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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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Prayer, Participation, and Perfection in Dante's Commedia
Abstract This article stands at the intersection of two theological moments: one recognizing the theological authority of Dante Alighieri, especially in his Commedia, the other examining the relation of the doctrine of prayer to the doctrine of God. It argues that Dante can inform modern theological reflection on this relation in a profound way.
Stephen C. Pepper
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Marrying the Unbeliever: Gender, Law, and Disparitas Cultus in Early Modern Japan*
The marriage between a Christian and a non‐Christian has been a highly discussed topic in the history of the Catholic Church and canon law. This study aims to analyse the construction of knowledge concerning disparitas cultus by using a broad array of sources including moral theology, canon law, and missionaries' cases that circulated in different ...
Luisa Stella de Oliveira Coutinho Silva
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Miłosierdzie w kontekście dobroci i cierpliwości w ujęciu Tertuliana
In referring to goodness as the mother of mercy, Tertullian showed that it is appropriate to look at mercy from the viewpoint of goodness. Thanks to such a concept, we are able to see that true mercy is driven by reason and justice.
Leszek Mateja
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Seen and named in narratives: denizens of hell in the early Middle Ages
This article discusses a special type of narrative: encounters with named individuals in hell. The catchment is broad (Homer to Dante) but the focus is on the early Middle Ages. Philological and literary techniques elucidate and reinterpret a number of important visionary texts, Anglo‐Saxon, Merovingian, and Carolingian. Boniface, Ep. 115 re‐emerges as
Danuta Shanzer
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Patrystyczna koncepcja sprawiedliwości
Die Schriftsteller des friihen Christentums (Brief von Barnabas, Hermas, Clemens von Alexandrien, Tertullian, Origenes) und die Kirchenvater (der HI. Basil der GroBe, der HI. Johannes Chrysostomus, der HI. Ambrosius und der HI.
Stanisław Kowalczyk
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Tertullian’s “On shows” in the context of Ancient and Christian literature of the first centuries
The study observes the sources used by Tertullian during the writing of his essay “On the Spectacles” (the end of the 2nd century). This was the time of the domination of the Second Sophistic, where erudition, sophistication in rhetoric and adherence to ...
Aleksey D. Panteleev +1 more
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Writing trans histories with an ethics of care, while reading gender in imperial Roman literature
Abstract Two major barriers interfere with writing trans histories of the premodern world: the conflict between creating a legible or foreignised past and balancing the vastness of the social system of gender against individual performances of gender identity. In this article, I propose one methodology to bypass these barriers.
Ky Merkley
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