Intellectual Formation: Understanding the Faith

Intellectual formation has its own characteristics, but it is also deeply connected with, and indeed can be seen as a necessary expression of, both human and spiritual formation: It is a fundamental demand of the human intelligence by which one "participates in the light of God's mind" and seeks to acquire a wisdom which in turn opens to and is directed toward knowing and adhering to God.

Pope St. John Paul II, Pastores Dabo Vobis, No.51

College General, mindful of this mission, teaches these courses to candidates for the priesthood according to ecclesiastical requirements and appropriate to the various stages of formation. These formation courses cover the period from the Initiation Year to the end of Philosophical studies.

Initiation Year

Growth and Spirituality

Salvation History
Vatican II Documents
Critical Thinking
Introduction to Liturgy
Christian Meditation Methods
Christian Meditation Practice
Speech Training
Sacred Music
Language Courses (English, Mandarin, Tamil)

First Year of Philosophy

Introduction to Philosophy

Logic
Political and Social Philosophy
Aesthetics
History of Philosophy (Ancient and Medieval)
Introduction to Old Testament
Introduction to New Testament
The Gospel of Mark
The Book of Genesis
Sacred Liturgy
Psycho-spirituality
Mission History
Sacred Music
Speech Training

Second Year of Philosophy

Metaphysics 1 and 2

Epistemology
Cosmology
History of Philosophy
Gospel of St. Matthew
Gospel of St. Luke
Book of Exodus
Book of Deuteronomy
Psycho-spirituality
Sociology

Third Year of Philosophy

Metaphysics 2

Anthropology
Ethics
Theodicy
Eastern Philosophy 1 and 2
Phenomenology of religion
Seminars on Special Questions on History of Philosophy
Liturgy
Psycho Spirituality

A Faculty of Philosophy has the aim of investigating philosophical problems according to scientific methodology, basing itself on a heritage of perennially valid philosophy. It has to search for solutions in the light of natural reason and, furthermore, it has to demonstrate their consistency with the Christian view of the world, of man, and of God, placing in a proper light the relationship between philosophy and theology.

Pope Francis, Veritatis Gaudium, Article 81. § 1.

College General
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Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

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