11/23 Monday - Exam over Section II of Notes

Miracles, Salvation, and Resurrection

 

 

11/20 Apologetics of the Resurrection

11/19 - The Resurrection

11/18 - Divinity and Miracles

11/17 - cont. Miracles, Signs and Wonders

11/16 - QUIZ OVER PART 4 - Miracles, Signs and Wonders

CHANGE OF SCHEDULE

QUIZ SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY THE 13TH IS RESCHEDULED FOR
MONDAY THE 16TH (THIS IS OVER PART 4 IN THE TEXT)

11/13 - Quiz Part 4 from the Kreeft Text - Lecture:

"The Divinity of the Trinity"

11/12 - Trinity (part II?)

11/11- 3 in 1 - The Trinity

11/10 - Divinity of Christ (cont.)

11/9 - Divinity of Christ

11/6 - Quiz over Part 3 in Kreeft Text - "Salvation History" (Continued)

11/5 - "Salvation History"

11/4 - "Are you saved?" ...and other salvific questions...

11/3 - Intro Material to Section #2

Divinity, Trinity, Salvation, Miracles and The Resurrection

11/2 - Exam - see details below

10/30 - Final lecture before test - lecture on "Aquinas' 5 Ways"

EXAM #1 OVER LECTURE NOTES AND OVER POWERPOINTS

"FAITH AND REASON"

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND 2009

INCLUDED IN THIS EXAM WILL BE FOUR QUESTIONS FROM

PART #2 OF THE TEXT

Go to the Photos/Documents Page on the Main page of this site to see the two powerpoint presentations I gave in class.

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REMINDER: Quiz over Part # 2 of the text will be on Friday October 30th

October 28th - Fulfilled Messianic Prophecy

October 27th - PowerPoint and lecture over Aquinas and the 5 Ways

October 27th - Quiz over Part 1 in textbook

ANNOUNCEMENT: EXAM # 1 OVER "FAITH AND REASON"

NOVEMBER 2ND.

QUIZ WHICH WAS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY OCTOBER 26TH WILL NOW BE ON ON TUESDAY OCTOBER 27TH

CATHOLIC APOLOGETICS SYLLABUS

CASCIA HALL SCHOOL - SENIOR SEMINAR - 2^ND QUARTER

M,W,Th,F 8:15-9:00 AM Tuesdays 8:50-9:35 AM

“Always be prepared to make a defense to any one who calls you to account for the hope that is in you, yet do it with gentleness and reverence.” (1 Peter 3:15 RSV).

Course Description:

In this course students examine the nature of apologetics and the ways in which

apologetics is used to deal with the principal facts of Christianity, and God’s self disclosure and His revelation transmitted in the Church to believers in the contemporary world.

The scope of study will examine the apologetic reasons to answer, account for, and defend aspects of the Catholic Christian faith tradition.

We will examine the theological, philosophical, historical and biblical reasons for a variety of Catholic Christian teachings, beliefs and practices.

Course Texts:

Kreeft, Peter and Tacelli, Ronald, Handbook of Christian Apologetics: Hundreds of Answers to Crucial Questions

Bible (You may bring the translation and/or version of your choice. I will primarily be using the Revised Standard Version in class.)

Desired Outcome at the conclusion of this course:

Students should…

1. know the key arguments used to support and to challenge the Catholic Christian faith;

2. be able to articulate the main elements of Church teaching about these arguments;

3. be able to express their positions in a clear, concise, cogent manner, keeping in mind the words from Peter’s first epistle,

“…yet do it with gentleness and reverence .”

And from Titus 1:9-10 “…he must hold firm to the sure word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to confute those who contradict it, for there are many insubordinate men, empty talkers and deceivers.”

Grading:

There will be only two types of grades in this class: Quizzes and Tests

Quizzes will primarily be over the readings from the Bible and the Kreeft text.

Tests will primarily be from the lecture notes but may be based on a combination of lecture notes, handouts and the course texts.

All quizzes and tests are worth 100 PERCENTAGE points HOWEVER the average of your tests are worth 2/3 of your overall grade and the average of your quizzes are worth 1/3 of your overall grade.

Reading Schedule for Kreeft’s “Handbook of Christian Apologetics” and the quiz and test schedule :

Week 1 – Part 1

Week 2 – Part 2

Week 3 – Part 3

Week 4 – Part 4

Weeks 5 & 6 – Part 5

Week 7 – Part 6

**Quizzes will be on Fridays at the end of each reading section. This means we will have a approximately 6 quizzes before the end of the term.

** We will have 3 exams this quarter. Here are the general subject areas for those exams:

1^st Exam – Faith and Reason November 2nd

2^nd Exam - Divinity, Trinity, Salvation Miracles and The Resurrection November 23rd

3^rd Exam – Uniquely Catholic December 14th

(*Test dates are tentative)