Doctor of Theology in Church History
Church history with an emphasis on God's providence in the development and growth of the Reformed faith.
Male applicants only
Curriculum Based on the curriculum of The Log College & Seminary.
About the program
This robust doctoral program is designed to provide students with a distinguished level of scholarship in church history and emphasizes the providence of God surrounding the development and growth of the Reformed Faith. The program consists of 56 academic hours and requires a master's degree (consisting of a minimum of 60 hours) in a theological discipline for admission.
Admission
Open to male students only; minimum 60 hour Master's degree in a field of theological study which includes 6 hours of Hebrew and 6 hours of Greek; applicants without the original languages must first complete the M.Div. language courses (BS500; BS501) as part of the degree program; M.Div or Th.M preferred for admission.
Requirements
- All written assignments (with the exception of the dissertation) should follow current MLA formatting.
- All numbered assignments (lecture outlines/notes, summaries, chapter summaries, papers, etc.) must be submitted to your mentor for grading.
Courses
LCS curriculum: 56 credits · School layer: 27 credits · Total: 83 credits
Added by the school: the original Westminster vision
The school copies the LCS curriculum in full and adds its own courses on the 1647 text of the Westminster Standards, read with the Scottish and continental Reformed tradition. These credits are added to the LCS credits; no LCS course is replaced. A layer course already completed in an earlier program is not repeated: its credits carry forward.
The original Westminster vision
18 creditsThe Scottish and continental Reformed tradition
9 creditsMore from the school's catalog (optional, not counted in the total)
OptionalThese courses add no credits to the program. Take any of them for your own study.
- SH501 The Scottish Reformation: Knox, Melville, the Scots Confession and the Books of Discipline 3 credits Self-study
- SH507 The 1843 Disruption and the Free Church: Chalmers, Cunningham, Bannerman, Candlish 3 credits Self-study
- CR502 Calvin's Geneva, the Academy and Reformed Church Order 3 credits Self-study
- CR503 Bullinger, the Second Helvetic Confession and Zurich 3 credits Self-study
The LCS curriculum, copied in full
Courses
56 credits- LG801 Fundamental Latin Grammar 3 credits Self-study Complete first
- CH801 The Early Church 6 credits Self-study
- CH802 Medieval Church History 6 credits Self-study
- CH803 History of the Reformation 6 credits Self-study
- PH801 Puritan History 6 credits Self-study
- CH804 Modern Church History 3 credits Self-study
- TH860 New England Theology 3 credits Self-study
- CH805 History of Presbyterianism 3 credits Self-study
- CH806 Southern Presbyterianism 3 credits Self-study
- CH807 History and Theology of Revival 3 credits Self-study
- HT801 Historical Theology 4 credits Self-study
- HT802 Historic Creeds and Confessions 4 credits Self-study
- CH890 Doctoral Dissertation 6 credits Self-study
Total: 83 credits