Love in the BibleMondays, September 21 - November 9
St. Gregory the Great Msgr. Klasen Building, 1609 W Gregory St. 6:30 PM - 8 PM a weekly seminar led by Prof. Scott Moringiello (DePaul University) |
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Central to Christianity is the paradoxical claim that, not only does God love us, but also, as the first letter of John proclaims: God is Love. By loving God and our neighbor, we both imitate God's love for us and we partake of God's own being.
In this course, we will explore the various passages in the Old and New Testaments that spell out what that could mean. We will examine how the books within the Old Testament and New Testament agree with each other, and how they highlight different understandings of God’s love and God as love. We will also draw on some figures in the early Church to see how they interpreted this Biblical text.
In this course, we will explore the various passages in the Old and New Testaments that spell out what that could mean. We will examine how the books within the Old Testament and New Testament agree with each other, and how they highlight different understandings of God’s love and God as love. We will also draw on some figures in the early Church to see how they interpreted this Biblical text.
$80 suggested donation. Please RSVP by filling out the form below. Contact Mark Franzen with any questions.
*You can pay online or bring a check or cash to the class. Make checks payable to Mary, Mother of God Parish with "St. Gregory's Hall" in the memo line. All donations are used to cover program and staff-related expenses of St. Gregory's Hall. No funds are used for general Parish operating expenses.
*You can pay online or bring a check or cash to the class. Make checks payable to Mary, Mother of God Parish with "St. Gregory's Hall" in the memo line. All donations are used to cover program and staff-related expenses of St. Gregory's Hall. No funds are used for general Parish operating expenses.
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Scott Moringiello is scholar-in-residence at St. Gregory's Hall and Department Chair and Associate Professor of Catholic Studies at DePaul University, where he teaches classes on Catholic theology and religion and literature. He holds a PhD in Theology from the University of Notre Dame, an MPhil from the Divinity Faculty at the University of Cambridge, and a BA in Philosophy and Classics from Williams College. His research interest include religious themes in contemporary literature and the history of biblical exegesis. He and his family are former parishioners of St. Gregory the Great.
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