Orthodox Christian Ethics (ETHC 5001)

Term: Academic Year 2018-2019 Fall

Faculty

	Timothy G. PatitsasShow MyInfo popup for Timothy G. Patitsas
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	Office hours: Monday 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM Tuesday 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM Wednesday 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM

Schedule

Mon-Wed, 9:10 AM - 10:30 AM (8/27/2018 - 12/19/2018) Location: MAIN CLASS 114

Description

Christian moral theology is concerned with virtue not as an end in itself, but as an indispensable, challenging, and rewarding dimension of the Good Life, the Life in Christ. As such, a proper aim of Christian ethics is happiness, or rather blessedness; thus, St. Seraphim of Sarov's famous dictum: The goal of the Christian life is the acquisition of the Holy Spirit. Taking our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and the Panaghia as our primary ethical models, the class considers the meaning and shape of 'right action' within the matrix of Uncreated Grace.