During our first meeting as a class, we talked about the title of the theology book that Snoopy wanted to write. We agreed that Snoopy's title is a good after all: "Has It Ever Occurred to You That You Might Be Wronged?" This led us to conclude that critical understanding our faith is an important aspect of being Catholic Christians and of deepening our faith. Because we believe in God so we seek to understand this faith -- or as St. Anselm of Canterbury puts it: "Fides quaerens intellectum" (faith seeking understanding"). This is theology -- and it will be the guiding principle for our Saturday courses at the CTS program.
Then we had a survey of the different areas in Theology and the different subjects of the CTS program and of the Divine Word Seminary curriculum for the seminarians. We saw that the Bible is the "soul of theology".
We ended up with a rapid survey of the books and pages of the Bible.
Please click here for a copy of the TORSEM Handout given in class.
Please click here for a copy of the powerpoint presentation.
Also here for additional helpful reading materials Getting Started with Theology ; The Essential Key to Catholic Theology.
Please click here to read, "The Bible as Book and as Library" - in preparation for the next meeting.
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Pleae also click here to read, "Bible and History" in preparation also for the next meeting.
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