• ED 333 - Denominational History and Government
  An elective offering suited to the particular needs of students entering the ministry of the gospel in various denominations which require the study of the history and government of the student's church.

  (Spring, 3 hours.)

Historical Studies

• CH 113 - Ancient Church History
  A study of the Greek and Latin Fathers of the Church (ca. 100-600 A.D.), with particular attention given to the early ecumenical councils, liturgical practices, church order, ancient heresies and heretics, and the remarkable rise of the church from persecuted sect to established religion.

  (Fall, 3 Hours)

• CH 232 - Medieval Church History
  A study of the church’s development into medieval ascendancy in society (ca. 600-1400), examining its theology, polity, liturgy, and socio-political aspects, including its encounter with Islam and the development of monasticism, scholasticism, and the papacy in the High Middle Ages.

  (Spring, 2 Hours)

• CH 313 - Reformation Church History
  A study of the leaders and events of the Reformation and Counterreformation, the creeds of the Reformation times, and the emergence of major streams of Protestantism.

  (Fall, 3 hours)

• CH 334 - Modern and American Church History
  A study of the post-Reformation climate in church and culture, the effects of the Enlightenment and subsequent thought, such as modernism and ecumenism, upon Christianity, along with the development of the church in its mission throughout the world, with a special emphasis on the American church.

  (Spring, 4 hours)

Ecclesiastical Studies Electives

• EE 442 - The Early Church Fathers
  A study of the environment of the church fathers, including and discussing representative samples of their writings.

  (2 hours)

• EE 452 - Luther and the Reformation
  An intensive study of the life and work of Martin Luther and the Reformation. Includes the great debates between Luther and Erasmus and Zwingli. Compares and contrasts the Reformed and Lutheran distinctives.

  (2 hours)

• EE 462 - The English Reformation
  A study of the Reformation in England, from Henry VIII to the formation of the Church of England and Puritanism.

  (2 hours)

• EE 472 - The Worldview Calvinism of Abraham Kuyper
  A study of Kuyper's diverse writings on ecclesiastical reformation, sphere sovereignty, cultural criticism, antithesis, common grace, and social justice, with a biblical and theological evaluation of his position in light of contemporary application and criticism of his views.

  (2 hours)

• EE 482 - Canadian Church History
  A study of the establishment, struggles and development of the Christian churches in Canada, with background in the history and government of that country.

  (2 hours)

• EE 492 - American Church History
  A study of the religious environment in North America, with special attention to those groups that have an American origin, and their twentieth century developments.

  (2 hours)

• EE 542 - Post Reformation Federal Theology
  A study of the development of federal theology in the sixteenth century and especially its mature codification in the seventeenth century; including an analysis of theories of its origins, as well as reading of major federal theologians on the continent and the British Isles from that time period, with particular focus on controverted issues.

  (2 hours)

• EE 992 - Individual Studies Seminar