St Bede's Anglican Catholic Theological College

The interpretation of Scripture lies at the heart of many of the changes and disagreements afflicting the modern Church. How one interprets Scripture thus shapes how and what one believes regarding revelation, as well as the Church’s teachings. This course will familiarize the student with the classical orthodox methods of  understanding and interpreting Scripture, thus giving him the tools he needs to read, understand, and teach Scripture as the Church’s book,  in accord with Holy Tradition.    

Understanding the Old Testament is vital for an orthodox and catholic reading and interpretation of the New Testament and Early Church Fathers. This introductory course gives a preliminary overview of the Old Testament, providing an understanding of its organization, literary genres, formation, and theology. In this course the candidate will develop an historical understanding of the origins of the Hebrew people, and their formation into a national geographical and political entity, as well as the movements of God’s plan of salvation, worked out through the correction and trials of His people. This provides essential context for understanding Jesus, the Early Church, and the New Testament. This course also includes some basic elements of Hebrew (the alphabet, how to use Hebrew lexicons and other tools). It is designed for those who have not have two semesters of Biblical Hebrew.      

The New Testament texts are the narrative of the Person and work of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Apostles, and first century Christians. Understanding it is essential for an orthodox catholic understanding of the Christian Faith.  This introductory course gives a preliminary overview of the New Testament texts, providing an understanding of their organization, literary genres, formation, and theology.  Through this course the student will develop an historical understanding of the origins of the Christian community, and her formation into a major religion in the Roman Empire, and gain the foundational context for the Early Church Fathers and subsequent Church history.      

This course is a survey of, and introduction to, world religions. It will introduce the student to a variety of traditions from south and east Asia, as well as to those traditions which are predominant in the West. The religions to be examined include indigenous religious traditions, Hinduism, Buddhism, Japanese and Chinese religions, Judaism and Islam. 

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An introduction to the classic vocabulary and theological understanding of the spiritual life. The student will become familiar with the essential concepts, and be exposed to the most important elements of the spiritual life in the history of the Church, with a strong emphasis on the writings and ideas most influential in the Anglican Catholic tradition.

This course will provide an introduction and overview of Christian theology. In addition to an examination of historical figures, periods, and the development of thought during the Church’s history, there will be an examination of the sources of Tradition and basic theological methodology (Prolegomena). Christian doctrines that will be studied include the Trinity, Christology, Ecclesiology, Sin and Grace, the Sacraments, and Eschatology. Both orthodox catholic theology and some modern trends will be examined, so that the student is better informed concerning recent developments and challenges to the Faith.