The keys to uncovering and understanding church development in Latin America in a program designed to boost your capacity in Religious Studies”

This program has been created as a high-quality course. At the end of it, students will have a clear understanding of the main events in the History of the Church, specifically in the Americas: The Southern Cone, Antilles and North America, as well as the key developments from the 16th to the 20th century of the main events in the History of the Church, specifically in the Americas.

Students will learn about the main historical milestones of the social Magisterium of the Church, identifying the main lines of its teachings in the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, outlining its role in the broader mission entrusted by God to the Church. You will be able to acquire the notion of the Magisterium and understand the nature of the reflection it offers on temporal or social questions, including the various logical levels of knowledge derived from it to identify the most important principles.

Through this postgraduate diploma, students will also gain access to a way of working in which the scientific method is incorporated into religious thought, in favor of a global analysis of all its implications and developments.

Those who wish to excel professionally, achieve a positive change at a professional level, interact with the best through an interesting online universe and belong to the new generation of the future by being able to work anywhere in the world, may find their path here.

A work-intensive program where you will learn about the main historical milestones of the social Magisterium of the Church, identifying the main lines of its teachings in the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries”

This postgraduate diploma in The Church in Latin America: History and Magisterium contains the most complete and up-to-date program on the market. Its most notable features are:

• Practical cases that apply the theoretical content through real life situations
• The graphic, schematic, and eminently practical content with which they are conceived
• The great variety of practical exercises where the self-evaluation process can be carried out to improve learning
• An algorithm-based interactive learning system that enables decision-making in the situations that are presented
• Its intensive focus on practical learning
• High-quality theoretical lessons, with questions to the expert, discussion forums on controversial topics and individual reflection work
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

Study with the greatest University in the technological era to be part of an entity with a vocation of service, aware of current social needs, at a global level, and individual needs in particular”

The teaching staff includes professionals from the field of Theology and other related fields, who bring their experience to this Postgraduate Certificate, as well as renowned specialists from leading scientific societies.

The multimedia content developed with the latest educational technology will provide students with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide immersive learning programmed to learn in real situations.

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby the student will must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise during the course. For this purpose, the professional will be assisted by an innovative, interactive video system created by renowned experts in The Church in Latin America: History and Magisterium who also have extensive teaching experience.

This postgraduate diploma has been created with the best educational materials in online training, and it offers the maximum professional growth you are looking for"

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The main objective of this educational program is to provide students with a complete and current vision of the discipline. Therefore, it focuses on concrete, measurable and useful objectives that will allow students to grow both in their professional and personal lives, turning the knowledge they acquire into real competences.

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General Objectives

• Provide the necessary context, ideas and perspectives that will enable students to understand the character of Theology
• Present the historical and epistemological configuration of Theology as a science
• Justify the recourse of Theology to its sources
• Demonstrate the basic skills to access the instruments to study Theology
• Present an overview of the various branches of study of Theology
• Frame fundamental theology as a specialized part of the discipline that seeks to understand the mystery of God in its totality
• Explain the formal theological principles involved in the theological reading of Sacred Scripture: canonicity, inspiration and inerrancy
• Explore the main historical and geographical elements that serve as an aid to the study of the Bible
• Propose hermeneutical principles to properly understand the Bible
• Identify the places and events referred to in Sacred Scripture
• Review different versions of the Bible

Specific Objectives

Module 1. History of the Church in Latin America

• Present the main events in the History of the Church, specifically in the Americas: Southern Cone, Antilles and North America
• Summarize the main developments from the 16th to the 20th century of the main events in the History of the Church, specifically in the Americas
• Know, understand, use and explain the language of Church History, as well as the specific language of the period
• Identify the defining structural features of the Church in the Americas, explaining their chronological evolution
• Explain the current behaviors of the Church as a result of a historical process, relating them to past events, phenomena, problems and behaviors

Module 2. The Magisterium in Latin America 

• Recognize the main historical milestones of the Magisterium in Latin America, identifying the main lines of its teachings
• Outline the role of the Magisterium in the broader mission entrusted by God to the Church
• Acquire the notion of the Magisterium and understand the nature of the reflection it offers on temporal questions or questions of social order
• Grasp the various logical levels of knowledge generated by the Magisterium and identify its most important principles

Module 3. The Magisterium in the 17th and 18th Centuries 

• Recognize the main historical milestones of the social Magisterium of the Church, identifying the main lines of its teachings in the 17th and 18th centuries
• Outline the role of the Magisterium in the broader mission entrusted by God to the Church
• Acquire the notion of the Magisterium and understand the nature of the reflection it offers on temporal questions or questions of social order
• Grasp the various logical levels of knowledge generated by the Magisterium and identify its most important principles

Module 4. The Magisterium in the 19th Century 

• Recognize the main historical milestones of the social Magisterium of the Church, identifying the main lines of its teachings in the 19th century
• Outline the role of the Magisterium in the broader mission entrusted by God to the Church
• Acquire the notion of the Magisterium and understand the nature of the reflection it offers on temporal questions or questions of social order
• Grasp the various logical levels of knowledge generated by the Magisterium and identify its most important principles

Module 5. The Magisterium in the 20th Century

• Recognize the main historical milestones of the social Magisterium, identifying the main lines of its teachings in the 20th century
• Outline the role of the Magisterium in the broader mission entrusted by God to the Church
• Acquire the notion of the Magisterium and understand the nature of the reflection it offers on temporal questions or questions of social order
• Grasp the various logical levels of knowledge generated by the Magisterium and identify its most important principles
• Module 6. The Magisterium in the 16th Century 
• Recognize the main historical milestones of the social Magisterium, identifying the main lines of its teachings in the 16th century
• Outline the role of the Magisterium in the broader mission entrusted by God to the Church
• Acquire the notion of the Magisterium and understand the nature of the reflection it offers on temporal questions or questions of social order
• Grasp the various logical levels of knowledge generated by the Magisterium and identify its most important principles

Today more than ever theologians need the endorsement of a solid and updated body of knowledge to confront their experience with the real world with guarantees of success”