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The Kingdom of God in the Ante-Nicene Fathers [PDF]

The Expository Times, 1919
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Theologen van de twintigste eeuw en de christologie

Acta Theologica, 2002
Theologically the twentieth century can be conceived as a century of Christology. In order to fill in the background for this, we first sketch the opposite position, in Arnold Van Ruler’s idea of Christ as an emergency measure.
A. van de Beek
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Apropierea și întârzierea parousiei la părinții ante- și post-niceeni – partea a II-a

TheoRhēma, 2016
The concepts of the nearness and delay of parusia in the thought of the ante- and post-Nicene Fathers, dealt with in part one, have here been taken up again, this time with a focus on the way the Nicene and post-Nicene Fathers related to the nearness ...
Laurențiu Moț
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Apropierea și întârzierea parousiei la părinții ante- și post-niceeni – partea I

TheoRhēma, 2016
Nearness and delay of the parousia for ante and post-Nicene fathers, part one, is an article about how the apostolic and the early Church Fathers perceive the second coming of Jesus in terms of closeness and delay.
Laurențiu Moț
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Theological Doctrines as Scientific Theories? Thinking along with and beyond McGrath

International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract McGrath's recent analysis of the parallels between scientific theory formation and the development of theological doctrine in The Nature of Christian Doctrine (OUP, 2024) is insightful and largely compelling, but also raises some questions and areas for further exploration. First, there is a remarkable back‐and‐forth between uses of ‘doctrine’
Gijsbert van den Brink
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The Beginning of the Theology of Numbers: From Philo of Alexandria to Saint Victorinus of Poetovio

Warszawskie Studia Teologiczne
In the Ante-Nicene period of the Church of Christ’s history, most holy fathers, church writers, and other authors devoted particular attention to the theology of numbers, or symbolic arrhythmology.
Mykola A. Khandoga
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Early Interaction Between Scripture, Rule of Faith, and Evolving Christian Doctrine and Tradition: A Response to Alister McGrath’s The Nature of Christian Doctrine

International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract This response to Alister McGrath’s The Nature of Christian Doctrine examines the interplay between Scripture, the Rule of Faith, and evolving Christian doctrine and tradition. Focusing on McGrath’s critique of Lindbeck’s presentation of doctrinal modalities, the article explores how doctrinal formation involves primarily synchronic (canonical),
Tomas Bokedal
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The Origins of the Christian Idea of Trinity: Answering Jewish Charges of Heresy; Exhorting Pagans against Polytheism; Countering False Gnostics

Religions
In this essay I explain that the Christian doctrine of the Trinity was first developed as a response to Jewish claims of Christian apostasy and polytheism. At the beginning of Christianity, most of its converts were observant Jews. The Jewish authorities
Keith Thompson
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Doctrine, Narrative and the Formation of Christian Identity: A Conversation with Alister McGrath

International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article offers a critical and appreciative response to Alister McGrath’s The Nature of Christian Doctrine, exploring the formation of doctrine as a dynamic communal process rooted in Scripture, liturgy and historical context. It highlights McGrath’s analogy between doctrinal development and scientific method, emphasising the search for a ...
Frances Margaret Young
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THE FATHERS, COMPUTERS AND US

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract This essay, designed as a complement to opinions expressed by Rowan Williams and some speakers at the conference in his honour, explores features of early Christianity which suggest a positive evaluation of artificial intelligence. Noting that the fear of reducing humans to machines has been joined in the modern age by the fear that machines ...
Mark J. Edwards
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