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Migrants from Eastern Catholic Churches in Germany

Vergentis. Revista de Investigación de la Cátedra Internacional Conjunta Inocencio III, 2020
In 2015, about one million refugees arrived in Germany including 200,000 Christians from the Middle East. To an increasing extent, these are members of Eastern Catholic churches.
Burkhard J. Berkmann
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‘By Force of Participation and Conjunction in Him’: John Jewel and Richard Hooker on Union with Christ

Perichoresis: The Theological Journal of Emanuel University, 2014
The author of a Christian Letter cited a passage from John Jewel’s A Reply to Harding’s Answer in which the first major apologist of the Elizabethan Settlement spoke of the role of faith and the sacraments in union with Christ.
Gazal André A.
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The Hinge of Salvation: Body, Liturgy, and Bioethics

The Person and the Challenges, 2013
Dominant trends within the philosophical debate over personhood and identity tend to discount the significance and meaning of the human body and often slip into dualistic conceptions.
John Christopher Sikorski
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THE FATHERS, COMPUTERS AND US

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract This essay, designed as a complement to opinions expressed by Rowan Williams and some speakers at the conference in his honour, explores features of early Christianity which suggest a positive evaluation of artificial intelligence. Noting that the fear of reducing humans to machines has been joined in the modern age by the fear that machines ...
Mark J. Edwards
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Theses on Prayer and the Sacraments in Calvin [PDF]

, 2009
A set of theses with exposition discussing prayer and the sacraments in John Calvin's ...
W. Travis McMaken
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The Diremption of Meaning

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract Examining work by Rowan Williams, this essay explores what he often refers to as the ‘difficulty’ of writing theology. The difficulty of theology lies in engaging the ruse of having ultimate answers to ultimate questions. The stakes are high: ‘God‐talk’ must concern itself with truth, with reality.
Graham Ward
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Sacraments and Social History

, 2001
The sacraments of baptism and holy communion are not only means of grace; they are social rites. Christians have practiced them using available cultural materials. The sacraments, in turn, have formed the community of the church.
Frank C. Senn
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La práctica sacramental en tiempos de la confesionalización : Cantabria, siglos XVII y XVIII

Espacio, Tiempo y Forma. Serie IV, Historia Moderna, 2008
Los sacramentos han sido desde la Edad Media la declaración más visible del culto y la de fe católicos. Su estudio en la región española de Cantabria en el período comprendido entre los siglos XVI y XIX presenta numerosos aspectos de interés.
Josué Fonseca Montes
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City of God and the Duty of Just Memory

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract In a recent essay, Richard Miller claims that Augustine presumes a duty to remember justly in his City of God. However, Miller's brief reference to a presumed duty of “just memory” does not fully explain how Augustine conceptualizes this duty or how it relates to his theological concerns.
Zachary J. Taylor
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The Sacrament of Confirmation and the Common Priesthood of Believers: The Study of the Relation with Regard to the Specific Context of the Czech and Slovak Churches

Acta Universitatis Carolinae Theologica, 2020
The article asks a question about the link between the comprehension of believers of their common priesthood and the authentic place of confirmation within Christian initiation, enabling one to participate in the tria munera Christi.
Zuzana Matisovská
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