Delve into the assumptions and sources of theological knowledge to develop critical thinking in the face of Christian discourse”

In this Professional master’s degree in Dogmatic Theology there will be a group of experts trained to provide all the criteria that allow students to update in this area of study in a comfortable way. For this purpose, the program has a rich study plan that will begin by exposing the historical and epistemological configuration of Theology as a science. At this point, the justification of the documentation that the doctrine takes to validate its statements will be presented.

Throughout the program, Fundamental Theology will be presented as a specialized part of this science that tries to understand the mystery of God in its totality. In this way, the Christian message will be explained, presenting the reasons that justify the yes of faith to the divine revelation, to the person and to the message of Jesus Christ.

Thanks to the above, the student will begin to develop critical thinking to explain the formal theological principles involved in the scientific reading of Sacred Scripture: canonicity, inspiration and inerrancy. As a result, they will be able to generate a dialogue between the approaches of the church and today's society. At the end of the program, students will have acquired specific knowledge that will allow them to base their ideas on Christian hope on the eschatological notions that come from Sacred Scripture, especially from the affirmations on the resurrection of Christ.

In this way, the student will be able to answer modern questions and concerns and, at the same time, will be able to present conclusions about them. For this reason, the program represents an excellent opportunity for those who wish to have an active presence in the academic, teaching or research field.

Justifies the hope of the ecclesial community by valuing human life in its historical dimension on the basis of the Christian doctrine on eternal life”

This Professional master’s degree in Professional master’s degree contains the most complete and up-to-date program on the market. Its most notable features are:

• The development of case studies presented by experts focused on Dogmatic Theology
• The graphic, schematic and eminently practical contents of the book provide epistemological and practical information on those disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• Practical exercises where self-assessment can be used to improve learning
• Special focus on innovative methodologies for the study of Dogmatic Theology
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

It develops a sensitivity to the great theological and spiritual questions that are manifested in the great theological tradition of the Church”

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

Its multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will allow the professional a situated and contextual learning. In other words, a simulated environment that will provide immersive education programmed to prepare for real situations.

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise throughout the program. For this purpose, the student will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts.

With this program, you will gain an understanding of the importance of Mary of Nazareth in the mystery of Christ and the church”

Debate and argue about contemporary views on creation, man and sin”

The content of this program places special emphasis on the importance of knowing how theology has adapted to current thinking. To this end, it has an extensive and thorough content with which the student will be able to develop new research that will provide answers to modern questions about religion and faith in God. Thus, we have a complete and updated program to meet the demands that the theological field requires of its experts and students.

A novel content framed in religious teachings to establish an evangelizing dialogue with contemporary cultures”

Module 1. Introduction to Theology

1.1. Towards a Definition of Theology

1.1.1. Terminology Approach
1.1.2. Historical Development
1.1.3. Contemporary Approaches

1.2. Epistemological Principles

1.2.1. Theology, Science of Faith
1.2.2. Scientificity of Theology: Object and Nature, Scientific Character, Ecclesiality
1.2.3. Justification of the Theological Method
1.2.4. Faith and Reason as Articulating Principles of the Theological Method
1.2.5. The Contribution of the Human Sciences
1.2.6. Division of Theology and Theological Specialties

1.3. The sources of Theology: Listening to the Faith

1.3.1. Justification of the Sources of Theology
1.3.2. Historical Development of the Reflection on the Sources
1.3.3. Sacred Scripture as the Founding Principle of Theological Activity
1.3.4. Tradition as a Supporting Principle of Theological Activity
1.3.5. The Magisterium as the Guarantor Principle of Theological Activity
1.3.6. Value, Diversity and Binding Force of the Theological Sources

Module 2. Fundamental Theology I

2.1. Theology: Reflection on Faith, in the Church and from the Church

2.1.1. What is Theology?
2.1.2. Starting Point of Theology: Revelation
2.1.3. Faith and Theology
2.1.4. Sources of the Experience of Faith

2.2. Towards the Definition of Fundamental Theology

2.2.1. In Search of an Identity
2.2.2. The Path of Apologetics
2.2.3. The Conciliar Turn
2.2.4. Definition of Fundamental Theology

Module 3. Fundamental Theology II

3.1. The Possibility of Response to Revelation

3.1.1. Man as a Religious Being: Man's openness to God
3.1.2. Man as Capax Dei
3.1.3. Man in Contradiction. Difficulties in Believing

3.2. Faith as Man's Response to Revelation

3.2.1. Analogy of Faith: Human Faith and Christian Faith
3.2.2. Faith in the Light of Scripture
3.2.3. The Rationality of Faith: Vatican Council I and Vatican Council II
3.2.4. Faith: Gift of God and Act of Man
3.2.5. The Life of Faith in the Ecclesial Community

3.3. The Credibility of Faith

3.3.1. Credibility in its Objective and Subjective Dimensions
3.3.2. Only Love is Worthy of Faith
3.3.3. Testimony
3.3.4. Signs of Credibility

3.4. The Transmission of the Revelation

3.4.1. Origin, Foundation and Nature of the Church in the New Testament
3.4.2. Magisterial Teaching and Theological Reflection on the Transmission of Revelation
3.4.3. Indefectibility and Infallibility of the Church
3.4.4. Sensus Fidei and Magisterium

3.5. Christianity and Religions

3.5.1. Christian Theology of Religions
3.5.2. Historical Treatment
3.5.3. Systematic Reflection

Module 4. God Revealed by Christ

4.1. Introduction

4.1.1. The Cultural Challenge: Atheism and Secularism
4.1.2. Historical View of the Treaty and its Nature

4.2. Trinitarian Revelation

4.2.1. Old Testament Preparation: The Revelation of the One Living and True God
4.2.2. New Testament Fullness: The Truth of God Revealed in Christ

4.3. Formulation of the Trinitarian Dogma

4.3.1. The First Three Centuries: Kerygma and Homology
4.3.2. The Arian Crisis and the Council of Nicea
4.3.3. The Cappadocian Fathers and the Council of Constantinople

4.4. Believing Understanding of the Trinitarian Mystery

4.4.1. Classical Models of Understanding of the Mystery: Augustine of Hippo, Richard of St. Victor, Thomas Aquinas
4.4.2. Contemporary Approaches

4.5. Systematic Vision

4.5.1. The Trinity: God's Inner Life, Processions, Relationships, Persons
4.5.2. God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit
4.5.3. The Unity of God: Properties and Action
4.5.4. Pastoral Perspectives: Saying "God" today

Module 5. Creation and Sin

5.1. Introduction

5.1.1. The Cultural Challenge: A Scientific Vision on Cosmic and Anthropological Evolution
5.1.2. Historical Vision and Nature of the Treaty

5.2. The Creative Action of God

5.2.1. The Creative Action of God in the Old Testament
5.2.2. The Creative Action of God and the Universal Mediation of Christ in the New Testament
5.2.3. Historical Development of the Doctrine of Creation
5.2.4. Systematic Vision: The Universe as God's Creation
5.2.5. Dialectics: Creationism and Modern Sciences
5.2.6. Pastoral Perspectives

5.3. Man, Image and Likeness of God

5.3.1. Old Testament Anthropology
5.3.2. New Testament Anthropology
5.3.3. Historical Development of Christian Anthropology
5.3.4. Systematic Vision: Man as the Image and Likeness of God
5.3.5. Dialectic Between Christian Anthropology and Contemporary Anthropologies
5.3.6. Pastoral Perspectives

5.4. Sin: Man's Internal Breakdown and its Consequences

5.4.1. Sin in the Old Testament
5.4.2. Sin in the New Testament
5.4.3. Historical Overview of the Theology of Sin
5.4.4. Theology of Sin
5.4.5. Theology of Original Sin
5.4.6. Dialectics: The Mystery of Evil and Contemporary Anthropologies
5.4.7. Pastoral Perspectives

Module 6. Christology and Soteriology

6.1. Introduction

6.1.1. The Cultural Challenge: The Contemporary Figure of Jesus Christ
6.1.2. Historical Vision and Nature of the Treaty
6.1.3. Questions of Fundamental Christology: The Approach to Jesus of Nazareth

6.2. Biblical Christology

6.2.1. Christological Reading of the Old Testament
6.2.2. Original Expression of the Paschal Faith
6.2.3. Figure of Jesus Christ in the Synoptic Gospels
6.2.4. Figure of Jesus Christ in the Pauline Writings
6.2.5. Figure of Jesus Christ in the Johannine Writings

6.3. Dogmatic Formulation and Believing Understanding of the Mystery of Christ

6.3.1. The Figure of Christ in the First Fathers of the Church
6.3.2. Affirmation of the Divinity of Christ in the Council of Nicaea
6.3.3. Around the Council of Constantinople: Apollinarianism and the Cappadocian Fathers
6.3.4. Around the Council of Ephesus: Cyril and Nestorius
6.3.5. Around the Council of Chalcedon: Monophysitism, Leo the Great, Council Definition
6.3.6. The Last Three Great Councils of Antiquity: Constantinople II, Constantinople III and Nicaea II
6.3.7. The Figure of Christ in the History of Theology

6.4. Systematic Vision

6.4.1. "... One Lord": Faith in the Risen Christ
6.4.2. "... Only Son of God...": Divine Filiation, Pre-Existence, Divinity, Mediation
6.4.3. "... Became Incarnate...": the Incarnation as a Trinitarian and Historical Event; Human Fullness of the Incarnate Word
6.4.4. The Personal Union of Christ and its Psychological, Moral and Spiritual Consequences
6.4.5. "... For Us Men...": the Threefold Ministeriality of Christ
6.4.6. "... and For Our Salvation...": the Soteriological Dimension of the Incarnation and the Paschal Mystery

Module 7. Theology of Grace

7.1. Introduction

7.1.1. The Cultural Challenge: Immanentist and Horizontalist Anthropological Visions
7.1.2. Historical Vision and Nature of the Treaty

7.2. The Revelation of Grace

7.2.1. Old Testament Background of
7.2.2. The Concept of Grace
7.2.3. Grace in the Synoptic Gospels
7.2.4. Grace in St. Paul
7.2.5. Grace in St. John

7.3. History of the Doctrine of Grace

7.3.1. Grace as Divinization in the Eastern Tradition
7.3.2. Pelagius and St. Augustine
7.3.3. Reformed Doctrine and the Council of Trent
7.3.4. From the Council of Trent to the Second Vatican Council

7.4. The Mystery of Grace

7.4.1. Traditional Division of the Facets of Grace
7.4.2. The Preparation of Man for his Justification: Conversion. Grace and Freedom
7.4.3. Grace as Reconciliation with God: Justification
7.4.4. Grace as Christian Participation in the Divine Nature: Indwelling of the Trinity in the Just, Divine Filiation, Gift of the Spirit and the Life of Grace
7.4.5. Grace, Virtues and Gifts of the Spirit

7.5. The Grace of God and the Human Action

7.5.1. Necessity of the Grace for all Salvific Work
7.5.2. Will of God and Human Correspondence: Doctrine of Merit
7.5.3. Life of Grace and Perseverance
7.5.4. Grace and Social Commitment

7.6. Recent Problems and Ecclesial Perspectives

7.6.1. The Debate on the Natural and the Supernatural
7.6.2. The Universal Salvific Will of God and the Means of Salvation of Non-Christians
7.6.3. Dialectic: Secularism and the Supernatural Life
7.6.4. Pastoral Perspectives

Module 8. Ecclesiology I

8.1. Introduction

8.1.1. The Ecclesiological Treaty: Nature and Historical Overview
8.1.2. The Church as Sacrament of Communion in Today's World: Challenges and Prospects

8.2. Fundamental Christology

8.2.1. Jesus Christ, Fundamental Sign of Credibility
8.2.2. Historical Access to Jesus of Nazareth
8.2.3. The Christological Sign: The Authority of Jesus, Miracles and Christological Titles
8.2.4. The Resurrection and the Paschal Testimony

8.3. Fundamental Ecclesiology

8.3.1. The Church of Jesus Christ
8.3.2. Place of the Church in the Act of Faith
8.3.3. Credibility of the Church
8.3.4. Forms and Fundamental Theological Scope of Ecclesial Testimony

Module 9. Ecclesiology II

9.1. Biblical Foundations of Ecclesiology

9.1.1. Old Testament Background
9.1.2. The Main Ecclesiological Themes in the New Testament Literature

9.2. The Church in Tradition

9.2.1. Ecclesial Communion in the Thought of the Church Fathers
9.2.2. The Concept of the Church in the Middle Ages and Thomas Aquinas
9.2.3. The Critique of the Reformation
9.2.4. Vatican I and the Question of Infallibility

9.3. Systematic Development

9.3.1. The Mystery of the Church
9.3.2. The Church as Sacrament
9.3.3. Ecclesiology of Communion
9.3.4. Church as People of God and Body of Christ
9.3.5. Charisms and Ministries at the Service of Ecclesial Communion
9.3.6. The Marks of the Church: Unity, Holiness. Catholicity, Apostolicity
9.3.7. Eschatological Dimension of the Church

9.4. The Mission of the Church

9.4.1. Evangelization of Cultures
9.4.2. The Church as Promoter of Evangelization and Communication in Urban Culture

Module 10. Mariology

10.1. Introduction: the Marian Phenomenon in the Church and in the World

10.1.1. Mary in the Worship and in the Reflection of the Catholic Church
10.1.2. Mary and the Religions of the Word and the Book (Judaism and Islam)
10.1.3. Mary in the Life of the Church in Latin America

10.2. Mary in Sacred Scripture

10.2.1. Main Marian References in the New Testament
10.2.2. Marian Readings of Some Old Testament Passages

10.3. Mary in the Faith of the Church

10.3.1. Mariological Reflection in the History of the Church
10.3.2. Formulation of the Principal Marian Dogmas
10.3.3. Monuments of Marian Piety
10.3.4. Contemporary Mariological Currents

10.4. Mary in the Mystery of the Church

10.4.1. The Figure of Mary in the Origin of the Church
10.4.2. Mariological Aspects in the Ecclesiology of Vatican Council II and Other Magisterial Documents
10.4.3. Marian Spirituality

10.5. Guadalupanism

10.5.1. Controversy on the Guadalupan Event
10.5.2. Historical, Cultural, Literary and Symbolic Dimensions of the Guadalupan Event
10.5.3. Theology of the Guadalupan Event
10.5.4. Repercussion of the Guadeloupianism in Mexican History
10.5.5. Religiosity of Guadalupe
10.5.6. Guadalupe as an Example of Perfectly Raw Evangelization

Module 11. Eschatology

11.1. Introduction

11.1.1. The Cultural Challenge: Contemporary Reflection on History and on the End of the Cosmos
11.1.2. Historical Vision and Nature of the Treaty
11.1.3. Questions of Fundamental Theology: Hermeneutics of the Eschatological Affirmations

11.2. Foundations of Christian Eschatology in the Scriptures and in Tradition

11.2.1. Biblical Eschatology
11.2.2. The Eschatological Consciousness in the Ecclesial Tradition

11.3. The Coming of the Lord in Glory: Final Eschatology

11.3.1. Christological Dimension
11.3.2. Anthropological Dimension
11.3.3. Cosmic Dimension

11.4. Between Death and Resurrection: Intermediate Eschatology

11.4.1. Theology of Death
11.4.2. Personal Judgement
11.4.3. Ultraterrestrial Purification

11.5. Christian life Under the Sign of the Eschaton

11.5.1. Individual Dimension: Christian Hope
11.5.2. Ecclesial Dimension: Pilgrim and Heavenly Church

11.6. Current Problems and Perspectives

11.6.1. Dialectic: Contemporary Anthropological and Cosmological Sciences and Christian Eschatology
11.6.2. Pastoral Perspectives

Enter into the controversy about the Guadalupan event and develop a doctrinal response”