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The Nature of Christian Doctrine: A Conversation with My Critics

International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article opens with a brief account of the six main themes of The Nature of Christian Doctrine, noting in particular the role of the early church as an ‘epistemic community’ of knowledge production, and the significant and helpful parallels between the modern scientific tool of ‘inference to the best explanation’ and early Christian ...
Alister E. McGrath
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AI: Anarchic Intelligence: On Epinoia

Religions
With a few notable exceptions, the word “epinoia” has not been heard with a philosophical ear since the time of Epicurus and the Stoics. In addition to the scarce mentions it had received in philosophy, epinoia was strewn across the plays of Euripides ...
Michael Marder
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THE SEMITIC SCHOOL OF CHRISTIAN PATRISTICS

Освітній дискурс, 2021
The Jewish community of Antioch was not monolithic. Communities of different currents tended to gather separately. Apparently, some of them, having received the news of the coming of the Messiah from the apostles, became the first centers of Christianity
Daria Morozova
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Introduction: The Rationale for This Special Issue☆

International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract This introduction outlines the rationale and scope of our special issue examining Alister McGrath’s The Nature of Christian Doctrine (2024). It contextualizes McGrath’s work within ongoing debates about doctrine’s nature since George Lindbeck’s influential typology, then presents six critical responses from scholars in historical theology ...
Michael Borowski, Gijsbert van den Brink
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The Reception of Aristotle in “On Icons” by St. John Damascene

Forum Theologicum Sardicense
This text will explore Aristotle’s influence on the defense of the veneration of holy images in St. John of Damascus’s Three Apologetic Treatises against Those Decrying the Holy Images.
Alena Kerezova
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Rethinking Merit in Calvin's Doctrine of the Atonement: Beyond Possessive Individualism

International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract Joan Lockwood O'Donovan argues that the Reformation doctrine of grace entails a rejection of the proprietary anthropology of self‐owning individuals and its attendant notion of justice – what C. B. Macpherson termed the “theory of possessive individualism.” Although O'Donovan praises Calvin's anthropology and his account of law for its non ...
John Walker
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Paula of Bethlehem: Blending the Ascetic and Aristocrat Worlds

Forum Theologicum Sardicense
In late antique Rome, a unique lady formed a hybrid of the virtues expected for aristocrats and ascetics. Paula, a "daughter of Cornelia" was a Christian who joined two paths in a life that spanned the splendor of imperial Rome and Christian reforms of ...
Rebecca Ruth Faber
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The people of God (λαòς θεοῦ). General Priesthood and the service of the faithful in the world [PDF]

Вестник Свято-Филаретовского института
This article examines the theological foundations of the general priesthood of the faithful. The analysis identifies three distinct yet interconnected aspects of priesthood within the New Testament: first, the unique priesthood of Christ; second, the ...
Mihoc V.
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Contrasting Models of Deification: The Technological Anthropology of the AI Age and the Theological Anthropology of Early Christianity

International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract Ancient ideas about human transformation and divinization have resurfaced in our cultural moment. Artificial intelligence and biotechnology are raising afresh questions about what it means to be human and divine. The Oxford Handbook of Deification has arrived on the scene as its subject matter has splashed out of theological discourse into the
Andrew J. Byers
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Augustine’s ecclesiology and its development between 354 and 387 AD

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2013
The aim of this article is twofold. The first is to describe Augustine’s ecclesiology and its development between his birth (354) and baptism (387). Secondly, it will show that the defining features of Augustine’s later ecclesiology were in place by the ...
Paul C.V. Vuntarde, Johannes van Oort
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