Join Trent Horn from Catholic Answers and learn about the sacraments and salvific elements of our Catholic faith through an in-depth study of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
How to get the most out of Introduction to the Catechism 102: Sacraments and Salvation with Trent Horn:
- First, watch the class's lecture with a notebook ready and available for class notes.
- Read assignments before watching class recordings.
- Do the assignments, quizzes, and any extra work assigned for that class.
- Once the course is completed to the parent's and professor’s satisfaction, there is a Certificate of Completion at the end to be filled in for your records.
Note: Sacraments and Salvation is part of the Introduction to Catholicism series of three courses (two parts each). If students would like to take the full series they can enroll concurrently or consecutively with Introduction to the Catechism 101 and/or Introduction to the Catechism 103 courses. Courses in this series may be taken in any order.
Total classes: 10
Duration: 20-30 minutes per Q+A recorded Session plus ten 30-minute pre-recorded lectures.
Prerequisite: None
Suggested grade level: 9th to 12th grade
Suggested credit: 1 full semester Theology
Instructor: Trent Horn
Instructor Email: thorn@catholic.com
Course description: This course will follow a “flipped-classroom” approach. Each class students will watch Mr. Horn’s 30-minute pre-recorded lecture before watching the recorded interactive class.
Sacraments and Salvation covers Part Two of the Catechism with an emphasis on the seven sacraments as well as teachings on salvation from part three.
Course outline:
Class 0: The Liturgy
Class 1: Baptism I
Class 2: Baptism II and Confirmation
Class 3: The Eucharist
Class 4: Reconciliation and Anointing of the Sick
Class 5: The Priesthood
Class 6: Marriage
Class 7: Sacramentals
Class 8: Morality of Human Acts
Class 9: Morality of Passions and Virtues
Class 10: Sin and Society
Course materials:
1. Catechism of the Catholic Church (2nd edition). Can be paperback or online (http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/ccc_toc2.htm or https://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/ccc_toc.htm)
2. Why We’re Catholic by Trent Horn (the instructor of this course), https://shop.catholic.com/why-were-catholic-our-reasons-for-faith-hope-and-love/
Homework:
1. Watch the recorded lecture before attending class.
2. Class readings of approx. 20 pages of the Catechism and 5-10 pages of Why We’re Catholic.
3. Regular quizzes that are automatically graded.
- Teacher: Trent Horn