Dr. Ann T. Orlando 16 January 2019 Class 1: Introduction Dr. Ann T. Orlando 16 January 2019

Welcome Back to Church History Review Syllabus Structure of course Requirements Course Web Site My agenda/perspective/prejudices

Class Structure Six Parts Lectures Primary Source Readings Ref to Hitchcock Five Short Papers at conclusion of Parts I – V based on primary sources One Long Paper and panel discussion based on selected book analysis

Book Selection Choose One by Feb 27: Read Selection by Mar 22 Brad Gregory. The Unintended Reformation: How a Religious Revolution Secularized Society. Cambridge: Belknap Press, 2012. (Chapters) D. A. Brading, Mexican Phoenix, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. Ruth Harris, Lourdes, New York: Penguin, 1999. David Kertzer, The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara, New York: Vintage, 1997. John McGreevy, Catholicism and American Freedom, New York: W. W. Norton, 2003. Read Selection by Mar 22 Topics for panels and papers by April 26 Panels last week of class

Requirements Class attendance and active participation. Preparation of Short Papers and class discussion Preparation of Long Paper and panel discussion Two Exams: Quiz I covering Parts I and II (closed book) Quiz II covering Parts III, IV and V (closed book) NO FINAL Grade: 1/3 short papers, discussion, panel and final presentation 1/3 each quiz

Texts for Class James Hitchcock, History of the Catholic Church (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2012) John Vidmar, The Catholic Church Through the Ages (New Jersey: Paulist Press, 2005) Thomas Bokenkotter, A Concise History of the Catholic Church (New York: Doubleday, 2004). Norman Tanner, A New Short History of the Catholic Church (London: Barnes & Oates, 2011) Peter Armenio, History of the Church (The Didache Series), (Midwest Theological Forum, 2005) John O’Malley, A History of the Popes (Maryland: Sheed & Ward, 2010) Diarmaid MacCulloch, Christianity, the First Three Thousand Years (New York: Viking, 2010) Manu readings from: Carter Lindberg, Editor. The European Reformations Sourcebook. (Malden: Blackwell, 2000.)

Web Site for Class http://web.mit.edu/aorlando/www/SaintJohnCHII/ Several files Word file of syllabus Lecture slides; posted day after each lecture, in a folder called Lectures; PowerPoint format Scanned readings This is not a pretty web site

Primary Sources Different, multiple sources each week; should be focus of papers Read everything critically (includes secondary sources) What is author’s perspective What issues is author addressing; how important is the historical circumstance to those issues Who is the audience What is genre of the work (homily, thesis, poem, letter, Biblical commentary) Caution using Web Resources Anybody can put anything on the web and claim that it is ‘authoritative’ Many texts are available, but in older translations Maintenance of a web resource is still on an individual basis; no guarantee that information will be well maintained And if you use a web resource you must reference it

My Agenda Apologetic I believe that the Truth is most fully expressed in Magisterium of the Catholic Church But the expression (emphasis) of that Truth may change with historical circumstances My interest in ecclesial history is to work at understanding the pilgrim Church’s role in (Western) society today The Church’s self-understanding The ‘World’s’ understanding of the Church I am not primarily interested in: 16th C German religion/politics/society 17th C French religion/politics/society 18th C English religion/politics/society 19th – 20th C American religion/politics/society

My Historical Judgement (Prejudices) Importance of Spain in 16th – 19th C What is most important about the 16th C Northern European Revolts (aka Reformation) Catholic Renewal Catholic Christianity becomes a world-wide religion and dominant Importance of the 17th C Beginning of modernity What’s most important in 18th C American Revolution not French Revolution