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Doctrine, Narrative and the Formation of Christian Identity: A Conversation with Alister McGrath

International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
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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Joseph Smith's tritheism : the prophet's theology in context, critiqued from a Nicene perspective [PDF]

, 2013
PhD (Church and Dogma History)Joseph Smith is one of the most enigmatic figures in American religious history. From the details of his life story to the eventual formation of his own church, much has been written on the legacy of Joseph Smith. However,
Hartman, Keith Dayton
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Toward an Ecumenical Metaphysics? A Response to Reviewers of Christ the Logos of Creation

International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract After a series of promising ecumenical meetings in 1929 and 1931 with the Jesuit Erich Przywara, who advocated an analogical understanding of the relationship between God and world – doing so in part to ward off the danger posed by modern forms of pantheism – Karl Barth abruptly threw down the gauntlet and presented a serious obstacle to ...
John R. Betz
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From Simplicity to the Filioque: A Proposal

International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract I will defend the position that trinitarian metaphysics relying on a strict theory of divine simplicity has a significant ecumenical advantage over other approaches to trinitarian theology. Specifically, it can help us resolve disputes around the filioque irenically.
James Dominic Rooney
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A Rhetoric of Divinity: The Nicene Creed as Disciplined Discourse [PDF]

, 2017
University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. May 2017. Major: Rhetoric and Scientific and Technical Communication. Advisors: Dr. Ronald Ross, Dr. Melissa Sellew.
Brasher, Stephen H
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The Synod of Constantinople 879–880 as a witness to the ecclesiology of communion: The horos, canons and the problem of the boundaries of orthodoxy

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
This article argues that the Synod of Constantinople 879–880 constitutes a significant witness to an early medieval ecclesiology of communion, in which doctrinal fidelity, canonical order and ecclesial reconciliation are held together within a single ...
Wojciech Słomski
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THE FATHERS, COMPUTERS AND US

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract This essay, designed as a complement to opinions expressed by Rowan Williams and some speakers at the conference in his honour, explores features of early Christianity which suggest a positive evaluation of artificial intelligence. Noting that the fear of reducing humans to machines has been joined in the modern age by the fear that machines ...
Mark J. Edwards
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CH 702 Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers [PDF]

, 2003
1. Christopher A. Hall, Reading Scripture with the Church Fathers (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1998). 2. One of Three Options a. Purchase: Phillip Schaff, ed., Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First and Second Series.
Choi, Meesaeng Lee
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Palamism Does Not Disfigure the Gospel: A Reply to Thomas Weinandy

International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 28, Issue 3, Page 242-266, July 2026.
Abstract In a 2024 article in the IJST, Fr. Thomas Weinandy argues that the theological system of Gregory Palamas is in grave error, especially with respect to its commitment to an objective ontological distinction between God's essence and His energies. In his concluding paragraph Fr.
Travis Dumsday
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One and I : Dimensions of Ritual Unity and Individuality in the Liturgical Practice of the Catholic Nicene Creed [PDF]

, 2020
Catholicism is a global religion with members who come from a diverse array of countries and sociocultural backgrounds, yet the Catholic Church and its members throughout the world value a shared set of traditional practices.
McLarnon, Jack M
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