St. Joseph of Arimathea Anglican Theological College
Online Courses – SPRING, 2020
St. Joseph of Arimathea, the Seminary of the Anglican Province of Christ the King, will, once again, offers seminary courses for all postulants, interested clergymen, and laity for the Spring Semester 2020. These courses are designed especially for postulants of the APCK preparing for their canonical examinations, but are also for clergy who wish to take advantage of continuing education and laity seeking to gain a greater knowledge of their Faith. The fee for each course is $250 (for credit, which includes written assignments, quizzes, and exams) and $75 to audit (no credit – Pass/Fail). Limited Scholarships are available on an as needed basis. Textbooks, if required, can be purchased through Amazon.com or other leading bookseller. Please email Canon Ben Jones at fr.benjones@gmail.com to obtain access information, where to mail your payment, and/or to apply for a scholarship. We appreciate your interest and participation in this program of the Anglican Province of Christ the King.
Note Well –
1) The online courses will be taught using zoom.us, a platform on which students will have real-time interaction with the faculty during the lectures, which will have the capability to be recorded for future use. The faculty will send out invitations to join their class after students have registered. All that students need to do is to click the link on their e-mail invitation. You don’t have to download anything, but you may choose to download the free zoom.us software.
2) As in years past, all courses offered this semester are in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Seminary Curriculum as listed on the Seminary website.
Please contact the Seminary Vice-Provost and Registrar Canon Ben Jones (fr.benjones@gmail.com) if you have any questions regarding the courses you have taken thus far.
3) Courses will begin in January 2020, so please sign up now!
SEMINARY NEWS
At a recent Council of Bishops meeting, the Council of Bishops appointed The Rev. Canon Ben E. Jones as Vice-Provost of St. Joseph’s Seminary. He will also remain as the Seminary’s Registrar. Archbishop Upham will assume the duties of President of St. Joseph’s and Bishop Donald Ashman will remain as the Seminary’s Provost. Please see above for Canon Jones’ email address as all correspondence will go through him from now on.
Bishop Ashman, in a recent edition of The Shepherd’s Staff wrote, “I would like to personally remind all clergy that “continuing education” is of supreme importance. We too easily forget what we have learned. We all need to learn what (perhaps) we didn’t learn. We all need to sharpen our skills, especially our theological skills.”
With Bishop Ashman’s words in mind, these courses are offered for Spring, 2020:
1) History of the Church and Development of Doctrine taught by the Rt. Rev. Peter F. Hansen, Bishop Suffragan of the Diocese of the Western States
Bishop Hansen will be offering a two-semester course which will examine elements of Christian History, the effect that the Church had on society, and the errors, inspirations, heroic tales, heresy and orthodoxy, that brought the promise of Christ: that the Holy Spirit would lead us into all truth, and how the Church developed its doctrine in that setting. The first semester will cover topics leading up to the brink of the Great Schism. The second semester will cover the Great Schism, the Crusades, the medieval Papal States, the rise of the middle class, the Reformation, Anglicanism as opposed to both Roman and Protestant churches, and subsequent centuries and their challenges that continue until today. Bishop Hansen’s course begins TUESDAY, January 7th and will meet at 4 pm PST.
2) Ecclesiastical Latin VI taught by The Rt. Rev. Donald M. Ashman, Bishop Ordinary of the Diocese of the Western States
Bishop Ashman will continue Ecclesiastical Latin for those who were enrolled previously. He has over thirty years of teaching experience as a high school Latin teacher. He adds that students should not be timid about taking this course. The focus will be not only on Latin Grammar but also on the culture that produced our Church and its Liturgy. Apply yourselves and you too can master Latin! It will serve you well in life! Latin VI will begin Monday, January 20th at 10 am PST.
3) Biblical Greek II taught by The Rt. Rev. Donald M. Ashman, Rector of the Church of Our Saviour, Los Angeles, CA
Biblical Greek II will continue to focus on the rudiments of learning to read, write, and understand Koine Greek, the language in which the New Testament was originally written. Bishop Ashman has arranged his busy schedule so as to offer this course for those students who would like to be able to read the original biblical language and understand the Scriptures more thoroughly for preaching. Like Latin, Greek is a very valuable tool for those who are engaged with Holy Scripture. Biblical Greek II will begin Thursday, January 9th at 3:30 PST.
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To obtain access information, where to mail your payment, and/or to apply for a scholarship, please send an email to: Fr.benjones@gmail.com. Mail payment, made out to St. Joseph of Arimathea Anglican Theological College ($250/credit, $75 audit), to:
St. Joseph’s Seminary
c/o Canon Ben E. Jones
Diocese of the Atlantic States
1210 Dixie Trail
Raleigh, NC 27607
We appreciate your interest and participation in this program of the Anglican Province of Christ the King and St. Joseph of Arimathea Anglican Theological College.