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Historically, Christianity wielded authority over virtue, condemning African ethics. Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), defined by digitals that transform intimacy, questions Pentecostal sexual ethics – generating contradictions between dogma and ...
Khonani M. Maselesele +2 more
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Augustine on pagan knowledge of God and the Trinity
Augustine narrates in Confessions, VII, ix, 13-15 his encounter with the Platonist books, which permitted him to grasp the immateriality of God and surprisingly the Christian Trinity too, a thesis that seems confirmed in the psychological arguments he ...
Alfonso Herreros Besa
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O indyferentyzmie religijnym – Kazanie skrzatuskie na „Trójcę Świętą 1850 r.”
The article is a presentation of another text (draft) of the sermon from year 1850, taken from the collection of preaching manuscripts, which are stored in the archives of the parish and the sanctuary of Our Lady of Sorrows in Skrzatusz.
Krzysztof Zadarko
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Nicejské krédo jako vyznání víry a jeho christologie
The Nicene Creed (325) is a symbol of faith and, as such, is part of the history of Christian creeds that were developed in early Christianity. Symbols of faith were composed on the basis of credal formulas in the Bible, mainly for baptismal use.
Theresia Hainthaler
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The Echo of Nicene Faith: A Decolonial Pentecostal Back-gaze
[Editorial Article] The Nicene faith reverberates through the annals of Christian history, its sacred truths proclaimed with unwavering clarity and solemn authority.
Chammah J. KAUNDA
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Theological Doctrines as Scientific Theories? Thinking along with and beyond McGrath
Abstract McGrath's recent analysis of the parallels between scientific theory formation and the development of theological doctrine in The Nature of Christian Doctrine (OUP, 2024) is insightful and largely compelling, but also raises some questions and areas for further exploration. First, there is a remarkable back‐and‐forth between uses of ‘doctrine’
Gijsbert van den Brink
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A holy, universal church. The Nicene Creed and the Apostolicum went through different processes of growth and development. In the early development of both creeds, it is noticeable that articles about ‘the church’ are absent.
Wim Dreyer
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Abstract This response to Alister McGrath’s The Nature of Christian Doctrine examines the interplay between Scripture, the Rule of Faith, and evolving Christian doctrine and tradition. Focusing on McGrath’s critique of Lindbeck’s presentation of doctrinal modalities, the article explores how doctrinal formation involves primarily synchronic (canonical),
Tomas Bokedal
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Doctrine, Narrative and the Formation of Christian Identity: A Conversation with Alister McGrath
Abstract This article offers a critical and appreciative response to Alister McGrath’s The Nature of Christian Doctrine, exploring the formation of doctrine as a dynamic communal process rooted in Scripture, liturgy and historical context. It highlights McGrath’s analogy between doctrinal development and scientific method, emphasising the search for a ...
Frances Margaret Young
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Johannine Revelation, Nicene Witness
On its seventeenth centenary, I seek to reassess the theological significance of the Nicene Creed, drawing inspiration from Athanasius, who came to see the Creed as a privileged transmission of the apostolic teaching based on the Revelation granted by ...
Joseph S. O’Leary
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