Aims and Conditions of Catechumenate in the Patristic Tradition and their Possible Application in Modern Church Practice [PDF]
The article presents main principles of the patristic tradition of catechumenate and their possible application in modern Church practice. Catechetical learning is designed to facilitate full inclusion into the church modus vivendi, into the life of the ...
David Gzgzyan
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Inicjacyjny charakter XI rozdziału Listu do Hebrajczyków
The article presents the initiatory nature of the eleventh chapter of the Epistle to Hebrews. The author of the Epistle, on the example of characters from the Old Testament, presents two patterns of faith development: individual and communal.
Leszek Mateja
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Paradigm of Precatechesis of People with Anomalies and Peculiarities in Mental and Physical Health (Severely Ill, Mentally Handicapped, or Goners): Practice of the Early Church and Present-Day Experience [PDF]
The article examines the paradigm of precatechesis and main characteristics of the precatechesis process in cases of severely ill or dying people and precatechumens with anomalies in mental health.
Zoya Dashevskaya
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Baptism in the Hispanic-Mozarabic Liturgy
Celebration of the sacrament of baptism in the Hispanic-Mozarabic Rite, as in other liturgical families, was preceded by a period of the catechumenate to which the candidates were introduced by the special rite celebrated on Sunday in vicesima.
Piotr Roszak
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Płaszczyzny kształtowania postaw pokuty i pojednania
Shaping the attitudes of reconciliation with God is based on faith and its maturity. The faith is the mature Christian finds his relationship with Christ, which is full of mercy comes in and reveals to man that God’s grace is strengthening the ...
Andrzej Offmański
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THEOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR CHURCH MINISTRY AND ESTABLISHED POSTS FOR LAY PERSONS IN THE GERMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH AFTER THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL [PDF]
During an ongoing reform of parish staff led by the Church authorities of the Russian Orthodox Church, new positions in parishes are establishing, that of religious educator (catechist), social worker and youth worker.
Alexey Chernyi
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The analysis of contemporary practical preparation for the sacrament of confirmation in Poland and Germany allows us not only to diagnose its present situation in both countries but also to discover the challanges which are to be faced.
Robert Kaczmarek
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The contemporary teaching of the Church views the pre-baptismal catechumenate as a model of sacramental catechesis. It also extends this form of formation to marriage preparation. This seems to be particularly justified by the fact that this sacrament is
Aneta Krupka
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The Cost of Making Disciples [PDF]
(Excerpt) Christians, wrote Tertullian in the second century, are made, not born. Fortunately, we have a description of how they were made from the Apostolic Tradition of Hippolytus.l Exposed to the gospel through lives of committed Christians ...
Huffman, Walter
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Participation in Christ and Divine and Human Righteousness: Reading Paul with Gregory of Nyssa
Abstract Participation in Christ and divine and human righteousness are vital, yet perennially debated, Pauline motifs. Arguably, what is most distinctive and crucial about ‘righteousness’ in Paul's epistles is its christological re‐definition in texts such as 1 Cor 1:30.
Joshua Heavin
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