Pietro Paolo Vergerio —the first publisher of reformatory polemical works in Lithuania (1556) [PDF]
The famous Italian reformer Pietro Paolo Vergerio (1498–1565) during his two trips to Lithuania, Poland and Prussia‘s Koenigsberg published a number of works important for the early period of the Reformation in this region, among which «Duae epistolae ...
Dainora Pociūtė
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Roman rite of devotio and Early Christian martyrdom: a comparative study [PDF]
The rite of the self-devotion of a Roman together with the enemy’s army to the infernal gods for the sake of victory occurred twice in the Roman history and both times was connected with the Decii family.
Andrey Vladimirovich Vasil’ev
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Etsi Deus non daretur. Hugo Grotius und der Krieg. Theologische Überlegungen und exemplarische historische Darstellungen über den Begründer des modernen Völkerrechts und Wegbereiter der europäischen Aufklärung [PDF]
The article provides a theological analysis of the figure of Hugo Grotius, one of the founders of the modern international law, who had a great influence for the peace-process in the last time of the Thirty Years’ War.
Christoph Ehricht
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Historical and liturgical features of the use of national languages [PDF]
History of Church service in national languages is studied within the article. The author shows it’s developement in the early Christianity, however, brought to a close within Catholic latinatisation and revealed through Reformation.
Fedor Petrovich Tulynin
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New inscriptions, amulets and history of the early Christianity: the Antonine age [PDF]
The article discusses two finds related to the history of Early Christianity, which were published in recent years. The first is an inscription found in 2013 in Ephesus.
Aleksey Dmitrievich Panteleev
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From Inquisitores Sedis Apostolicae to enquêteurs de Roi: franciscans in France in the first half of the 13th century [PDF]
In the period 1226−1247 the order of the friars minor was in search of its social identity. This process influenced the administrative policy of the Pope and the French Crown.
Elena Sergeevna Kravtsova
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Radicalization continues to pose a serious threat to security in the contemporary world. Youth are at risk of radicalization and recruitment to militant groupings.
Florence Wamahiga
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Is Jesus John’s Mouthpiece? Reconsidering Johannine Idiom
Scholars commonly move from the premise that Jesus in the Fourth Gospel speaks in Johannine idiom to the conclusion that the evangelist elaborated Jesus’s teachings.
Lydia McGrew
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Citizenship in South Africa today. Some insights from Christian ecclesiology
This essay reflects upon the notion of citizenship in the context of post-apartheid South Africa. Citizenship discourse in South Africa takes place in the context of the movement away from apartheid, and in the context of the processes of Africanisation ...
Koopman, Nico
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Missio Dei and Youth Ministry: mobilizing young peoples assets and developing realationships
It is said that young people are the future of a country. It is also widely believed that young people flourish as human beings when they are entrusted with responsibility and leadership roles.
Wyngaard, Jeremy Gregory
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