The response of churches to the challenges presented by the global COVID-19 pandemic invites a closer examination of the relationships between virtual and embodied religious communities during a time of social distancing.
Helen Parish
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Testimony to the catechumens of faith in the Church (on the example of early Christian sources from the 2nd to the 5th centuries) [PDF]
The article is devoted to the understudied issue of the testimony to the catechumens of faith in the Church. On the example of early Christian sources from the 2nd to the 5th centuries, a comparison is made of the usage of three definitions in ...
Olesya Sidorova
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This study discusses the current state of ecumenical discussions on the mutual recognition of baptism and the possibilities for progress. Baptism is considered the basic sacrament of unity in Christianity, yet mutual baptismal confession is still not a ...
Tomi Karttunen
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The Validity of Sacraments in the Churches Separated from Orthodoxy [PDF]
The article deals with the issue of recognising in the Orthodox churches the validity of the sacraments administered in the non-Orthodox churches and communities.
Vasily (Karl Christian) Felmy
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The Sacraments of Hope: A Hypothesis in Sacramental Theology Facing Challenges of the 21st Century
First of all, the author distinguishes between four types of sacramentality – the universal sacramentality (appropriate to Christ), the extensive sacramentality (appropriate to the Church), the organic sacramentality (appropriate to the seven sacraments)
Benedikt T. Mohelník
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Towards possible foundations for systematic orthodox sacramentology [PDF]
The article presents an attempt to define the reasons for absence of unified orthodox sacramental doctrine and therefor suggests possible foundations for building up one.
David Gzgzyan
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The Theological Heritage of Fr. Alexander Schmemann [PDF]
September 2021 marks 100 years since the birth of Fr. Alexander Schmemann. This interview focusses on the main significance of his work for Christian theology in the fields of liturgical revival and Eucharistic Theology. Fr.
Fr. Georgy Kochetkov +4 more
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Luther on infant Baptism: «On Rebaptism» (1528) and «Large Catechism» (1529) [PDF]
Martin Luther’s two primary writings concerning the baptism of infants — «On Rebaptism» (1528) and the Excursus on Infant Baptism contained in «Large Catechism» (1529) — are presented and reviewed in this article. In the 1528 tractate written in response
Charles Lloyd Cortright
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La religiosidad de las cofradías en la Sevilla de los siglos XIV al XVI: sacramentos, ciclo litúrgico y prácticas devocionales. [PDF]
In this paper we aim to show the different kinds of devotions which confraternities practiced in Seville at the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the early modern period.
Juan CarlosArboleda Goldaracena
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Zbawcze działanie Jezusa wobec chorych jako fundament ustanowienia sakramentu namaszczenia chorych
For the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick no record in the Gospels can be found which would indicate clearly that Jesus instituted it directly. Hence the Reformation theologians questioned the sacramentality of this rite.
Jacek Froniewski
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