‘The very deceitfulness of devils’: Firmilian and the doubtful baptisms of a woman possessed by demons [PDF]
In the mid-third century, a controversy relating to the validity of baptism by the lapsed broke out between Cyprian, bishop of Carthage, and Stephen, bishop of Rome.
Methuen, Charlotte
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Substance and Person in Tertullian and Augustine [PDF]
The doctrine of the Trinity has been a focal point of Christian thinking throughout Church history. While the term “Trinity” does not appear in the biblical text, it is still a vital Christian doctrine.
Hillaker, Andrew P
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Abstract This response to Alister McGrath’s The Nature of Christian Doctrine examines the interplay between Scripture, the Rule of Faith, and evolving Christian doctrine and tradition. Focusing on McGrath’s critique of Lindbeck’s presentation of doctrinal modalities, the article explores how doctrinal formation involves primarily synchronic (canonical),
Tomas Bokedal
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Lex Orandi, Lex Operandi: The Relationship of Worship and Work in the Early Church [PDF]
(Excerpt) We are all familiar with the famous dictum of Prosper of Aquitaine, who in the fifth century coined the axiom, lex orandi, lex credendi. I propose a variation on this principle by suggesting lex orandi, lex operandi, the law of prayer gives ...
Volz, Carl A
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Philosophical Theology and Indian Versions of Theodicy [PDF]
Comparative philosophical studies can seek to fit some Eastern patterns of thought into the general philosophical framework, or, on the contrary, to improve understanding of Western ones through the view "from abroad". I try to hit both marks by means of
Shokhin, Vladimir K.
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Fury and the antitheatrical prejudice: The violent power of play‐acting in the Cervantine picaresque
Abstract The article studies a cross‐generic relation between theatrical performance and the outbreak of violence in picaresque contexts across works by Miguel de Cervantes. It then proceeds to contextualize these persistent incidents within the philosophical history of antitheatricality.
Rasmus Vangshardt
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Kobiety u Tertuliana w kontekście historii zbawienia
The analysis of the writings of Tertullian at an angle of his attitude towards women encounters a lot of difficulties. On one side when addressing to women he uses rather waspish, incisive language sometimes even with a rhetorical emphasis.
Dariusz Zalewski
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Toward a Mediating Understanding of Tongues: A Historical and Exegetical Examination of Early Literature [PDF]
Studies regarding pneumatology and charismata have maintained distinctions largely due to previously held presuppositions. Christians have debated Luke’s and Paul’s usage of specific words and have taken diametrically opposite positions on this issue ...
Kraeger, Shane M
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Africain, romain et chrétien : l’engagement religieux de Tertullien et de Lactance, chacun en son époque [PDF]
Like all the first Latin apologists, Tertullian and Lactantius came from Africa but the former was a man of the church and his militant writing places him concretely in Carthage whereas the latter, a secular theologian, went to Nicomedia where he had ...
B. Colot, J. Lagouanère, S. Fialon
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Razón y Revelación en la Edad Media: la Primacía de la Fe [PDF]
This paper analyzes, from a historical-philosophical perspective inspired by Étienne Gilson, the various attitudes adopted by medieval Christian thinkers toward the tension between reason and revelation.
Ceferino Muñoz Medina
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