril of Jerusalem — Mystagogical Catecheses 4-5 (On the Eucharist) file
  • John Chrysostom — Homilies on Matthew 82 file
  • Augustine — Sermon 27 file
  • Aquinas — Summa Theologica III Q.73-83 file
  • Lima Text (BEM) — Eucharist section file
  • Catholic Encyclopedia — Eucharist file
  • MODULE 11 QUIZ quiz

MODULE 12: The Eucharist II — Dutch Old Catholic Eucharistic Theology in Depth

  • The Old Catholic Missal and Ritual (1909, A.H. Mathew) file
  • Declaration of Utrecht (1889) — Articles 6-8 on the Eucharist file
  • Lima Text (BEM) — Eucharist section file
  • Hippolytus — Apostolic Tradition (eucharistic prayer/anaphora) file
  • Catholic Encyclopedia — Communion under Both Kinds file
  • Old Catholic History file
  • MODULE 12 QUIZ quiz

MODULE 13: Penance and Reconciliation — Forgiveness After Baptism

  • Matthew 16:18-19 — The power of the keys file
  • John 20:22-23 — The authority to forgive sins file
  • Tertullian — On Repentance (De Poenitentia) file
  • Council of Trent — Session XIV on Penance file
  • Catholic Encyclopedia — Penance (Sacrament of) file
  • Church Fathers on the Sacrament of Penance file
  • MODULE 13 QUIZ quiz

MODULE 14: Holy Orders — Apostolic Succession and Sacramental Ministry

  • Ignatius of Antioch — Letters on the three-fold ministry file
  • Hippolytus — Apostolic Tradition (rites of ordination) file
  • Council of Trent — Session XXIII on Holy Orders file
  • Apostolic Succession of the Old Catholic Church file
  • Catholic Encyclopedia — Holy Orders file
  • Lima Text (BEM) — Ministry section file
  • MODULE 14 QUIZ quiz

MODULE 15: Marriage and Anointing of the Sick — Sacraments of Life and Death

  • Ephesians 5:21-33 — Marriage as sign of Christ and the Church file
  • James 5:13-16 — Anointing and healing file
  • Tertullian — To His Wife (on Christian marriage) file
  • Catholic Encyclopedia — Matrimony (Sacrament of) file
  • Catholic Encyclopedia — Extreme Unction file
  • Church Fathers on Anointing file
  • Church Fathers on Holy Matrimony file
  • MODULE 15 QUIZ quiz

MODULE 16: Sacraments and Ecumenism — Toward a Shared Sacramental Theology

  • Research Paper 2 — Capstone: Dutch Old Catholic Sacramental Theology and the Ecumenical Future assignment
  • Lima Text — BEM (1982) file
  • Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands file
  • Declaration of Utrecht (1889) file
  • Bonn Agreement (1931) — Anglican-Old Catholic full communion file
  • Sacrosanctum Concilium — Vatican II Constitution on the Liturgy file
  • John H. Gerstner — Sacraments: Part 1 file
  • John H. Gerstner — Sacraments: Part 2 file
  • John H. Gerstner — Sacraments: Part 3 file
  • MODULE 16 QUIZ quiz