Read the following reading assignments and follow the assignment

McGrath Report:

• 10.1 – Irenaeus on the Final Restoration of Creation
• 10.9 – Gregory of Nyssa on the Resurrection Body
• 10.15 – Catherine of Genoa on Purgatory
• 10.17 – Jeremy Taylor on Death and Heaven
• 10.18 – Jonathan Edwards on the Reality of Hell
• 10.19 – John Wesley on Universal Restoration

McGrath Reading Reports and Responses (20%).  Since much of the class will be based on class discussion, it will be important for students to read and engage the selections from the McGrath reader.  For each section/module of discussion (Nature of Theology, Trinity, Revelation, etc.) you are required to give a 500+ (500 or more) word summary and response.  That is, you must summarize each numbered reading and have some type of evaluation (agree/disagree) of one or more of the readings.

See the Course Resources for a “McGrath Report Example” in the Rubrics area.  You must post them by 11:55pm on the day they are assigned.

You must address these questions:

For each numbered reading:

1. In which of the 6 categories in the history of the church does each author fit? These categories are: Patristic, Medieval, Byzantine, Protestant, Roman Catholic, or Eastern Orthodox.  (See the appendix in McGrath or look online to find the time frame and religious tradition of each writer.)
2. What are the central theses of the texts at hand?  What is the main idea of the passage?  Note key terms or issues.
3. What quote(s) from the reading capture(s) the main idea?