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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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APARIŢIA ŞI EVOLUŢIA ŞTIINŢEI PATROLOGICE ÎN RUSIA SECOLULUI XIX
From the nineteenth century the Russian Patrology science has been experiencing a new stage. Patrology has been placed as a separate discipline in the history section of the Russian theological education.
USM ADMIN
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Some Patristic Inspirations for the Theological Study of Spirituality
In his paper, the author discusses the relevance of the theological study of spirituality based on early Christian literature for the contemporary theology.
Miloš Lichner
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This paper proposes an interpretation of the flowers and other plant motifs present in some late medieval images of four Marian themes: the Virgin Enthroned with Child, the Virgin of Humility, the Sacra Conversazione and the Coronation of the ...
José María Salvador González
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Synodality as a return to the origins of Christianity and the way of building the God’s Kingdom
Over the centuries, exercising authority in the Catholic Church had been generating many doubts and problems. The extreme understanding the Pope’s role as an absolute monarch who independently decides about all dimensions of the Church has supplanted ...
Sebastian Zygmunt
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The Nature of Christian Doctrine: A Conversation with My Critics
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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The notions of martyrdom according to St. John Chrysostom [PDF]
It is well known that the topic of martyrdom is central to early Church history. What is not, however, as well known is the theology of martyrdom, particularly as it emerged after the full harvest of the era of persecutions. This investigation represents
Christofis, Gus George
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This article1 seeks to interpret the representation of Mary’s house shaped like a palace in some images of the Annunciation from an iconographic point of view, in the light of Greek Patrology, I start by analyzing some texts used by many Greek-Eastern ...
Salvador González, José María
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Introduction: The Rationale for This Special Issue☆
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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In this article I described the origins of the evolution of Józef Bilczewski’s scientific interests (1880-1884). The effect of the study, firmly established by the analysis of the source material, was the answer to the question: who and to what extent ...
Józef Cezary Kałużny
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