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Adult Education Series
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Winter / Spring 2008
In
addition to the joint Christ Church-St. Stephen’s Church Lenten Program, the
following adult education programs will be offered at Christ Church in the
coming months.
Paul and the Development of
Early Christian Theology
Paul was the first and the most influential Christian
theologian. His letters are a testament to his fertile theological mind. It
was Paul that set in juxtaposition law and grace and Paul was the great ethicist
of the early Christian movement. We will be reading Paul’s most influential
letters (Galatians, I Corinthians, Ephesians and his magnum opus, the
letter to the Romans) as well as a recent study of Paul’s life and his
theology. Classes will be held on Monday evenings, January 28, February 11,
February 25, March 10, April 7 and April 28.
The Body Politic and the Body
of Christ
Although Jesus set out a significant separation between to
Roman Empire (the body politic) and the Body of Christ—that is, the Church—the
two bodies have, for many centuries, been aligned and at many times been
indivisible. In colonial
America, a division between the
church and the state was set out in the Constitution. However, that separation
has never been complete and the lines between church and state in the United
States have been eroding. In this education offering we will look at the
history of church and state from the founding of the church until the present,
with special interest in the relationship of church and state in the history of
the United States
and how well the division between established religion and state governance has
work in the United States. This program will start after Easter. The class
will meet on Wednesdays, April 2, 16 and 30 and May 14.
Bible Study - Thursday Mornings
The third study opportunity is the on-going Bible study on Thursday mornings, beginning at 9:15 am and ending at 9:55 (in time for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist). The topic is theology and ethics in Paul and the formation of the Christian faith.
1 January 2008
