Content

This unit offers an introduction to the Coptic Liturgical year and its seasons using the Coptic Calendar as its template. The unit will survey the Feasts and Fasts of the Coptic Year and explore the liturgical texts associated with celebrating these worship services and seasons in the context of the Church. This unit will examine selected liturgical books which are used in the Coptic Church during the church year. The primary sources will serve as a medium where students will engage with the texts in practice. Secondary sources will also assist students in their study of the Liturgical Year and Patristic commentary. The course will enable students to have a proficient grasp and grounding for further study in development of Coptic Rites Liturgical texts, worship and seasons.

Unit code: DL8320A

Unit status: Archived (New unit)

Points: 24.0

Unit level: Postgraduate Foundational

Unit discipline: Liturgy

Delivery Mode: Face to Face

Proposing College: St Athanasius College

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Learning outcomes

1.

Analyse elements of the liturgical cycle of the Coptic year and articulate their theological significance.

2.

Explore the daily and seasonal services in the Coptic Church.

3.

Correctly select and use the appropriate liturgical books and lectionary for a particular season and explain their structures and nuances

4.

Examine the historical development of the liturgical books in the Coptic Church.

5.

Arrange and formulate an explanation of the Coptic liturgical practice of the yearly cycle to a catechumen or inquirer.

Pedagogy

Weekly lectures and class discussions

Indicative Bibliography

  • Basilios, Archbishop, Canonical Hours, Book of, in: Coptic Encyclopaedia, Vol. 2. New York 1991, pp.446-449.
  • Baumstark, Anton, and Bernard, Botte. Comparative Liturgy. Westminster: Newman Press, 1958.
  • Burmester, O.H.E. The Canonical Hours of the Coptic Church, in Orientalia Christiana Periodeca (OCP), vol. 2, 1936.
  • _______, The Egyptian or Coptic Church: A Detailed Description of Her Liturgical Services and the Rites and Ceremonies Observed in the Administration of Her Sacraments. Le Caire, 1967.
  • Jones, C., Yarnold, E., Wainwright, G., and Bradshaw, P. (Eds.). The Study of Liturgy. London: Oxford University Press 1978.
  • Deiss, Lucian (ED.) Early Sources of the Liturgy. London: Geoffrey Chapman, 1967.
  • Dix, Gregory. The Shape of the Liturgy. London: Continuum, 2001. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/46704677.html. (ebook) (recommended for purchase)
  • Dix, Gregory. The Shape of the Liturgy. London; New York: Continuum, 2005. (recommended for purchase)
  • Hammond, C. E., and Brightman, F. E. Liturgies, Eastern and Western. Oxford: Claren Press, 1965.
  • Mazza, Enrico, Mystagogy : a theology of liturgy in the patristic age, translated from O'Connell, Matthew J, New York : Pueblo Publishing Company, 1989.
  • Moftah, Raghab., Robertson Marian., Roy Martha., and Toth Margit., Coptic Music, The Canonical Hours, in: Coptic Encyclopaedia, Vol. 6, New York 1991, pp.1724-1729.
  • Senn, Frank C. Introduction to Christian liturgy. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2012. (recommended for purchase)
  • Taft, Robert F. The Liturgy of the Hours in East and West: The Origins of the Divine Office and Its Meaning for Today. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1986.

Assessment

Type Description Word count Weight (%)
Essay

Written assessment task 3000 words

3000 50.0
Essay

Written assessment task 2000 words

2000 30.0
Essay

Written assessment task 1000 words

1000 20.0
Approvals

Unit approved for the University of Divinity by John Capper on 1 Nov, 2017

Unit record last updated: 2019-10-03 11:34:41 +1000