The problem of maintaining balance of liberal and conservative principles at the congresses of clergy and Laity of Southern Russia in 1917 [PDF]
Омский научный вестник: Серия "Общество. История. Современность", 2021 The article examines the congresses of clergy and laity that took place after the February Revolution of 1917 in the South of Russia — on the Don, Stavropol and Kuban, which were the part of the movement propagated throughout the country.
Yu. A. Biryukova
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Verbum et Ecclesia, 2012 The role of the laity is at the cutting edge of Christian missions today. The author conducted a number of interviews and questionnaires to determine the status of the laity across denominations of the Christian faith in South Africa. His findings are in
Peter Christofides, Piet G.J. Meiring
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The Social Activities of the Romanian Orthodox Church during the Fighting with Coronavirus [PDF]
Научно-аналитический вестник Института Европы РАН, 2020 The article analyzes the current socio-political position of the Romanian Orthodox Church in the context of the state of Emergency caused by the pandemic of a new coronavirus that has affected the countries of the European Union.
Olga Shimanskaya
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Early Catholicism and the organisational structure of the United Methodist Church in Zimbabwe
Theologia Viatorum, 2021 The organisational structure of the United Methodist church shares many features with the early catholic institutions. Increased institutionalisation, that is, authority connected with office, is the clearest sign of Early Catholicism.
Edward Mashero, Ernest van Eck
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Migration from Historic Mission Churches to Pentecostal and Charismatic Churches in Ghana
Verbum et Ecclesia, 2020 The advent of Pentecostal and Charismatic Churches (PCCs) in Ghana since the early 20th century has significantly impacted its religious landscape.
Emmanuel K. Sarbah +2 more
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Using small-angle X-ray scattering to investigate the compaction behaviour of a granulated clay [PDF]
, 2015 The compaction behaviour of a commercial granulated clay (magnesium aluminium smectite, gMgSm) was investigated using macroscopic pressure-density measurements, X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray microtomography (XμT) and ...
Aguzzi +59 more
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The Spiritual Conquest of Marriage: How the Holy Office and Council of Trent Attempted to Reform the Laity of New Spain [PDF]
Rechtsgeschichte - Legal History, 2019 The Council of Trent’s reform of marriage attempted to give the Church greater oversight over marriage and rein in popular misconceptions about the sacrament. In colonial Mexico, this shift in the definition of marriage coincided with the arrival of the
Robert C. Schwaller
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Missionary Societies in the Evangelical Churches: Origins and Characteristics
Annales Missiologici Posnanienses, 2014 The present study attempts to describe one of the most interesting phenomena in the history of missions: the birth and development of the Missionary Societies, which arose between the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century.
Roberto Catalano
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Communities: Development of church-based counselling teams
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2015 Pastoral care is a biblical mandate to the Church to be involved in the lives of God’s people. A key metaphor used by Jesus to describe his pastoral role was that of a shepherd.
Stella D. Potgieter
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The audience for Old English texts: Ælfric, rhetoric and ‘the edification of the simple’ [PDF]
, 2014 There is a persistent view that Old English texts were mostly written to be read or heard by people with no knowledge of Latin, or little understanding of it, especially the laity.
Gittos, Helen
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