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Pre-industrial Use of Bauxite by Late Gothic Goldsmith Masters: Analytical Evidence and Experimental Study. [PDF]
ChempluschemFirst analytical evidence and replication of yet undescribed substantial change in gilding technology in the early modern period ‐ the replacement of imported red clay (bole) with locally available bauxite. Proof of its source ‐ Croatian Minjera, according to a unique find of mineral diaspore.
Hradil D +3 more
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John Chrysostom, Rhetoric and Galatians [PDF]
Biblical Interpretation, 2004 AbstractThis paper examines the influence of contemporary rhetoric on John Chrysostom's commentary on Galatians (with some reference to other exegetical works). Because ancient rhetoric developed over time, the primary points of reference are works on rhetorical theory, commentaries on Demosthenes and rhetorical exercises dating to the second century ...
Heath, M.
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Providence, Divine Causality, and the Gratuitousness of Love: A Thomist Perspective
New Blackfriars, Volume 104, Issue 1114, Page 796-817, November 2023., 2023 Abstract Broadly drawing on the writings of Thomas Aquinas, this article is a systematic‐theological (rather than historical‐theological) engagement with the theme of providence and divine causality. It aims to dispel some modern misunderstandings of these topics by highlighting how pre‐modern approaches differ from today's perspective.
Rik Van Nieuwenhove
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Curator: The Museum Journal, Volume 66, Issue 3, Page 493-521, July 2023., 2023 Abstract The diorama Lion Attacking a Dromedary found in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History rightfully belongs to an Orientalist artistic tradition that crystallized many of the discriminatory misrepresentations of people of color that have plagued our society to this day.
Mathilde Sauquet
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Being Wounded: Finitude and the Infinite in Jean Louis Chrétien and Gregory of Nyssa
Modern Theology, Volume 39, Issue 3, Page 413-434, July 2023., 2023 Abstract Wounds appear throughout the writings of Jean‐Louis Chrétien and Gregory of Nyssa. Most well known in Chrétien's corpus is his description of prayer as a “wounded word,” a phrase that seeks to describe an ungraspable dimension of phenomenal life in which the contingency and groundlessness of finitude appear as gifts.
Thomas Breedlove
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Forgiveness and the Novelty of Christian Ethics
Modern Theology, Volume 39, Issue 3, Page 472-489, July 2023., 2023 Abstract Christian faith, and particularly Christian Ethics, must wrestle with the questions of novelty and continuity posed by Scripture's declaration that a new thing has occurred with the advent of Jesus Christ. The contrasting perspectives on the Law by Thomas Aquinas and Herman Bavinck focus these questions and suggest that forgiveness is an ...
Andrew Errington
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Early Medieval Europe, Volume 31, Issue 2, Page 171-193, May 2023., 2023 This article explores fourth‐ to seventh‐century narratives about oaths of collective secrecy, which our sources typically frame negatively. By examining the terminology used in reference to these promises, the dynamics inherent in the practice and its relationship to oath‐taking customs in other contexts, and the influence of Christianity on the ...
Michael Wuk
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Vat. copt. 57: A Codicological, Literary, and Paratextual Analysis [PDF]
, 2018 MS Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Vat. copt. 57, a collection of homi- lies attributed to John Chrysostom in Bohairic Coptic, poses a number of challenges to scholars.
Berno, Francesco +3 more
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Early Medieval Europe, Volume 31, Issue 1, Page 3-22, February 2023., 2023 This article addresses Salvian of Marseille’s treatise on God’s governance (De gubernatione Dei), one of the most important sources for the Germanic peoples’ period of migration at the beginning of the fifth century. It focuses in particular on Salvian’s critique of public entertainment, in the middle of Book VI.
Jonathan Stutz
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