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The Church as our mother: New perspectives on apostolic succession
Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif, 2004 Calvin uses the metaphor of a mother when speaking of the church. This article discusses its meaning, Calvin’s relation with Cyprian (who first introduced the metaphor), and its relevance for contemporary ecclesiology. The concept turns out to be very much related to office as one of the guarantees for the true church.
Van de Beek, A.
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract Early childhood has increasingly been acknowledged as a vital time for all children. Inclusive and quality education is part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with the further specification that all children have access to quality pre‐primary education.
Laura H. V. Wright +8 more
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Apostolic Succession in the Porvoo Common Statement : Unity through a deeper sense of apostolicity
, 2017 A number of ecumenical dialogues have identified apostolic succession as one of the most crucial issues on which the churches need to find a joint understanding in order to achieve the unity of the Church. When the Porvoo Common Statement (PCS) was published in 1993, it was regarded by some as an ecumenical breakthrough, because it claimed to have ...
Eckerdal, Erik
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Sukzession und Tradition in Antike und Urchristentum
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 1993 Succession und tradition in Antiquity and Early Christianity This article focusses on the concepts which today are known as ‘succession’ and ‘apostolic tradition’. It investigates the meaning and reference of these concepts within the context of textual
E. Bammel
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Urząd administratora diecezji koszalińsko-kołobrzeskiej w okresie wakatu 3.03–9.07.2007 roku
Studia Koszalińsko-Kołobrzeskie, 2023 At the head of the diocese, by decision of the Pope, is the diocesan bishop equipped with the threefold power: legislative, executive and judicial. The Code of Canon Law provides for the possibility of a vacancy on the Episcopal capital. Such a situation
Kazimierz Dullak, Łukasz Pniewski
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Religions, 2020 The Bangorian controversy has been described as ‘the most bitter ideological conflict of the [eighteenth] century’ (J.C.D. Clark). However, while its impact is widely recognised, there are few studies dedicated to the controversy itself.
Dafydd Mills Daniel
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St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology, 2023 Conciliarity is central to the identity of the Christian church. This article discusses the meaning of the word ‘conciliarity’ and its relation to ‘synodality’ through the lens of the church’s experience of councils (synods) at the local, regional, and ...
Nicholas Sagovsky
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HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2019 Under normal circumstances the church would function as an agent of change and transformation, but this article focuses on the church herself that needs radical change if she is to remain relevant in mission and ministry in this current era.
Jennifer Slater
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‘Do not quench the Spirit!’ The discourse of the Holy Spirit in earliest Christianity
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2015 The Trinitarian discourse of the 4th and 5th centuries grew out of earlier developments, whilst at the same time reflecting a renewal over against the language of the earliest Christian sources.
Bert Jan Lietaert Peerbolte
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Legal Roots of Christian Anthropology
Antropologìčnì Vimìri Fìlosofsʹkih Doslìdžen', 2021 Purpose of the article is to reconstruct the legal sources of Christian anthropology. Theoretical basis. The methodological basis of the article is the understanding of the fundamental foundations of Christian anthropology in the context of Roman legal ...
A. V. Halapsis
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