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Patristics and Christian Learning

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  1. Introduction

    Conversation: What are the Challenges Facing Our Children Today? (Preview Content)
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  2. Patristics & Christian Learning
    Lesson 1: Christ our Wisdom: Early Christian Ambiguity towards Human Knowledge
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  3. Lesson 2: Faith and Philosophy: The First Christian Apologists
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  4. Lesson 3: Pedagogy Human and Divine: The Alexandrians
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  5. Lesson 4: Origen & Gregory the Miracle-Worker: Watersheds in Christian Learning
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  6. Lesson 5: Virtue and Knowledge: Basil the Great and John Chrysostom on Education (Preview Content)
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  7. Lesson 6: Christ and Human Origins: Some Fathers on Faith and Science
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  8. Lesson 7: Christ the Inner Teacher: Augustine on Curiosity and Truth
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  9. Lesson 8: Desert Erudition: Early Christian Monastics on the Quest for Truth
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  10. Lesson 9: The Word Incarnate in All Things: Maximus the Confessor’s Vision of the World
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  11. Final Conversation
    Conversation: How do we Guide Our Children to Desire Wisdom?
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  12. End of Course Test
    End of Course Test: Patristics & Christian Learning
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  • Summarize Saint John Chrysostom thoughts on the proper raising of children.
  • Summarize Saint Basil the Great’s thoughts about the proper use of pagan literature.
  • What are some questions that were raised in this lecture regarding John and Basil’s thoughts about education?  What are some questions that you have about how they each approached education?
  • How do these Church Fathers’ thoughts inspire your parenting and/or teaching?
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