Dr. Pat's Orthodox Super Sunday School Curriculum

Ecumenical Councils

THE SEVEN ECUMENICAL COUNCILS

 

Objectives:

  1. At the end of this two-lesson cycle, students should be able to name each of the seven councils, its major players, and the major decisions reached.
  2. Students should understand the concilliar process for major theological decision-making in the Church and its purpose in safeguarding orthodoxy for all of us.

 

Possible Lesson Plan:

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Fall of Rome

FALL OF ROME

 

Objectives:

  1. Students should know that the capital of the Western Empire was the city of Rome.
  2. Students should know the story of St. Leo, bishop of Rome, and Attila the Hun.
  3. Students should know the name of the new capital of the Roman Empire, Constantinople.
  4. Students should be able to name the original 5 Patriarchates.

 

Possible Lesson Plan:

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Crusades

THE CRUSADES

 

Objectives:

  1. Students should know the word, crusade, and that these were wars from Western Europe to take the Holy Land from the Moslems.
  2. Students should know that the crusaders did not win the Holy Land for Christians in the end.
  3. Students should know that the crusaders broke into the city of Constantinople and killed its Christian people and stole its treasures.

 

Possible Lesson Plan:

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