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REL 351 - Heretics, Saints & Martyrs

Three Credits
Alternate Spring Semesters: 2013, 2015

This course will examine the growth of the early Christian movement during Late Antiquity. Discussions will focus on a number of important themes including persecution and martyrdom, monasticism and asceticism, the development and refutation of heresies (Gnosticism, Arianism, Nestorianism), and the creation of orthodoxy in belief, creed, and ritual.

Fulfills the Catholic Intellectual Traditions and Moral Inquiry requirements.