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Identifying Deification: Methodological Reflections in Response to the Oxford Handbook of Deification

International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 28, Issue 3, Page 318-329, July 2026.
Abstract This paper offers a reflection on methodological issues surrounding the historical study of deification in response to the approach proposed in the Oxford Handbook of Deification. The paper contextualises the OHD's proposal in light of previous attempts to address the question of how to define/identify the concept of deification.
Brendan A. Harris
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A Critique of Irenaeuan Theodicy in the light of proper Biblical Hermeneutics for 21st Century Interpreters. [PDF]

Pharos Journal of Theology, 2019
Interpretation of the Christian Bible does not go in line with the ethical saying that “The end justifies the means” but rather, the means is as important also, as the end.
Jeremiah Temitope Adelodun
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Understanding the pollen and ovule characters and fruit set of fruit crops in relation to temperature and genotype – a review

Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality, 2014
Plant reproduction is indispensable for maintaining crop productivity and species sustainability which basically involves pollen and ovule. Productivity is influenced by temperature stress in various fruit crops worldwide and important factor for ...
Thingreingam Irenaeus, Sisir K. Mitra
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The Holy Spirit and the early Church: The experience of the Spirit

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2012
Firstly, the present article explored the occurrence of special gifts of the Holy Spirit (charismata) both in the New Testament and in a number of early Christian writers (e.g. Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, Tertullian and Augustine).
Johannes van Oort
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Book Symposium on Gregory of Nyssa's On the Human Image of God: An Appreciation of Responses

International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 28, Issue 2, Page 188-196, April 2026.
Abstract In response to the review essays by Rowan Williams, Morwenna Ludlow, Gabrielle Thomas, Paul Blowers and Martin Laird, this essay by John Behr addresses questions raised about translation methods and the complexities of understanding Gregory's rhetorical style as integral to his mode of writing theology.
John Behr
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Okresy życia ludzkiego według Ojców Kościoła

Vox Patrum, 2011
The patristic writers variously enumerated the ages of human life. Some counted ten, some seven, six, five or four. They took number symbolism or the opinions of ancient authors as their starting point, but in their formulation the ages of human life ...
Józef Naumowicz
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Architect of the Image: Argumentation, Economy and Translation in Gregory of Nyssa's On the Human Image

International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 28, Issue 2, Page 151-160, April 2026.
Abstract In this contribution to a book symposium on Gregory of Nyssa's On the Human Image, Morwenna Ludlow reflects on John Behr's attention to the literary structure and argumentative flow of the book, its interplay with the similarly structured Timaeus of Plato and the difficulties of translating a work of such rhetorical and pastoral sophistication
Morwenna Ludlow
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Book Symposium Introduction: John Behr, Gregory of Nyssa: On the Human Image of God

International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 28, Issue 2, Page 135-142, April 2026.
Abstract This article introduces a series of response essays to John Behr's Gregory of Nyssa: On the Human Image of God, which includes contributions from Rowan Williams, Morwenna Ludlow, Paul Blowers, Gabrielle Thomas and Martin Laird – with a final response from John Behr.
Thomas Breedlove, Alex Fogleman
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Reading the Creed in the Light of Pentecost: An Eastern European Pneumatic Reflection

International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 27, Issue 4, Page 507-524, October 2025.
Abstract Reading the Creed through pneumatic lenses is essential for understanding both humanity's eschatological destiny in the likeness of the Trinity and the consistently triune economy of salvation. In light of this assertion, the essay highlights aspects of the Creed's explicit and implicit pneumatology, offering a reflection from an Eastern ...
Daniela C. Augustine
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The Story of Human, from Authority to Salvation

Comparative Theology, 2011
The discussion of the human authority and his abuse of the authority are one of the main teachings of Testamaents and so Christian thinker. Of these, Irenaeus and Tertullian –of first church fathers-both regard the human authority as a necessity in the ...
Neda Khoshaghani, Dr Amirabass Alizamani
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