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The double call for joy, "Rejoice and be glad" (Matt. 5:12), as conclusion of the Matthean macarisms
In contrast to Luke, for whom joy and rejoicing are major motifs, Matthew rarely writes about them. This may reflect the antagonistic environment in which the Matthean community functioned.
F. P. Viljoen
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Righteousness in the structure of the Beatitudes as key to the eschatological understanding of Jesus as the new Moses in the Sermon on the Mount. In this article, it is indicated that the term δικαιοσύνη [righteousness] in the structure of the Beatitudes
Jacobus de Wit de Koning
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The purpose of this research is to propose a new company style based on a systematic review of literature, taking the Matthean beatitudes as a reference in relation to the actual needs of organizations. To such end, we searched for scientific articles in
Carolina Vila Porras +1 more
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On Good Friday matins, after singing the antiphons and before reading the canon, the verses of the Gospel blessings are read, which in liturgical practice begin with the words of the good thief: “Remember me, o Lord, in Your Kingdom”.
Pantelejmon Karczewski
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Dante and the beatitudes: moral transformation in 'Purgatorio'
Questo saggio presenta i riferimenti alle beatitudini evangeliche (Mt 5, 3-9) da parte di Dante come chiave di lettura per comprendere il motivo teologico del Purgatorio. Dopo la purgazione di un peccato mortale, un angelo proclama una beatitudine. Nella
Anton ten Klooster
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Working within the reader perspective approach to biblical hermeneutics, a recent series of empirical studies has tested the theory that the readers’ psychological type preferences between sensing and intuition (perceiving functions) and between feeling ...
Leslie J. Francis +2 more
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Spinoza on Humans as Social Animals
Abstract Spinoza repeatedly suggests that humans are set apart from other animals by their rational and moral abilities. Yet he disparages the traditional definition of the human as a ‘rational animal’ and several of his other views suggest that these abilities are not sufficient by themselves to characterize human nature.
Ruben Noorloos
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Rethinking Merit in Calvin's Doctrine of the Atonement: Beyond Possessive Individualism
Abstract Joan Lockwood O'Donovan argues that the Reformation doctrine of grace entails a rejection of the proprietary anthropology of self‐owning individuals and its attendant notion of justice – what C. B. Macpherson termed the “theory of possessive individualism.” Although O'Donovan praises Calvin's anthropology and his account of law for its non ...
John Walker
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