Starting Assumptions
Please write a good solid paragraph where you comment on any
of the following topics, raise any questions that come to mind: what do you
know about this week's topic already? what interests you about this topic? what
more would you like to learn about it? When you are done, post your comments
in the "Starting Assumptions" section of this week's Blackboard
Discussion Board. Please make sure that you do this by
Tuesday midnight; it is up to you whether you want to do this before
or after the Background assignment (either way is fine).
Note: you do not have to answer all these questions; just
pick the ones that are the most relevant to what's on your mind.
"Fathers"
of the Church:
- Like Jerome, Augustine is one of the "fathers" of the Christian
Church, and is specifically associated with the western Church establishment
(Catholic Church). Have you studied Augustine in any of your classes? Do you
have any assumptions or associations about Augustine, his life, his work,
his writings...?
- Are there other Church fathers that you have studied in school or who have
come to your attention in some way: Tertullian, Origen, Lactantius, John Chrysostom,
Ambrose, Basil...? others?
The Mediterranean World, 350-450 C.E.
Modern Languages 4970 / MRS 4903: Medieval Latin. Spring
2003 Online Course at the University of Oklahoma. Visit http://www.ou.edu/online/
for more info.
Laura Gibbs, University of Oklahoma - Information Technology © 2003.
laura-gibbs@ou.edu. Last updated:
December 29, 2002 7:12 PM