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How Does the Bible Refer to Christ? Interacting with Augustine the Allegorist
The Heythrop Journal, Volume 64, Issue 6, Page 826-840, November 2023., 2023 Abstract Abstract: Traditional Christianity teaches that the Bible's primary referent is Jesus Christ, the Messiah, and Christians have long looked for ways to connect every passage in the Bible to the Christ. One venerable strategy is the allegorical or figurative approach of creatively interpreting any unit of biblical meaning, sometimes down to the ...
Mark J. Boone
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Modern Theology, Volume 39, Issue 4, Page 607-626, October 2023., 2023 Abstract T. F. Torrance's corpus of historical and theological writings contains genealogical reflections on the field of Christian doctrine. The basic shape of the genealogy is determined by what Torrance calls certain “ultimates,” theological commitments that derive their justification not from other beliefs that possess more authority than they ...
Darren Sarisky
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Early Medieval Europe, Volume 31, Issue 3, Page 405-429, August 2023., 2023 This paper aims to shed light on the mobility of people and relics in the seventh century. It will show that Emperor Heraclius strategically designed his movements and those of his household, citizens, and officials, as well as those of relics within and beyond the borders of Byzantium, in order to consolidate the empire and his position in it.
Paraskevi Sykopetritou
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Seeing, Embodying, and Proclaiming Christ
International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 25, Issue 3, Page 413-424, July 2023., 2023 Abstract This essay examines the way Irenaeus of Lyons describes Blandina in her martyrdom: seen by others as embodying Christ and so encouraging them to also bear witness and be born into life by the Virgin Mother, the Church. It explores in particular Irenaeus' exegetical moves, so as to regain a sense of the unity of theology and exegesis as a ...
John Behr
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Being Wounded: Finitude and the Infinite in Jean Louis Chrétien and Gregory of Nyssa
Modern Theology, Volume 39, Issue 3, Page 413-434, July 2023., 2023 Abstract Wounds appear throughout the writings of Jean‐Louis Chrétien and Gregory of Nyssa. Most well known in Chrétien's corpus is his description of prayer as a “wounded word,” a phrase that seeks to describe an ungraspable dimension of phenomenal life in which the contingency and groundlessness of finitude appear as gifts.
Thomas Breedlove
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Modern Theology, Volume 39, Issue 3, Page 490-507, July 2023., 2023 Abstract Although a theological exchange of ideas between Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Christians flourished at the end of the twentieth century, the ecumenical achievements of these discussions have been met with notable objections and critiques by theologians.
Sebastian Mateiescu
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The Ecumenical Review, Volume 75, Issue 2, Page 215-234, April 2023., 2023 Abstract This article gives an account of the discussions about the creed that took place at the Council of Nicaea in 325. It considers major problems regarding its origin and history and outlines the circumstances of its composition, its peculiar structure, and its purpose on the basis of the latest research. Finally, it discusses the legacy of Nicaea
Wolfram Kinzig
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Transferring Jerusalem to Moscow: Maksim Grek’s Letter and Its Afterlife
The Russian Review, Volume 82, Issue 2, Page 248-262, April 2023., 2023 Abstract Few debates in late seventeenth‐century Muscovy were as heated as the controversy over the naming of the Resurrection “New Jerusalem” Monastery (1656). This essay draws attention to an overlooked sixteenth‐century source, a letter by the Greek‐born Slavic translator Maksim Grek (d.
Justin Willson, Ashley Morse
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Celebrating Synodality: Synodality as a Fundamental Aspect of Christian Liturgy
New Blackfriars, Volume 104, Issue 1110, Page 161-178, March 2023., 2023 Abstract A synodal church makes assumptions about our basic ecclesial experience which takes place when we assemble liturgically, especially when we act eucharistically. The basic assumption is that we are a genuine human community knowing and relating to one another as brothers and sisters in baptism.
Thomas O' Loughlin
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Modern Theology, Volume 38, Issue 2, Page 204-219, April 2022., 2022 Abstract This essay asks in what ways modern (i.e. twentieth‐century) philosophy can either make use of Origen or inform our reading of him. It argues in the first section that the predominantly exegetic method of Origen makes it difficult for analytic philosophy to accommodate his reasoning.
Mark J. Edwards
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