MTS 706 Theological Ethics (Prime Commandments)

Program : Baccalaureate in Theology Semester : S4 Credits : 3 Teacher : Rev. Fr. Vechoor D. Aim This course will convince the students of the vital role and theological relevance of the ten Commandments in our day to day moral life, especially of the first three commandments. It will enlighten the students to appreciate the beauty of the virtue of religion and joy of our faith in the One True God. The course will also highlight the different aberrations, seen in the realm of faith, related to the first three commandments. This course will start with a general understanding of the 10 Commandments, especially of the prime commandments. Then the first three commandments will be analysed in a detailed…

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MTS 703 Sacrament of Reconciliation

Program : Baccalaureate in Theology Semester : S5 Credits : 3 Teacher : Rev. Fr. Vechoor Dominic Aim This course is intended to help the students to have a better understanding and a more fruitful celebration of the sacred ministry in the confessional, a beautiful but a demanding apostolate. The required historical, theological, canonical and pastoral orientations will be given to the students. The students are slowly initiated to appreciate the beauty of this sacrament in the light of the Eastern and Western theological perspectives and to put it at the center of their future pastoral ministry. The entire course is divided into five parts. The introductory part will deal with the different dimensions of the contemporary crisis in and…

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MTS 701 Fundamental Moral Theology

Program : Baccalaureate in Theology Semester : S1 Credits : 4.5 Teacher : Rev. Fr. Dominic Vechoor Aim This course will initiate the students into the vast and wide world of Catholic moral theology. This course will explain the different fundamental concepts and principles of Catholic moral theology so that the students may become capable of objectively evaluating the various moral issues of today and of arriving at right moral decisions in the light of Gospel values and the teachings of the Catholic Church. The entire course is divided into two parts, distributed in two semesters. In part one. we will deal with the introductory notions on moral theology, biblical vision of morality, human act and moral laws. In part…

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