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NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA FACULTY OF ARTS AND DEPARTMENT OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES COURSE CODE: CTH 826 COURSE TITLE: ECCLESIOLOGY BY DR. (MRS.) ISHOLA, H.T.K Reviewed by REV PHILIP TACHIN, PHD Edited by: Prof. A. O Dairo i CRS826 COURSE GUIDE COURSE GUIDE CRS826 ECCLESIOLOGY Course Team: Dr.(Mrs.) Ishola, H.T.K (Developer/Writer) Prof. Adewale (Editor) - NOUN Dr. Philip Tachin (Reviewer) - NOUN Prof. Godwin I. Akper (Programme Leader) - NOUN ii CRS826 COURSE GUIDE NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA National Open University of Nigeria Headquarters 14/16 Ahmadu Bello Way Victoria Island Lagos Abuja Office 5, Dar es Salaam Street Off Aminu Kano Crescent Wuse II, Abuja Nigeria e-mail: [email protected] URL: www.noun.edu.ng Published By: National Open University of Nigeria First Printed 2012 ISBN: 978-058-539-7 All Rights Reserved ii CRS826 COURSE GUIDE CONTENTS PAGE Introduction……………………………… Course Aims……………………………………… Course Objectives…………………………… Working through This Course………………… Course Materials………………………… Textbooks and References ……………… Assignment File………………………… Assessments……………………………… Summary……………………………… iii Introduction Ecclesiology CRS826 is a three-credit graduate course. This course is offered in the first semester of the second year to students who are offering Christian Theology. There are no prerequisite courses for this course. Ecclesiology however is a course that should be taken as a branch of the doctrine of Church History because the connection between the two courses helps you to appreciate the issues of the church that are involved. Some of the things you would study in this course are things which you might undertake in your third or fourth year of study. This course consists of four Modules with units that have been developed using global and local events. This Study Guide contains the required information about the entire course. It guides you through the course content and the number of required assignments that you would do. There is also an assignment file. This file prescribes the course requirements as well as the grading system. This Study Guide is intended to help you as a distance learner to aid you in your study of this course at National Open University of Nigeria. The aims and objectives of this course are stated in this Course Guide. This Course Guide will help you to know at the beginning of the course what you should expect from the study of the course, and what you are expected to learn from the course. The Study Guide is not the only resource for you. Its goal is to help you pass the course. There are other resources that can also help you to pass your course such as text books, the course material itself and facilitation class sessions, which are optional. Another very important use of the Study Guide is the plan and use of time. It states on a weekly basis how you should proceed with your studies. If you pay attention to this plan guide, you will surely complete your study of the course successfully on time before the examination date. Take advantage of the time guide in this Study Guide. It is a sure way to passing your course in flying colours. This Course Guide tells all that is obtainable in this course and the relevant materials that would help you expand the understanding of the course. This would provide you a guide on how to proceed with your study of the materials and the time frame for a successful completion of the course. This guide will also help to direct you in your tutor-marked assignments and materials for further readings. It is important to go through this Study Guide very carefully before beginning your study of the course material. The temptation to jump to course materials without going through the Study Guide for the sake of saving time is high but also a wrong decision. Students who go straight and study course materials without first going through the Study Guide iv CRS826 ECCLESIOLOGY usually end up not doing well at the end of the course. Going through the Study Guide is part of studying the course material. Complete the feedback form at the end and submit it with your first assignment to your tutorial facilitator. You may ask the student counsellor at your Study Centre about your tutorial facilitator and where to find him/her. I believe this would be helpful if you heed to this useful advice. Course Aims The general aim of this course is to introduce you to major issues and developments in the history of Ecclesiology. This will also orientate you towards understanding other courses in Church History such as controversies, liturgy, and the creeds of the churches. You will find these broadly in Church History courses. The aims of this course would be achieved by: · Introducing the student to Ecclesiology as a discipline that shapes their thinking on past and current developments in the Western and African churches. · Ability to contribute to the Ecclesiological debate for the growth of the church. · Educating and also creating opportunities for students‘ participation in developing thoughts on Ecclesiology from an African perspective that is biblically sound. · Helping students apply their faith to a strong church commitment. Course Objectives When you have successfully finished the course, you should be able to: · define Ecclesiology and its genesis; · account for the historical development of Ecclesiology from the early church to the present time; · identify issues in Ecclesiology; · describe ways of engaging in more effectively in developing biblical Ecclesiology. v CRS862 ECCLESIOLOGY Working through This Course You are required to walk through the course content, unit by unit in order to complete the course. It is also a requirement for you to do all the self-assessment exercises for each section of the unit and tutor-marked assignments at the end of each unit. The tutor- marked assignments will form 30% of your final grade while there is a final examination which you will take electronically. This constitutes 70% of your final grade. Course Materials The major components of the course are: 1. Course Guide 2. Study Units 3. Textbooks 4. Assignment File Study Units There are four modules in this course. Module 1 has five units while modules two and three have four and five units respectively. The modules are designed to cover three major aims of the course. MODULE 1: BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF ECCLESIOLGY UNIT 1: Meaning and Definition of Ecclesiology UNIT 2: Origin of the Church UNIT 3: The Church and Her Relationship with Jesus, the Founder of Christianity UNIT 4: The Purpose of the Church UNIT 5: The Church‘s Authority or Leadership UNIT 6: The Universal Visible or Local Church UNIT 7: The Universal Invisible Church MODULE 2: TYPOLOGIES AND MODELS OF ECCLESIOLOGY UNIT 1 Categories/ Types of Ecclesiology UNIT 2 Roman Catholic Ecclesiology UNIT 3 Protestant Ecclesiology UNIT 4 Eastern Orthodox Ecclesiology UNIT 5 Christology and Eschatology 1 UNIT 6 Pentecostal Ecclesiology UNIT 7 African Pentecostal Ecclesiology MODULE 3: SACRAMENTS UNIT 1 Meaning and definitions of Sacraments UNIT 2 Early Christian Rites /Types of Sacraments UNIT 3 The importance of Sacraments UNIT 4 The application of Sacraments in contemporary Church UNIT 5 Soteriology or Salvation UNIT 6 Church Discipline UNIT 7 Church Discipline is a God-given Duty MODULE 4: AFRICAN ECCLESIOLOGY UNIT 1: Background of the African Ecclesiology UNIT 2: Ecclesiology in African Context UNIT 3: Ecclesiology in African Theology of Reconstruction UNIT 4: African Protestant ecclesiology Textbooks and References Acolatse, Esther E. 2001. Rethinking Sin and Grace in Nyambura Njoroge and Musa W Dube (eds). Talitha Cum! Theologies of African Women. Pietermaritzburg: Cluster Publications, 125 - 131. Ajewole, Bayo (2011) Management Strategies for effective church leadership, Lagos. Scanprints. Anne Burke (1988) Dimensions of Christianity. 2nd Edition. Great Britain Kevin Mayhew. Anon. (1837). "Ecclesiology". The British Critic Quarterly Theological Review and Ecclesiastical Record, London: J.G. and F. Rivington Babalola, D. O. (2010), Church History I (NOUN Course Material), Lagos, National Open University of Nigeria. Bauer, F. and W. Danker, (2000). A Greek English Lexicon of the New Testament and other Early Christian Literature, 3rd ed., (Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Bediako, K., (1990). Jesus in African Culture: A Ghanian Perspective, Asempa, Accra, Ghana. Berkhof, Louis. (1976). Systematic Theology (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans 2 Publishing Co. ____________. (1975). The History of Christian Doctrines (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House. Bosch, D.J., 1995, Transforming Mission: Paradigm shifts in the Theology of Mission. Bradley, P. Nystrom and David, P. Nysrom, (2004), The History of Christianity: An Introduction, New York, The McGraw – Hill. Chukwu, D. (2011). The Church as the extended Family of God: Toward a New Direction for African Ecclesiology. Bloomington: Xlibris Corporation. Clyde C. Sm, (1974). ―Catholic,‖ New Bible Dictionary, ed. J. D. Douglas (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Dale, A Robbins, (1995) What people asks about the Church, Grass Valley, Victorious Publications De Gruchy, J. (1995). Becoming the Ecumenical Church. In Pityana, BN and Villa-Vicencio, C (eds.) Being the Church in South Africa Today, 12-24. Johannesburg: South. Harry, Boer (1978). The History of the Early Church, Ibadan, Sefer Hebga, M., (1990). Interpellation des mouvements mystiques‘ [Hermeneutic of mystical movements], FCK, Kinshasa. Idowu, B. (1968). ―The Predicament of the Church in Africa.‖ In Baeta, CG (ed.) Christianity in Tropical Africa, 415-440. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Kalemba, M., (2009). ‗Un regard Missiologique sur la Theologie de Libration Sud-Africaine‘ [Missiological looking on liberation theology of South Africa], Swedish Missiological Themes 97(2), 229–244. Katongole, E. (2011). The Sacrifice of Africa: A Political Theology for Africa. Grand Rapids: WB Eerdmans. Latourette, Kenneth S. (1953). A History of Christianity (NY: Harper and Row, Publishers.
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