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Philipp Melanchthon: A short introduction
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2017 Philipp Melanchthon was one of the most influential theologians of the Reformation of the 16th century. He was responsible for transforming the secondary and tertiary educational systems in Germany. He was responsible for a new theological curriculum. He
Ignatius W.C. (Natie) van Wyk
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Biblical mythisation in Štefan Pilárik’s autobiographical writing [PDF]
Slovenska Literatura, 2023 The life of the Slovak Protestant priest and Baroque period author Štefan Pilárik (1615 – 1693) was filled with hardships. Pilárik was forced to convert by the Jesuits – and several times during his life at that –, in 1663, he was captured by the Tatars ...
Ingrid Papp
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‘Implanted in us by Nature’: The Cognitive Science of Religion and its Importance for Theology
The Heythrop Journal, Volume 64, Issue 6, Page 745-762, November 2023., 2023 Abstract Abstract: The Cognitive Science of Religion (CSR) holds that religion emerges from human cognition and its intuitions. Hence, it describes religion as a ‘natural’ belief in ‘supernatural agents’. Traditional theology also maintained that there is an ‘innate’ or ‘implanted’ knowledge of God or gods.
Ruth Gornandt
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The Formation of the Evangelical Confession in Germany: Melanchthon and religious polemics in the middle of the 16th century [PDF]
Религия, церковь, общество, 2019 The present article examines the formation of the evangelical denomination in Germany for fifteen years after the death of Martin Luther. The author analyses the relationship and dogmatic disagreements between Luther and Philipp Melanchthon, Melanchthon’
Natal’ya Aleksandrovna Berezhnaya
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Early Modern Lutheran Theologians and the Redeemable Census
Studia Historica: Historia Moderna, 2022 In sixteenth-century Germany, a particular financial operation called widerkaufflicher Zins or five percent contract sparked massive legal and theological controversies.
Paolo Astorri
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How Gabriel Harvey read tragedy*
Renaissance Studies, Volume 35, Issue 5, Page 757-787, November 2021., 2021 Abstract In 1579, Gabriel Harvey bound together in a composite collection a surprising group of texts: an Italian grammar, an Italian translation of Terence’s comedies, Lodovico Dolce’s Italian rifacimenti of Euripides’ Medea and Seneca’s Thyestes, and Euripides’ Hecuba and Iphigenia in Erasmus’ Latin.
Tania Demetriou
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Erich Przywara’s Late Reception of Luther
Modern Theology, Volume 37, Issue 3, Page 595-615, July 2021., 2021 Abstract Erich Przywara’s late career writings have to this point received little attention in English. While Przywara’s earlier writings include both significant dialogue with Protestant theologians (most prominently Karl Barth) and occasional references to Martin Luther, Luther takes on a new prominence in his work after the Second World War.
Adam T. Morton
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Philosophy and Theology in early Puritanism: William Ames’ Criticism of Metaphysic [PDF]
Религия, церковь, общество, 2019 The article discusses the content of the «Theological Disputation against Metaphysics» by William Ames, one of the creators of Puritan theology. It is shown that Ames’ disputation against metaphysics and the line of his argumentation, firstly, goes back ...
Rodion Valentinovich Savinov
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Knygotyra, 2021 The book cover of Biblia Germanicolatina (1565), which is held at the Rare Books and Manuscrips Unit of the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania, is analysed in this paper.
Milda Kvizikevičiūtė
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Moral Instruction by Bad Example: The First Latin Translations of Theophrastus’ Characters☆
, 2022 Renaissance Studies, Volume 36, Issue 5, Page 668-685, November 2022.
Katie Ebner‐Landy
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