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Biblical foundations of the sacrament of confirmation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The paper is devoted to the importance and the purpose of the sacrament of confirmation, which obliges the recipient to take responsibility for the worldwide mission of the Church.
Krawczyk, Roman
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The Politics of Othering in the 'Happy Soul': Historicising Abjection in the Promise of Joy for Childhood and Play

open access: yesChildren &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article interrogates the politics of othering embedded in the taken‐for‐granted association of childhood, play, joy, and happiness. It explores how these notions are historically inscribed as forms of otherness tied to the affective normativity of joy.
Chushan Wu
wiley   +1 more source

Medieval images of christening in Poland

open access: yesFolia Historica Cracoviensia, 1999
The article discusses each of the phases of christening depicted in medieval images of the sacrament in Poland.
Zdzisław Kliś
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Retrieving Your Concepts: Iris Murdoch on Original Sin

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract In The Sovereignty of Good, Iris Murdoch argues that our moral thinking will be impoverished until it possesses a secular conception of original sin. Such a notion would need to remove unacceptable Christian baggage while retaining a genuine claim to be a descendant of the original Christian concept.
Samuel Filby
wiley   +1 more source

Sacramental Communion with Nature: From Emerson on the Lord’s Supper to Thoreau’s Transcendental Picnic

open access: yesReligions, 2018
For both Emerson and Thoreau, ocular attentiveness was a crucial means of at least disposing the soul toward experiencing moments of otherwise unpredictable, ecstatic encounter with the divine soul of Nature.
John Gatta
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A source of reflection on Christian witness and mission under the action of the Holy Spirit [PDF]

open access: yes, 1995
The article studies the relationship which binds together the sacrament of Confirmation with the other two sacraments of initiation, namely Baptism and Eucharist.
Scerri, Hector
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Penal‐Reparative Atonement: A Synthesis of Penal Substitution and Satisfaction Models

open access: yesThe Heythrop Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract I will argue that through Jesus Christ's life, death, resurrection, and ascension—considered as an organic whole—Christ presented his humanity before the Father as the visible instantiation of both God's condemnation of sin and God's delighted acceptation of the Son.
Sean Luke
wiley   +1 more source

Doctrine, Narrative and the Formation of Christian Identity: A Conversation with Alister McGrath

open access: yesInternational Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article offers a critical and appreciative response to Alister McGrath’s The Nature of Christian Doctrine, exploring the formation of doctrine as a dynamic communal process rooted in Scripture, liturgy and historical context. It highlights McGrath’s analogy between doctrinal development and scientific method, emphasising the search for a ...
Frances Margaret Young
wiley   +1 more source

126. Sacrament of the Altar [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
Chapel Sermon by Jesse Kueker on the Sacrament of the Altar on Friday, April 21 ...
Kueker, Jesse
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Sacramentality, Chaos Theory and Decoloniality

open access: yesReligions, 2019
This essay considers how an expanded understanding of sacramentality is enhanced by engagement with chaos theory and decolonial theory. These unique lenses enlarge traditional Roman Catholic frameworks for considering God’s self-communication ...
Edward Foley
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