Course 1: The Soul's Legal Status
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Below is the complete content of the first course in the Master of Christian Catechesis, The Soul's Legal Status. Every textbook. Every assignment. Every audio version. Free to read, free to listen to, free to work through at your own pace.
We publish it this way because we think the best case for a program is the program itself. A brochure can promise anything. A curriculum has to hold up under a reader. If you want to know what four credit hours of serious catechetical formation looks like, you can find out by doing the first course, not by reading about the first course.
If the material reaches you, enroll. If it does not, you will have spent nothing and still come away with three textbooks worth of careful vocabulary study in the legal architecture of Scripture, which is not a small thing on its own.
How this course is structured. Course 1 is built around three textbooks plus a synthesis. You read the first textbook, then complete Assignment 1. You read the second textbook, then complete Assignment 2. You read the third textbook, then complete Assignment 3. Finally, you complete Assignment 4, the synthesis, which draws the three subjects into one coherent model in your own voice. Four credits. Four assignments. One complete way of seeing Scripture as the legal document it actually is.
The Three Textbooks
The Legal Aspect of Scripture
A vocabulary study in eleven words: Archon, Authority, Jurisdiction, Law, Claim, Standing, Transfer, Consent, Seal, Record, and Debt. The foundational legal vocabulary the biblical authors built their architecture with.
Behind Enemy Lines
A vocabulary study in ten words: Divine Breath, Flesh, Ransom, Blood, Redemption, Seal, Adoption, Book of Life, Image, and more. The situation of the believer legally transferred out of the old jurisdiction but still walking in contested territory.
The Courtroom Under the Story
A vocabulary study in ten words: Judgment, Advocate, Accuser, Justification, Condemnation, Mediator, Propitiation, and more. The legal architecture of Scripture brought into the courtroom where it is actually exercised.
The Four Assignments
Each assignment is a complete work package: the reading that precedes it, three worked scenarios that model the cross-reference discipline, and the specification for the paper and videos the student produces. Assignments 1 through 3 are one per textbook. Assignment 4 is the synthesis.
Subject 1: The Legal Aspect of Scripture
Complete the first textbook. Choose one of three worked scenarios. Produce a paper of roughly 1,500 words and a recorded video of up to 20 minutes. Respond to three challenge questions in a second video.
Subject 2: Behind Enemy Lines
Same format as Assignment 1, applied to the second textbook. By Assignment 2 the rhythm begins to feel less foreign and more familiar, even though the territory is new.
Subject 3: The Courtroom Under the Story
Same format as Assignments 1 and 2, applied to the third textbook. By Assignment 3 the practice becomes fluency. The rhythm should be in your hands.
The Synthesis: Speaking in the Voice You Are Becoming
The capstone of Course 1. The student draws the three subjects into a single coherent model in their own voice. This is the first place a student practices the catechist role in the form it will take at the end of the program.
Ready to Enroll?
Course 1 is the only course in the MCC program that requires no formal application. You can register directly with the College administration and begin the work. Tuition is due at successful completion, not at enrollment, so there is no financial commitment to start.