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Liturgy as Paradise and as Parousia
Scottish Journal of Theology, 1983The paradigm for Christians' descriptions of their liturgy occurs at 1 Cor. 11:The Lord Jesus on the night that he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said. ‘This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ In the same way also the cup, after supper, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in my blood ...
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Synoptic Parousia Parables and the Apocalypse
New Testament Studies, 1977In the continuing discussion of the possible role of Christian prophets in the formation of the tradition of the words of Jesus, reference continues to be made to the relevance or irrelevance of the words of the exalted Christ transmitted by the prophet John in the Apocalypse. They remain the only un-disputed example from the first century of prophetic
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Synoptic Parousia Parables Again
New Testament Studies, 1983In a previous article, ‘Synoptic Parousia Parables and the Apocalypse’, I discussed certain features of the tradition-history of three parousia parables: the Thief (Matt. 24. 43 f. par. Luke 12. 39 f.; Gosp. Thomas 21 b, 103), the Watching Servants (Luke 12. 35–38; cf. Matt. 24. 42; Mark 13. 33–37;Gosp.
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The Parousia of Christ in the Synoptic Gospels
Scottish Journal of Theology, 1959The Second Coming (otherwise called the Parousia)1 of Christ constituted a serious problem for the apostolic Church. One of the earliest of Paul's Epistles (1 Thessalonians) shows how quickly his converts became discouraged when some of their number died before the Lord's appearing.
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On the Parousia: The Black Body Electric
2013For the black church to effectively address the problem of body that has fragmented human communities throughout modernity and contemporarily manifests intracommunally in the form of sexual-gender oppression, it must engage the critical work of repositioning the moral currency of the “in the flesh” and the “according to the flesh” in accordance with a ...
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The Delay of the Parousia and the Changed Function of Eschatological Language
Journal of Early Christian History, 2020John-Christian Eurell
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Jesus' near expectation of the Parousia
1966The first feature in Jesus' self-understanding to which we draw attention is the eschatological significance which he attached to his own person and work. Without labouring the point, we may say with some confidence that Jesus regarded his own person and work in eschatological terms.
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