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Early Medieval Europe, EarlyView.This article presents a newly discovered Latin text: a theological treatise titled Liber testimoniorum veteris testamenti that was written by Alcuin’s friend Candidus (Wizo) at the request of Charlemagne. By discussing selected passages from the Heptateuch, Candidus seeks to demonstrate that Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, thus the whole Christian ...
Lukas J. Dorfbauer
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Exploring the Eschaton. The Lord’s Supper as a Cultural Technique Enabling Prefigurative Politics
Yearbook for Ritual and Liturgical Studies, 2022 Focusing on 1 Cor. 11, this article argues that the early Christian meal can be understood as a cultural technique that enables new knowledge and insight, specifically about the world to come. The argument takes its vantage point from an understanding of
Peter-Ben Smit
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Relics, writing, and devotion in early medieval Chelles
Early Medieval Europe, EarlyView.The discovery in 1983 of a collection of relics with their medieval identificatory tags in the parish church of Chelles opened new avenues for research on devotional and writing practices in this Frankish royal foundation. This is the first systematic study of the corpus of relic labels that accompanied these sacred objects, particularly of the subset ...
Ana de Oliveira Dias
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The Motif of Mixing Wine and Water in Goliardic Poetry: Genesis and Functions [PDF]
Studia LitterarumThe article analyses the motif of mixing wine and water in goliardic poetry. The research reveals that this motif has no roots in antique literature but dates back to the patristic tradition of symbolic interpretations of mixing wine and water in the ...
Natalia M. Dolgorukova
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Ascetics, slaves, and necessity in Late Antiquity: renouncing all wealth, but for a single slave
Early Medieval Europe, EarlyView.Slave owners in Late Antiquity viewed the possession of at least one slave to be a necessity and a defining mark that distinguished the dignified social classes from the poor. Ascetics who shared this perspective faced a choice when renouncing all worldly possessions in pursuit of spiritual perfection, one not merely about luxury, but also about status
E.T. Dailey, Justin Pigott
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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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Jacob of Serugh on the Eucharist: Homilies 22 and 95
, 1908 In the two articles reprinted here, Dom Hugh Connolly offers an English translation of two homilies from Jacob of Serugh dealing with the Eucharist. Connolly used the Syriac text of Bedjan’s edition of Jacob’s homilies (also available from Gorgias Press),
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Snapshots from a Fast‐Moving Train: Religious History 1960–2025
Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
Alexandra Walsham
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Leadership and Accountability in Faith‐Based Institutions: Evidence From UK Mosques
Financial Accountability &Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates accountability in religious institutions on the basis of evidence obtained from interviews with relevant parties in UK mosques. We mobilize prior theoretical contention regarding servant leadership and constraints on personal accountability to expose perceptions of seriously deficient discharge outcomes.
Umair Riaz +3 more
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Ex FonteEarly Christian Eucharists were meals that consisted not only of the token bits of bread and wine that we normally associate with the Christian Eucharist, but also other food stuffs like cheese, olives, milk, honey, etc.
Nathan Chase
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