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Ecclesiastical sigillography in the Czech Republic – current situation, themes and perspectives

Revista Portuguesa de História, 2019
Sigillography is regarded in the Czech Republic as a traditional academic discipline. The history of the field shows, however, that it has yet to welcome the production of a seminal, far‑reaching work.
Martina Bolom-Kotari
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The Pan‐Orthodox Celebration of the 1600th Anniversary of the Council of Nicaea in 1925

The Ecumenical Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores the attempts to organize a Pan‐Orthodox Council in the years following the First World War that could gather in 1925 on the occasion of the 1600th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea. While some of these efforts were remarkably ambitious, and although they were not always feasible or fully realized, they
Natallia Vasilevich
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Hesychius of Jerusalem, Ecclesiastical History (CPG 6582)

Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies, 2016
The testimonia and fragments of Hesychius’ lost history of the Council of Ephesus in 431, the first ecclesiastical history dedicated to a single council, are collected and discussed.
Lieve Van Hoof, Panagiotis Manafis, Peter Van Nuffelen   +2 more
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Church and state: some reflections on church establishment in England [PDF]

, 2008
The papers begin at Chapter 1 with a response to the Mapping document from Dr Edward Norman. He raises questions about how establishment should be viewed, the extent to which nowadays the state’s moral basis is in fact a form of secularized Christianity,

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F IS FOR FALCON: THE TRUE STORY OF THE ‘NOVELLE’

German Life and Letters, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article takes a closer look at the Boccaccio story upon which Paul Heyse based his famous ‘Falken‐Theorie’ of the ‘Novelle’. The essay then links Boccaccio to a general account of storytelling as an aid to survival amid the hostility of nature and human circumstances.
Michael Minden
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Die bydrae en relevansie van die ekklesiologiese besinning in die GKSA

In die Skriflig, 1995
Reflection on the role of Ecclesiology in the Reformed Churches of South Africa has produced a constant flow of publications, mainly in the field of Church History and Church Polity.
J. M. Vorster
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Conclusion to Buying the Field: Catholic Religious Life in Mission to the World [PDF]

, 2013
The end of this volume is also the end of a project which has taken almost twelve years to complete, namely, an examination, interdisciplinary analysis, and spirituality oriented theological interpretation of Catholic Religious Life as it has emerged and
Schneiders, Sandra Marie
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REALISM OR IDEALISM? PERSPECTIVES ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY FROM A PRACTICING HISTORIAN

History and Theory, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This review essay argues that the realist philosophy of history, as represented by Adam Timmins in Towards a Realist Philosophy of History, raises interesting questions about the nature of historical writing and challenges some of the foundations of idealist philosophy of history.
Stefan Berger
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Unity or Distinction? Herman Bavinck’s Use of John Calvin and Later Reformed Orthodoxy in His Doctrine of the Two States

International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the doctrine of Christ’s two states of humiliation and exaltation in Herman Bavinck’s and John Calvin’s thought, with the aim of illuminating Bavinck’s use of Calvin. The article begins by exploring Calvin’s use of the two states and argues that his treatment of Christ’s descent into hell is an important though ...
Sarah Killam Crosby
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The Reputational Configuration and Dynamics of Christian Churches in Switzerland

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how the reputation of Christian churches is configured, and which sociodemographic variables and experiences (personal or mediated) relate to it. It provides in‐depth insights into how the Swiss population evaluates Roman Catholic, Reformed Protestant, and Evangelical churches on the basis of various theories, such as ...
Rebekka Rieser, Mark Eisenegger, Jörg Schneider   +2 more
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