This is an introductory course to the Bible and historical Christianity that aims to familiarize the student with the contents of the Bible and the development of the early Church. Special emphasis is placed on theological themes of perennial interest and the significance of the Bible for Christian thought and practice as well as the relationship of Christianity to Judaism.
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Alessandro Vellutello's Illustration for Dante's Paradiso X, The Circle of the Sun.
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We are a department of theology engaged in ongoing academic and pastoral reflection on various aspects of the mystery of the divine-human relationship. Like the University of Notre Dame itself, the department is explicitly Christian and Catholic in its religious tradition. It is committed in a particular way to the interpretation and articulation of the Catholic tradition and to the fostering of reflection and praxis concerning all aspects of Catholicism's various theological, doctrinal, liturgical, spiritual, historical, cultural, and canonical expressions and embodiments.