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Religious pluralism (Christianities, Islam, African religions) and the challenges of <strong>interreligious dialogue<\/strong> facing radicalism require a critical mastery of sources. The field <strong>History of the Church &amp; Patristics<\/strong> provides the keys to understanding the formation of doctrines, liturgical practices, ecclesiastical institutions, and spiritualities. This certificate addresses the Greek, Latin, and Syriac Fathers, from Trinitarian and Christological controversies to monastic and mystical traditions, while valuing the contributions of <strong>African theologies<\/strong> (inculturation, liberation, reconstruction) and ensuring a <strong>confessional neutrality<\/strong> and philological rigor in accordance with international standards.<\/p>\n<p>La m\u00e9thode UNIVGA conjugue <strong>100% Online<\/strong>, asynchronous access and manageable workload (5\u20138 h\/week over 5 months). It emphasizes critical reading of <strong>primary sources<\/strong> (Greek, Latin, Syriac in translation and, for advanced students, in the language), exercises in historical-critical exegesis, essays, and mini-theses. The curriculum is strictly aligned with <strong>Sources Chr\u00e9tiennes \u2014 Migne PG\/PL \u2014 Quasten \u2014 ICP<\/strong>, mobilizes approaches from Sorbonne, EPHE, ICP, Strasbourg, Yale Divinity, and T\u00fcbingen, and integrates digital tools (BiblIndex, TLG, LLT, CPG\/CPL). The focus is on academic argumentation, critical editing and annotation, historical contextualization, and rhetorical and doctrinal analysis. The skills acquired are immediately transferable to the<strong>higher education<\/strong>, to the <strong>research<\/strong> (projects, publications, theses), to <strong>religious institutions<\/strong> (seminars, training centers), as well as to media and think tanks specialized in religious matters.<\/p>\n<p>The professional impact is concrete: progression towards positions of<strong>theology faculty teacher<\/strong>, <strong>religious sciences researcher<\/strong> or of <strong>, PhD candidate<\/strong> ; strengthening the skills of<strong>institutional chaplain<\/strong>, <strong>interreligious dialogue trainer<\/strong>, <strong>cults expert<\/strong>,<strong>expert to the administrations<\/strong> in charge of cults, of <strong>The UNIVGA Professional Certificate is recognized by universities, seminaries, Catholic and Protestant institutes, confessional NGOs, media, and public administrations responsible for religious matters, particularly in the CEMAC region and Francophone Africa, where the demand for critical and contextualized expertise in<\/strong>,<strong>archiviste religieux<\/strong>. The <strong>Professional Certificate UNIVGA<\/strong> is valuable to universities, seminaries, Catholic and Protestant institutes, confessional NGOs, media, and public administrations in CEMAC and Francophone Africa, attesting to international quality standards and operational mastery of patristic corpora, doctrinal controversies, and spiritual traditions of the early centuries.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advanced, rigorous, and confessionally neutral program dedicated to the critical study of the Greek, Latin, and Syriac Fathers. 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