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This program is an essential step in the academic process to become Religious Studies and related science professionals. But it is also an important milestone in personal growth, which will open paths of development and achievement. Throughout this intensive Postgraduate certificate, students will identify the historical, literary and theological context of patristics while exemplifying the historical context of religious celebrations.

This TECH Global University has been created so students can acquire the essential knowledge in the field in an intensive and efficient manner. That is why TECH will provide updated and relevant information about the religious context and Christian celebrities, delving into topics such as the birth of Jesus and many more.

At the end of the program, students will have acquired an organic vision of the sacraments of initiation, specifying the biblical foundation, the historical development and the theological and liturgical dimensions of Baptism and Confirmation, which will allow them to evaluate the pastoral practice surrounding Christian initiation in various ecclesial communities and to comparatively analyze biblical, theological and liturgical texts to identify relevant passages on the sacraments of initiation.

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This Postgraduate certificate in Christian Celebrations contains the most complete and up-to-date program on the market. Its most notable features are:

• Practical cases that apply the theoretical content through real life situations
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All the bases, theological foundations and sacraments involved in Christian Celebrations, analyzed by the best experts in this most primary issue for Religious Studies scholars”

The program’s teaching staff includes professionals in the sector who contribute their work experience to this training program, as well as renowned specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities.

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TECH has designed for this opportunity a highly informative and revealing curriculum for those who want to increase their professional competence in religious studies or deepen their humanistic side. Created with high-quality content, it prepares students to reach the highest levels in their profession. This is an academic training program that seeks to give an answer to the reasons behind Christian Celebrations.

Adaptable, flexible and versatile: our curriculum is designed so you can decide when, how and the amount of time and effort you wish to devote to your training. And without compromising training efficiency”  

Module 1. Patrology 

1.1. Introduction 

1.1.1. Difference between Patrology and Patristics 
1.1.2. Author Classification 
1.1.3. Contexts to Study of Patristic Literature 
1.1.4. Resources for Patristic Study 

1.2. Apostolic Fathers 

1.2.1. Apostolic Canons and Constitutions, the Didache 
1.2.2. Clement of Rome, Ignatius of Antioch, Polycarp of Smyrna 
1.2.3. The Shepherd of Hermas, the Epistle of the Pseudo Barnabas, Papias 
1.2.4. The Apostolic Tradition as a Legislative Criterion 

1.3. Apologist Fathers 

1.3.1. General Themes in Greek Apologists 
1.3.2. St. Justin Martyr, Tacianus 
1.3.3. Meliton of Sardis, Theophilus of Antioch, Athenagoras 
1.3.4. Speech to Diognetus 

1.4. The Heterodox Currents and Refutation 

1.4.1. Christian Apocryphal Literature 
1.4.2. Heterodox Currents: Docetism, Gnosticism, Manichaeism, Manichaeism 
1.4.3. Montanism, Monarchianism 
1.4.4. St. Irenaeus of Lyons 

1.5. Western Ecclesiastical Fathers and Authors in the 3rd Century 

1.5.1. Hippolytus of Rome 
1.5.2. Tertullian 
1.5.3. St. Cyprian 
1.5.4. Novatian 

1.6. Schools of Alexandria and Antioch 

1.6.1. Clement of Alexandria 
1.6.2. Alexandrian Origins 
1.6.3. Main Authors of the Antiochian School 
1.6.4. Exegetical Contrasts between the Alexandrian and Antiochian Schools 

1.7. The Dogmatic Debate 

1.7.1. Arius and Arianism 
1.7.2. Theological Positions during the Council of Nicea 
1.7.3. St. Athanasius 
1.7.4. Arianism in Pneumatology before the Council of Constantinople 

1.8. The Golden Age of Patristics 

1.8.1. Eastern Fathers: The Cappadocians, Cyril of Jerusalem, John Chrysostom, Cyril of Alexandria 
1.8.2. Western Fathers: Ambrose, Jerome, Augustine, Leo the Great, Gregory the Great
1.8.3. Last Fathers: Western. Isidore of Seville, Patricius, Bede; East: St. John Damascene 
1.8.4. Liturgical and Canonical Books 

Module 2. Sacramental Liturgy 

2.1. The Sacramental Economy 

2.1.1. The Concept of Mystery-Sacrament: Biblical Foundation and Development in Patristic Theology 
2.1.2. The Notion of Sacrament in Scholastic Theology: Definition of Sacrament in the Proper Sense and Sacramental Causality
2.1.3. Renewal of Sacramental Theology in the 20th Century 
2.1.4. Towards a New Understanding of Sacramentality in the Church

2.2. Symbolic Language and Ritual Action

2.2.1. The Relation between Theology and Liturgy
2.2.2. The Moment of Presupposition
2.2.3. The Moment of Removal
2.2.4. The Moment of Reintegration
2.2.5. Religious Experiences
2.2.6. The Symbolic Action and Ritual
2.2.7. Symbols
2.2.8. Signs
2.2.9. Ritual Actions

2.3. From the “Musthriov” to the “Sacramentum”. Biblical-Patristic Study

2.3.1. The Musthriov in Hellenistic Culture
2.3.2. The Musthriov in the Old Testament
2.3.3. The Musthriov in the New Testament
2.3.4. In the Synoptic Gospels
2.3.5. In the Pauline Writings
2.3.6. In the Apocalypse
2.3.7. From the Greek Musthriov to the Latin “Sacramentum”
2.3.8. Mysterion in the Greek Fathers
2.3.9. Sacramentum in the Latin Fathers

2.4. The Treatise on the Sacraments in the Scholastic Age

2.4.1. Historical Context
2.4.2. Theology Schools

2.5. Sacramental Crisis of the Reformation and the Church’s Response

2.5.1. The Sacrament in the Thought of the Reformers
2.5.2. The Church’s Response at the Council of Trent: Declaration on the Sacraments in General

2.6. The Institution of the Sacraments

2.6.1. The Institution of the Sacraments 
2.6.2. The Number of the Sacraments 

2.7. Sacramental Grace

2.7.1. Sacramental Grace
2.7.2. Sacramental Character

2.8. The Minister and the Subject of the Sacraments

2.8.1. The Minister in the Church
2.8.2. The Subject Receiving the Sacrament

Module 3. General Sacramentology

3.1. General Introduction to the Sacraments

3.1.1. Sacramental Structure of the Christian Faith
3.1.2. Anthropological Roots of the Sacraments
3.1.3. Origin, Diversification and Structure of the Sacramental Sign
3.1.4. Constitutive Elements and Effectiveness of the Sacramental Sign
3.1.5. Christian Initiation as an Integral Process

Module 4. Sacraments of Initiation

4.1. Baptism

4.1.1. Biblical Foundation 
4.1.2. Historical Development 
4.1.3. Theology of Baptism 
4.1.4. Liturgy of Baptism: Mystagogy 
4.1.5. Derivative Sacramentals: Blessings and Religious Profession 
4.1.6. Current Problems and Perspectives: Infant Baptism; Catechumenate; Ecumenical Perspectives; Pastoral Guidelines

4.2. Confirmation 

4.2.1. Biblical Foundation 
4.2.2. Historical Development 
4.2.3. Confirmation Theology 
4.2.4. Liturgy of Confirmation: Mystatogy 
4.2.5. Current Problems and Perspectives: Ecumenical Perspectives; Pastoral Orientations

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