Bachelor's Degree in Biblical Theology Online

The Bachelor of Theology, in general, is a postgraduate study which presupposes the knowledge and skills acquired in previous studies (Bachelor of Theology; Master in Divinity and equivalent). The student concentrates his or her interest on a narrower field of study within the various areas of Catholic theology. It is structured in a two-year cyclical plan.

The Bachelor's Degree in Theology at Comillas enables students to deal competently with any subject related to their speciality. It is structured as an initiation to research, in each of the fields of attention, according to the theological methodology required by each area. Special attention is paid to a deepening of Catholic doctrine, taken from Sacred Scripture and Tradition, in order to contribute to presenting the mystery of Christ with ever greater clarity, taking into account the great contemporary cultural movements. These postgraduate studies in Theology pay special attention to frontier, interdisciplinary and topical themes, without forgetting the richness of Christian Tradition.

Pope Francis, in the Apostolic Constitution Veritatis Gaudium, points out and underlines that, in the process of evangelisation, the "appropriate renewal of the system of ecclesiastical studies is called to play a strategic role. In fact, these studies must not only offer places and itineraries for the qualified formation of priests, consecrated persons and committed lay people, but constitute a kind of providential cultural laboratory, in which the Church is exercised in the interpretation of the performance of the reality which flows from the event of Jesus Christ and which is nourished by the gifts of Wisdom and Science, with which the Holy Spirit enriches the whole People of God in various ways" (VG, proem, 3).

Responding to the call of Pope Francis, the Faculty of Theology at Comillas Pontifical University offers the degree in Biblical Theology by distance learning.

The Bachelor's Degree in Biblical Theology at a distance aims to make it possible to obtain a canonical degree for those who, having obtained a bachelor's degree in theology, do not have the time or place available to obtain a licence in a face-to-face mode (pastoral agents, peripheries, contemplative life). The degree offers intensive biblical training, and in order to be admitted, the student must, in addition to the relevant degree in theology, demonstrate a certain knowledge of Greek and Hebrew. In this way, the courses, while continuing to study the biblical languages in depth, can be more clearly oriented towards the study of biblical content. As a bachelor's degree in biblical theology prepares for teaching and popularisation, we have sought courses that are somewhat broader than those typical of a purely Scripture degree, as the latter is usually much more focused, above all, on research and scientific exegesis.