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Xavier University Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 2024-2025 
  
Xavier University Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 2024-2025

THEO 217 - Intro to the Church Fathers


3 Credit Hours
The Fathers of the first five centuries. The Church’s defense against pagans and heretics. Confrontation with the Empire. Development of doctrine.

Prerequisites: THEO111 or CORE105

Course Attributes: Catholicism & Culture Minor, Theology Perspectives, Theology - Historical Theology

Levels: Graduate Undergraduate


College of Arts & Sciences Theology