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Engaging with the Nicene Creed through Contextual Bible Study: Mark 10:17‐22
International Review of Mission, Volume 113, Issue 2, Page 297-310, November 2024.Abstract The year 2025 offers the church an opportunity to reflect on the Nicene Creed in dialogue with Mark 10:17‐22. This Bible study–based dialogue invites us all – particularly those who have been marginalized by political, economic, and ecclesial systems of oppression – to be instructed by Jesus on the mechanisms of systemic economic oppression ...
Gerald O. West
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Spirit Christology: Lactantius and His Sources [PDF]
, 1983 Lactantius conceives the preexistent Christ as the first-born spirit of God, a holy spirit from the supreme spirit of the Deity.’ Analogously the angels are spirits of God in so far as they too derive their origin from the Deity and share a spiritual ...
McGuckin, John A.
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International Review of Mission, Volume 113, Issue 2, Page 261-279, November 2024.Abstract The affirmation of the co‐equality (homoousia) of the first and the second persons of the Trinity at the Council of Nicaea is a major milestone in the history of theology and the church. Established at a time when the Roman empire developed its Christian identity, it has often been assumed that Nicene theology was imperial theology.
Joerg Rieger
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The Place of Theology in the Life of the Church [PDF]
, 1997 Lecture presented at Lutheran Theological Seminary, Saskatoon, Fall ...
Gustafson, Scott W.
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Living on This Earth as in Heaven: Time and the Ecological Conversion of Eschatology
Modern Theology, Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 833-858, October 2024.Abstract Eschatological and apocalyptic patterns of thought are today prominent in environmental discourse, across multiple disciplines and media. Yet some theologians criticise these thought patterns for their role in perpetuating and even causing the environmental degradation we now witness. This article argues that the construal of salvation and the
Gunnar Gjermundsen
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Episcopal succession in Constantinople (381-450 C.E.): the local dynamics of power [PDF]
, 2010 Research on episcopal succession has tended to focus on the social background of bishops, the role played by individual charisma, and church canons governing elections. Such studies have identified regional differences, especially between the eastern and
Van Nuffelen, Peter
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The social morality of John Chrysostom : the contribution of Adalbert Hamman (1910-2000) [PDF]
, 2005 While reflecting on the enormous contribution of Jacques-Paul Migne (1800-1875) on the centenary of his death, Adalbert Hamman (1910-2000) praises the perennial usefulness of "returning to the Fathers".
Scerri, Hector
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The Hypostasis of the Logos and Informed Consent [PDF]
, 2012 In the field of bioethics, freedom and autonomy assume the ability of self-regulation and determination. If one has the ability to make one \'s own decisions, then one represents an autonomous and free person.
Symeonides, Konstantinos
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Why William Rowe’s Argument from Natural Evil Fails [PDF]
, 2015 Atheists in the vein of William Rowe have put forth arguments suggesting that the presence of evil counts against the existence of God. In particular, Rowe has advanced two lines of reasoning for his position, one being taken from an actual historical ...
Taylor, Douglas
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Platonism and Christian Thought in Late Antiquity [PDF]
, 2019 Platonism and Christian Thought in Late Antiquity examines the various ways in which Christian intellectuals engaged with Platonism both as a pagan competitor and as a source of philosophical material useful to the Christian faith.
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