Baptism Confirmation and Penance (CT3131C)

Wednesdays, 2pm - 5pm

PROPOSED TEACHING SCHEDULE

Week 1
Introduction The sacramental principle and reality in Catholic Tradition Jesus Christ the Sacrament of Encounter with God

Week 2
The Church as Sacrament of Christ Paschal Mystery celebration of Sacraments of Initiation Vatican II on the Sacraments of initiation

Week 3
The Patristic Theology of Initiation: Developments in the East and West Towards the 16th Century: Medieval theology and practice; Aquinas and the scholastics; reformation issues

Week 4
Theology of Baptism: Introduction Conversion and Community: two key concepts in a theology of baptism

Week 5
Baptism in Scriptures Pauline Theology

Week 6
Theology of infant baptism Current teachings on baptism The Rites of Baptism

Week 7
Confirmation and the decline of the unified rite of initiation: emergence of confirmation as a separated sacrament

Week 8
Developing a Theology of Confirmation for today: Theological, liturgical and pastoral issues

Week 9
Theology of the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults

Week 10 Penance: Introduction and Scriptural foundations Early Church practice, Reformation Issues and the Council of Trent

Week 11 Vatican II and the Ordo Penitentiae Towards a Theology of the Sacrament of Penance

Week 12 Contemporary Approaches and unresolved issues

CONTENT: The content of the course will include the following themes: • Sacraments as celebrated in the liturgy • An understanding of sacraments and sacramentality • The scriptural foundation of sacramental theology • The sacraments from an ecumenical perspective • Sacraments of initiation • Historical development of the sacrament of baptism • The rite of the sacrament of baptism • The problem of infant baptism and the question of salvation • The historical and theological relationship between Baptism and Confirmation • The theology of the sacrament of confirmation • The rite of the sacrament of confirmation • The historical and theological development of Penance • The place and contribution of the sacrament of penance in today’s world