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Thomas Aquinas on the Predestination of Christ

Modern Theology, Volume 41, Issue 4, Page 684-705, October 2025.
Abstract In this article, I examine the development of Thomas's doctrine of the predestination of Christ against the broader backdrop of thirteenth‐century scholasticism, highlighting its distinctively Christocentric character. Pauline texts (Eph. 1:4; Rom.
Joshua H. Lim
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The Joint Declaration on the doctrine of Justification: an exposition and a critique from a Reformed perspective

, 2014
The Joint Declaration made by the Lutheran and Roman Catholic churches in 1999 stands as a considerable marker on the road towards a common understanding of one of the central questions to have divided the Church at the time of the Reformation.
McPake, John L.
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Possessing Heaven in Our Head: A Reformed Reading of Incarnational Ascent in Kathryn Tanner

, 2010
As recent Reformed scholarship has turned its attention to the doctrine of creation, Kathryn Tanner can be engaged as an incisive and useful interlocutor. In her book Christ the Key, Tanner advances the notion of the double movement of divine descent and
David P. Henreckson
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Socio‐legal studies at the heart of jurisprudence

Journal of Law and Society, Volume 52, Issue S1, Page S216-S219, September 2025.
Abstract The paper comments on a presentation by Barbara Hughes‐Moore at the occasion of a seminar series to celebrate the founding of the Journal of Law and Society. It draws on the metaphor ‘the law is dead’, ‘the law is alive’ used by Hughes‐Moore, which reminds of Eugen Ehrlich's thoughts, the ubiquity of law and the place of socio‐legal studies at
STEFAN MACHURA
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Karl Barth's Anti‐Ideological Theology: A Reconsideration of Barth's Approach to Philosophy

International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 27, Issue 3, Page 372-400, July 2025.
Abstract Barth's approach to borrowing from philosophical figures and schools is underwritten by several convictions that made such an approach intelligible. These convictions entailed that (1) Barth had no firm commitment to a philosophical school; (2) Barth's use of philosophy and philosophical terminology displays a pragmatic though principled ...
Kimlyn J. Bender
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Post-reformation reformed dogmatics, volume 1: prolegomena to theology

, 1990
Reviewed Book: Muller, Richard A. Post-reformation reformed dogmatics, V 1: prolegomena to theology.
Cooke, Timothy R.
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On Wisdom Christology and the Wise Use of Scripture

International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 27, Issue 3, Page 293-309, July 2025.
Abstract Following the grammar of 2 Timothy 3:15–17, this article reflects on the relation between the Christological salvation unto which Scripture ‘makes us wise’ and the corresponding use of Scripture as one among many ‘good works’. Dogmatically restated, it seeks to indicate Scripture's wise use by attending to the Christological Wisdom to which ...
Kyle McCracken
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Retreat and restructuring: Karl Barth's strategic use of John's Gospel in the Church Dogmatics

, 2010
This thesis explores Karl Barth’s use of John’s Gospel in the Church Dogmatics. It seeks to read John with Barth, tracing the roles which the Fourth Gospel plays in his theology, while identifying gaps and distortions in Barth’s use of John.

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Thoughts on Protestant ecclesiastical jurisprudence in Hungary: A methodological approach to research into Protestant Church law from the perspective of legal dogmatics and public law history

Studia z Prawa Wyznaniowego
This paper seeks to map the research trajectories in church law and, more broadly, in jurisprudence concerning Protestant churches, with a particular focus on the Reformed Church in Hungary.
Szilvia Köbel
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Restored to our destiny : eschatology & the image of God in Herman Bavinck's Reformed dogmatics

, 2008
A close conceptual analysis of Herman Bavinck's (1854-1921) Reformed Dogmatics, this thesis explores his assertion that the doctrine of the image of God cannot be treated fully without reference to human destiny: that is, that anthropology requires ...
Mattson, Brian G
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