01.053.013 Ecclesiastical History: Overview

Course offering details

Instructors: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Breul

Event type: Lecture

Displayed in timetable as: KG im Überblick

Hours per week: 4

Credits: 4,0

Language of instruction: German

Min. | Max. participants: 3 | -

Requirements / organisational issues:
The lecture is aimed at anyone who wants to gain a quick overview of the entire history of the Church. It provides basic knowledge and is also suitable as preparation for the exam instead of a revision course. 
If you are able to attend the lecture regularly but not every day, you will receive the manuscript for the days you miss. In addition, detailed slides for the lecture will be made available via Moodle.
 

Compulsory attendance:
According to the legal regulations, attendance is not compulsory. For active participation, however, two of three short and simple tests (15 min.) on the main topics of the lecture must be completed (50%). The tests take place within the lecture times on 24 May, 28 June and 17 July.

Contents:
Topics of the lecture
1. Beginnings of Christianity. Formation and development of Christian communities
2. Early Catholic Church up to the end of antiquity
3. Christological controversy and the beginnings of monasticism
4. Christian churches in the early Middle Ages
5. Christian churches in the High Middle Ages
6 Christian churches in the late Middle Ages
7 Martin Luther and the beginnings of the Reformation Holy Roman Empire
8 Zwingli. The Reformation in Germany from 1525 to 1555
9 Calvin. Confessionalization in the Holy Roman Empire
10 Pietism and the Enlightenment
11 Churches and theology in the long 19th century (1789-1914)
12 Churches and theology in the short 20th century (1914-1989)

Recommended reading list:
Literature:  
Moeller, Bernd, Geschichte des Christentums in Grundzügen, UTB 905, 7. Aufl. 2000.  

Sources:  
Ritter, Adolf Martin (Hg.), Alte Kirche, 8. Aufl. Neukirchen-Vluyn 2007 (KTGQ 1).  
Heiko A. Oberman, Adolf M. Ritter, Hans-Walter Krumwiede, Reinhold Mokrosch, Hermann Walz (Hg.), Mittelalter, 5. Aufl. Neukirchen-Vluyn 2001 (KTGQ 2).  
Leppin, Volker (Hg.), Reformation, Neukirchen-Vluyn 2005 (KTGQ 3).  
Martin Greschat (Hg.), Vom Konfessionalismus zur Moderne, Neukirchen-Vluyn 2002 (KTGQ 4).  
Heiko A. Oberman, Adolf M. Ritter, Hans-Walter Krumwiede, Martin Greschat, Manfred Jacobs (Hg.), Das Zeitalter der Weltkriege und Revolutionen, Neukirchen-Vluyn 1999 (KTGQ 5).
 

Digital teaching:
Digital participation can be made possible by arrangement.

Appointments
Date From To Room Instructors
1 Mon, 15. Apr. 2024 14:15 15:45 00 311 T4 Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Breul
2 Wed, 17. Apr. 2024 16:15 17:45 00 301 T5 Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Breul
3 Mon, 22. Apr. 2024 14:15 15:45 00 311 T4 Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Breul
4 Wed, 24. Apr. 2024 16:15 17:45 00 301 T5 Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Breul
5 Mon, 29. Apr. 2024 14:15 15:45 00 311 T4 Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Breul
6 Mon, 6. May 2024 14:15 15:45 00 311 T4 Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Breul
7 Wed, 8. May 2024 16:15 17:45 00 301 T5 Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Breul
8 Mon, 13. May 2024 14:15 15:45 00 311 T4 Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Breul
9 Wed, 15. May 2024 16:15 17:45 00 301 T5 Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Breul
10 Wed, 22. May 2024 16:15 17:45 00 301 T5 Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Breul
11 Mon, 27. May 2024 14:15 15:45 00 311 T4 Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Breul
12 Wed, 29. May 2024 16:15 17:45 00 301 T5 Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Breul
13 Mon, 3. Jun. 2024 14:15 15:45 00 311 T4 Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Breul
14 Wed, 5. Jun. 2024 16:15 17:45 00 301 T5 Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Breul
15 Mon, 10. Jun. 2024 14:15 15:45 00 311 T4 Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Breul
16 Wed, 12. Jun. 2024 16:15 17:45 00 301 T5 Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Breul
17 Mon, 17. Jun. 2024 14:15 15:45 00 311 T4 Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Breul
18 Wed, 19. Jun. 2024 16:15 17:45 00 301 T5 Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Breul
19 Mon, 24. Jun. 2024 14:15 15:45 00 311 T4 Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Breul
20 Wed, 26. Jun. 2024 16:15 17:45 00 301 T5 Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Breul
21 Mon, 1. Jul. 2024 14:15 15:45 00 311 T4 Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Breul
22 Wed, 3. Jul. 2024 16:15 17:45 00 301 T5 Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Breul
23 Mon, 8. Jul. 2024 14:15 15:45 00 311 T4 Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Breul
24 Wed, 10. Jul. 2024 16:15 17:45 00 301 T5 Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Breul
25 Mon, 15. Jul. 2024 14:15 15:45 00 311 T4 Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Breul
26 Wed, 17. Jul. 2024 16:15 17:45 00 301 T5 Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Breul
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Instructors
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Breul