Jesus Christ: Revealer of the Triune God B (CT2202C)

Content

This unit will deal with the Gospel account of the public ministry of Jesus as implicit Christology and ground for the development of the doctrine of the Trinity; the Paschal Mystery of Jesus, especially as revealing the triune God, and the development of the doctrines of Christ and the Trinity in the Church’s tradition, both classical and contemporary.
Tutorial work will canvas key aspects of the theology of the Trinity.

Learning outcomes

Unit sequence

CT1100C and CT1110C

Pedagogy

A variety of learning resources – lectures, guided reading, peer discussion, tutorials, formative feedback on assessment tasks and electronic resources for further study – will enable students to achieve the learning outcomes of the unit.

Indicative Bibliography

• Cook, M.L. Trinitarian Christology: The Power that Sets Us Free. Mahwah: Paulist Press, 2010.
• Dupuis, Jacques. Who Do You Say I Am? An Introduction to Christology. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 1994.
• Fiorenza, Francis Schüssler and John P. Galvin, eds. Systematic Theology: Roman Catholic Perspectives, 2nd ed. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2011.
• Hill, William J. The Three-Personed God: The Trinity as a Mystery of Salvation. Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 1982.
• Hunt, Anne. Trinity: Nexus of the Mysteries of Christian Faith. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2005.
• Kasper, Walter. The God of Jesus Christ. Translated by Matthew J. O’Connell. New ed. London: Continuum, 2012.
• La Cugna, Catherine M. God for Us: The Trinity and Christian Life. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1991.
• O’Collins, Gerald. The Tripersonal God: Understanding and Interpreting the Trinity. 2nd rev. ed. New York: Paulist Press, 2014.
• O’Donnell, John J. The Mystery of the Triune God. London: Sheed & Ward, 1988.
• Studer, Basil. Trinity and Incarnation: The Faith of the Early Church. Edited by Andrew Louth. Translated by Matthais Westerhoff. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1993.

Assessment