For lecture outlines click on the lecture link. Key terms are underlined.

WEEK 1: Tuesday, 3 September
Lecture topics:
(1) Introduction to the Course
(2) Religion in the Ancient World
Questions for tutorial readings: Bible: Acts 8: 1-8, 26-40; 10: 1-48; 19: 1-40

WEEK 2: Tuesday, 10 September
Lecture topic:
(1) The Jewish Legacy
(2) Who was Jesus?
Questions for tutorial readings:
Bible: Deuteronomy 6; Mark 4: 1-34, 12: 13-34; Luke 1:1-10:42, 19:1-24:53; John 1: 1-18, 7:1-8:59;
Romans 9:1-11:36; 1 Thessalonians 2: 14-16.
Lives of Roman Christian Women, 167-77.

WEEK 3: Tuesday, 17 September
Quiz #1 on material covered in lectures and tutorials in Weeks 1 and 2
Lecture topic:
Early Christians: Apostles, Martyrs, and Others
Questions for tutorial readings:
Bible: Acts 1: 1-8:1, 9:1-31, 11: 1-14:28, 21 :17-28: 31.
Lives of Roman Christian Women, 5-17, 20-56, 180-230.
Online source: The Martyrdom of St. Polycarp

WEEK 4: Tuesday, 24 September
Lecture Topics:
(1) The Formation of the New Testament
(2) The Development of Christian Doctrine: Part 1
Questions for tutorial readings: Bible: Acts 15: 1-35; Galatians (complete). Lives of Roman Christian Women, 60-108.

WEEK 5: Tuesday, 1 October
Quiz #2 on material covered in lectures and tutorials in Weeks 3 and 4
Lecture Topic:
The Development of Christian Doctrine: Part 2
Questions for tutorial readings:
Online sources: (1) Nicene Creed (325), (2) Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed (381), (3) Comparison of these creeds,
(4) Vincentian Canon, (5) Chalcedonian Definition

WEEK 6: Tuesday, 8 October
Lecture Topics:
(1) The Christianization of the West
(2) Tensions between Eastern and Western Christianity
Questions for tutorial readings: Online sources: (1) The Conversion of Clovis; (2) Willibald, The Life of St. Boniface

WEEK 7: Tuesday, 15 October
Quiz #3 on material covered in lectures and tutorials in Weeks 5 and 6
Lecture Topic:
Church Ministry and Government: Officials and Institutions
Questions for tutorial readings: Bible: Titus (complete),
Online source: Fourth Lateran Council (1215), Canons 1, 11, 15, 19, 21, 22, 23, 27, 29, 44, 46, 62, 66.

WEEK 8: Tuesday, 22 October
Essay #1 due in class at 12:30
Lecture topic:
The Papacy
Questions for tutorial readings: Bible: Matthew 16: 13-20, John 20: 19-23
Online sources: (1) Gelasius I, On Spiritual and Temporal Power, (2) Gregory VII, Dictatus Papae,
(3) Boniface VIII, Unam Sanctam

WEEK 9: Tuesday, 29 October
Lecture topic:
Monasticism and Mendicancy
Questions for tutorial readings: (1) Lives of Roman Christian Women, 60-70; (2) The Rule of Saint Benedict

WEEK 10: Tuesday, 5 November
Lecture Topic:
Western Christendom: The Militia of Christ or A Persecuting Society?
Questions for tutorial readings:
Online sources: (1) Urban II, Speech at the Council of Clermont, 1095; (2) Reinarius Saccho, On the Sects of Modern Heretics, 1254,
(3) Fourth Lateran Council (1215), Canons 3, 67, 68, 69, 70.
Book of Margery Kempe, 33-135 = Book 1, Chapters 1-40, inclusive.

WEEK 11: Tuesday, 12 November
Lecture topic:
Christian Worship
Read for the lecture on Tuesday:
Bible: 1 Corinthians 11: 17-34.
Online source: Justin Martyr, First Apology, Chapters Chapter 66 and Chapter 67.
Questions for tutorial readings:
Online Source: Didache.
Book of Margery Kempe, 135-227 = Book 1, Chapters 41-78, inclusive.

WEEK 12: Tuesday, 19 November
Lecture topic:
Christianity and Art
Questions for tutorial readings: Book of Margery Kempe, 228-97 = Book 1, Chapter 79 - end (Book 2, Chapter 10).

WEEK 13: Tuesday, 26 November
Final Test in class on Tuesday, 12:30-14:00, on material covered in class and tutorial between Weeks 7 and 12 inclusive.
Essay #2 due on Thursday, 28 November, AQ 6230, 9:30 in AQ 6018