Catholicism and Orthodoxy - selected issues from the history of Christianity 3223-KP-OG

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Term 2023Z:

The following issues will be discussed:

1. The beginnings of Christianity
2. Development of the Church as an institution
3. The functioning of the Church in the eastern and western parts of the Roman Empire
4. The Great Eastern Schism and the Fourth Crusade
5. EU aspirations
6. The Carolingians and the rise of the ecclesiastical state
7. Cyril and Methodius - the apostles of Central Europe
8. Kievan Rus - divided heritage
7. Idea: Moscow - Third Rome
8. The Greek Catholic and Orthodox Church in Ukraine

Type of course

general courses

Mode

Classroom

Prerequisites (description)

Students will learn about the political conditions and processes of shaping theological trends within the Church, which in the longer term led to a split into Eastern and Western Christianity.

Learning outcomes

Students acquire knowledge of philosophical and theological debates in the bosom of Eastern and Western Christianity; learn about the structural and organizational principles of churches and understand issues related to the instrumentalisation of religion and the Church for political and national purposes.

Assessment criteria

Attendance at lectures and submission of a written term paper.

Bibliography

Dvornik F., Bizancjum a prymat Rzymu, Warszawa 1995.
Kłoczowski J., Młodsza Europa. Europa Środkowo-Wschodnia w kręgu cywilizacji chrześcijańskiej średniowiecza, Warszawa 2003.
Kłoczowski J., Wspólnoty chrześcijańskie w tworzącej się Europie, Poznań 2003.
Podskalsky Gerhard, Chrześcijaństwo i literatura teologiczna na Rusi Kijowskiej, Kraków 2000.
Prawosławie. Światło wiary i zdrój doświadczenia, wyd. Leśniewski K., Leśniewska J..
Tanner N., Krótka historia Kościoła katolickiego. Nowe spojrzenie, Kraków 2011.
B. Wójtowicz-Huber, Idea Trzeciego Rzymu jako rosyjska koncepcja religijno-polityczna i jej późniejsze transformacje, Studia Interkulturowe Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej, T.5, s. 11-26.