May 09, 2025  
Xavier University Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 2024-2025 
  
Xavier University Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 2024-2025

GREK 371 - Greek Patristics


3 Credit Hours
This course will guide students through biblical Greek excerpts from notable figures and writing within the early Church. The readings will broaden students’ understanding of biblical Greek by translating less familiar Greek readings. Excerpts will be taken from such writings as: The Didache, Martyrdom of Ignatius, Martyrdom of Carpus, Martyrdom of Polycarp, Justin Martyr’s Apology, Luian’s view of Christians, the Liturgy of Chrystostom. Students will memorize some fo the early creeds in Greek and become familiar with the Greek liturgy of Chrysostom, which is still used today in the Greek Orthodox Church.

Course Attributes: Honors

Levels: Graduate Undergraduate


College of Arts & Sciences Classics & Modern Languages