Deacon Alexander Vallens, Seminary Graduate
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Seminarian Corner
This section is meant to give our visitors a taste of the academic life at an Orthodox seminary here in the United States, and also to offer some insight into Orthodox Theology. The papers posted here are the work of our former seminarian (and webmaster), Deacon Alexander Vallens, who is a recent graduate of the Master of Divinity program at St. Tikhon's Theological Seminary in South Canaan, PA.
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1st Year
Fall
HIS-501 (The Early Church): The Development of the New Testament Canon (in the Fourth Century)
SCR-501 (Israel's Origins): The Route of the Exodus
SPR-501 (Foundations of Spiritual Life): Class Summary
Spring
DTH-502 (Cosmology): St. Photios the Great & The Filioque Controversy
HIS-502 (The Eastern Church): The Correspondence of Patriarch Jeremias of Constantinople and the Lutheran Scholars at the University of Tübingen
MUS-1302 (Sacred Music): A Basic Study of Byzantine Chant
PAT-601 (Patristic Theology I): The Didache
SCR-532 (Hermeneutics): Annotated Bibliography (10 Commentaries on II Thessalonians 2:15 Examined From an Orthodox Perspective), Orthodox Biblical Exegesis & Biblical Criticism and the Historical Critical Method
SCR-601 (Old Testament Prophets): The Holy Prophet Nahum
2nd Year
Fall
ETH-5301 (Ethics): Homosexuality and the Episcopate
HOM-601 (Homiletics): Homily 1, Homily 2, Homily 3, Homily 4
PAT-6302 (Patristics II): Exposition of the Orthodox Faith
THE-6303 (Anthropology & Christology): Reunification of the Chalcedonian Schism
Spring
Homiletics Practicum: Homily 1, Homily 3, Homily 4
PTH-6303 (The Christian Family): Marriage in the Media
THE-6304 (Soteriology, Ecclesiology & Eschatology): Dangers of Eschatological Speculation
3rd Year
Fall
HIS-6312 (Amer. Religious History): Book Review of A. Powell Davies' America's Real Religion
PTR-5321 (Ethical Issues): Cosmetic Surgery: Is it Permissible from the Orthodox Perspective?
SCR-6307 (Johannine Writings): Class Presentation: Gospel of John 8:12-20, Bible Study Guide: Gospel of John 20:19-31
THE-6311 (Comparative Theology): Atonement Theology
Spring
Homilies: Sunday of the Last Judgment
HIS-6321 (Orthodoxy in America): Archimandrite Sebastian Dabovich
HIS-6311 (Slavic Church History): Saint Sava of Serbia, Holy Martyrs and Passion-Bearers Boris and Gleb
LTG-5302 (Divine Liturgy & Sacraments): Presanctified Liturgy on Friday Nights During Great Lent
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Disclaimer
Although the material published here has been reviewed by the respective instructors at the seminary, and by Fr. Joseph, our rector, these views are not necessarily shared by our Parish, Diocese, the Holy Synod of Bishops of the OCA, nor by the Orthodox Church in general. However, the author has attempted to keep in line with all such views to the best of his ability. Please bear in mind, while you read, that as one grows and matures in knowledge and spirituality, one's ability to understand and articulate the Truth of Orthodox Theology expands as well.
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