Ecclesiastical Faculty of Theology
Licentiate in Theology and Patristic Studies (S.T.L.)
The Ecclesiastical Faculty of Theology at St. Augustine’s Seminary offers a Licentiate in Theology and Patristic Studies starting in September 2023. The two-year (four semester) advanced Licentiate degree is a program dedicated to the study of the development of doctrine and culture of Christianity in its first eight hundred years.
The program’s objective is to prepare students for advanced study in theology, literature, history, and philosophy of the early Church and Late Antiquity. The Licentiate is a research degree.
There are fourteen mandatory courses in Patrology, Biblical Exegesis, the development of the Doctrine of God, Christology, Ecclesiology, and the relationship between the Church and society. In addition, students will be required to complete a thesis. The program also introduces students to early Christian writers’ intellectual and cultural milieu, such as Rhetoric and Philosophy.
Graduates of the program are equipped to teach in colleges, seminaries, and schools of Theology, and can also serve as catechetical resources for dioceses and various chaplaincies.
Diploma in Philosophy
The Diploma in Philosophy, consisting of ten philosophy courses, will begin in September 2024. This two-semester Diploma is designed to fulfill the philosophy requirements outlined in Veritatis Gaudium for the study of theology. Courses will be offered in-person and synchronously online to allow students throughout Canada and internationally to benefit from these course offerings.
For more information on each program, follow the links below or from the links in the sidebar.