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Early Catholicism and the organisational structure of the United Methodist Church in Zimbabwe
Theologia Viatorum, 2021 The organisational structure of the United Methodist church shares many features with the early catholic institutions. Increased institutionalisation, that is, authority connected with office, is the clearest sign of Early Catholicism.
Edward Mashero, Ernest van Eck
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HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2021 This article examines the fifth petition of the Lord’s Prayer in Matthew in the light of Ewe-Ghanaian conflict management model. Theoretically, the article employs a combination of the historical-critical and indigenous mother tongue biblical ...
Daniel Sakitey, Ernest Van Eck
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The cleansing of the leper in Mark 1:40–45 and the secrecy motif: An African ecclesial context
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2019 This article examines the reason behind the charge to secrecy imposed by Jesus on the leper in Mark 1:40–45, in the context of African experience, the implications of the meaning conveyed and the challenges posed on the church and the gospel enterprise ...
Ezichi Ituma +2 more
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HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2020 This article seeks to reconstruct the phrase τὸν ἄρτον ἡμῶν τὸν ἐπιούσιον (Mt 6:11; Lk 11:3) in the light of an African predicament with the Ewe-Ghanaian context in focus.
Daniel Sakitey, Ernest van Eck
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The Samaritan ‘brought him to an inn’: Revisiting πανδοχεῖον in Luke 10:34
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2018 This article traces the meaning of κατάλυμά and πανδοχεῖον in available Roman-Egypt papyri, the LXX, early-Jewish literature, and Greek writings to determine the meaning of πανδοχεῖον [inn] used in Luke 10:34.
Ernest van Eck, Robert J. van Niekerk
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Social-scientific criticism in Nigerian New Testament scholarship
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2021 The use of the social sciences in the interpretation of the New Testament emerged from the 1970s and has become a standard methodology for interpreting the New Testament.
Kingsley I. Uwaegbute +2 more
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‘To your tents, O Nigeria’: An exegetical study of 1 Kings 12:1–16
Verbum et Ecclesia, 2022 Solomon’s exerting decrees led to Israel’s prosperity, yet they took away the freedom of the common folks. His son Rehoboam had just been anointed king over the whole of Israel, but this son, being less than his father, had to make compromises towards ...
Prince E. Peters +2 more
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That they may be one (Jn 17:11): Mending the seamless coat of Christ in Assemblies of God Nigeria
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2023 Assemblies of God church in Nigeria, which has for over 40 years now, experienced various crises that have led to sucession and factionalism in that church.
Ezichi A. Ituma +2 more
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HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2019 This article examines the phrase ἐλθέτω ἡ βασιλεία σου in Matthew and Luke’s versions of the Lord’s Prayer in the light of Ewe-Ghanaian eschatological vision.
Ernest van Eck, Daniel Sakitey
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Interactional leadership: Jesus’ model of leadership – A case of Mark 7:25–29
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2020 Inspired by Goffman and Mead Social Interactionism theory and Ghanaian traditional leadership model, this article interprets Mark 7:24–30 as text that re-imagines alternative leadership practice.
John K. Addo Jnr, Zorodzai Dube
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