Instructor:

T. (Sick) Brophy.

Welcome to Language and Religion. In this class we will be reviewing the impact of language, specifically the translation of language as it relates to the development of Catholic Church ideology and belief. Although this is a large topic to cover, this class will be part of a large series of classes each building off the other.

Class Objective:

1. Discuss the development of oral tradition as used in relating religious traditions and general synopsis of the development of language as used in rhetoric or argument by the ancient Greeks.
2. Development of Roman adoption and adaptation of Greek ideas.
3. Develop a timeline and relevant historical events, which impacted the authors of the New Testament Gospels.
4. Constantine and the New Church Era.

Class Structure

Each class objective will be covered in a three lecture series:

Classes 1-6 Discuss oral tradition as used in the dissemination of ideas. The primary focal point of these classes will discuss the development of argument as used by the Greeks circa third century BC and expounded by the Sophists and arguments among classical Greek philosophers such as Plato, Pythagurus, Aristotle, etc. At the end of this series the lectures will discuss Roman adaptation of Greek knowledge and their implementation of it towards education and thought.
Classes 7-12 Cover the development of the Christian faith after Jesus’ passion and the historical context within which the authors of the Gospels found themselves and potential impacts this had on writing style and development of faith. We will conclude this series with the Roman Emperor Constantine and his adoption of Christianity as the formal religion of the empire
Class 13 Will be deicated to answering any questions you may have following Classes 1-12. Feel free to post any questions you may have in the class comments area and they will be covered in Class 13. I will also be providing links to further resources you can use to learn about the history which will be covered in this secures of lectures. If you know of any great resources for the program being covered just post them in class comments and we will discuss them in Class 13.

Course Overview:

12 classes,
Classes 1-6: Oral Tradition, Greek and Roman Thought
Classes 7-12: Gospel writings and Constantine
Class 13: Final review and discussion.

Conclusion.

The goal of this class will be to provide a basic knowledge of the development of language and history as used in the development of the dogma of the Catholic Church. After completeing this course you will be able to: a) basic understanding of language and its development. b) An understanding of Greek thought and its impact on Roman belief and civic structure. c) Have a brief history of the Gospels and understand the history in which they were written.

Despite the fact of whether you agree or disagree with this omnipotent contrarian, we must give SlightlySick props where and when due.

He went from one-time presidential hopeful, while creating the Internet (perhaps he’s responsible for my spam?? LOL), to gallivanting across the Global skies in a Jet-5, all the while eating granola and wearing bad pastel t-shirts.

(Off subject, much to our chagrin and despite repeated attempts, he or one of his pernicious sophist of a minion refused to let him wear SlightlySick Gear in response to the accolades he received from academia, I guess to receive an honorary degree from Sick U wasn’t enough).

I digress, if you haven’t guessed who this man of mystery is, it’s none other than Al Gore!!!! Yes, my friends, ol’ Al has had the last laugh, straight to the bank. I guess he figured, screw you Jonn-Q public, go ahead steal the election, I’m still gonna get your government subsidized dollars anyway.

After long term commitments to fighting global warming and developing and creating companies to meet those demands, I’m sure he’ll purchase a beach front home in Yuma, AZ just after the big one hits in CA. Well if you see Al on the streets tell’em the guys (and one rather cheeky monkey) at SlightlySick University the Las Vegas online University are looking for him and want to give him honorary BS degree.

This is a SlightlySick University, Las Vegas online, favorite. It comes from Space Ghost Coast-to-Coast and features the wrestling legend Macho Man. I never get tired of watching this clip: