"Continuing" COLLEGE
Principal Rev Dr E M Lindsay Griffiths PhDMin
God has ordained there to be a College, a special College, a Continuing College writes Rev Dr David P Griffiths PhD DD.
What Lindsay and I are working on are courses in the following areas.
If God is calling thee to be part of this vision - please contact me at phcc4219@aol.com
Rev Dr David P Griffiths Courses
1: The Infiltration of Higher and Lower Criticism into the Church
(DG to produce an 85,000 word PhD dissertation on this for a further doctorate)
i) Its Alexandrian Origins
ii) How it has developed over the centuries to bring about a "Gnostic Church"
iii) The development into modern day "translations"
iv) The Solution: Returning to the God Inspired Word
2: Comparative Religions: An Overview of the World's Principal Religions
i) Judaism and Islam and their impact on the present day world
ii) Buddhism and Hinduism - Origins and culture and their influences on New Age belief Course
3: Philosophy in Religion
i) How ancient philosophies have influence Religion over the centuries
ii) Stoicism and Calvinism - Did Seneca really influence Calvin?
iii) Pre-Destination and Freewill - the persepective of Arminius
iv) God's ideal - the John 5:30 approach
Course 4: Church History: 1900's to the Present Day
i) Introduction: Brief Summary of Church (Antioch origins) and Counterfeit Church (Alexandrian origins) History to give background to modern Church History
ii) Pentecostal Developments from Azusa Street to now
iii) The role of the Holiness Movements
iv) Evangelical Diversities
v) Establishment "Church" and its role in society
vi) The Way forward
Rev Dr E M Lindsay Griffiths Courses
Course 1: Ancient Philosophies of the New Testament: (EMLG to produce an 85,000 word PhD dissertation on the Mars Hill Philosophies)
(1) Introduction to Greek Philosophy: The Pre-Socratics to Epicurus (sixth century to second century B.C.)
(2) Hellenistic Philosophies: Epicureanism and Stoicism - a detailed study of their origins, content, and reasons for their popularity.
(3) The influence of Greek philosophies in the New Testament: the Hellenists in Judaea; the Roman Empire and its rulers and governors; Paul's journeys in Asia Minor, Greece and Rome.
(4) Summary of findings.
Course 2: New Testament Greek:
(1) Introduction: The Greek alphabet and basic grammar
(2) Reading the Greek New Testament (Textus Receptus)
(3) Corrupted Greek: a critical survey of key passages in Westcott and Hort's "original Greek" text - to include errors and alterations in tenses and other Greek constructions.
(4) Summary of findings
Course 3: Latin of the Roman Empire:
(1) Introduction: why a knowledge of Latin is important for New Testament studies
(2) The Latin Language
(3) Latin, Romans and their role in the New Testament: Herod the Great; the census; publicani, Roman governors of Judaea; the Roman army; Roman citizenship; the pax Romana.
(4) The Influence of Latin through the Ages, including Latin "versions" of the Bible.
Course 4: New Testament Background:
Note: this course will be enhanced by the study of either Latin or Greek (see above).
(1) Historical background to the New Testament (356 to 4 B.C.) Alexander the Great and his successors; the Hellenisation of the East, including Judaea; the rise of Rome; the Roman conquest of Judaea and her neighbours.
(2) New Testament Times: Judaea, (4 B.C. to 37 A.D.) - Jewish, Greek and Roman cultures and customs - conflict, conquest and syncretisation.
(3) Pentecost and Beyond (37 - 70 A.D.): Paul's Missonary Journeys; the Greek cities of Asia Minor; Athens and mainland Greece; Judaea and its relations with Rome; the crisis of A.D. 70 and the destruction of Jerusalem; the Essenes, the Zealots and Masada.
(4) Summary of findings.
Is God calling thee into this vision, financially, academically and or spiritually.
Please get in touch now!
