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Doubting Thomas: Aquinas on Doubt and the Act of Faith

International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 27, Issue 3, Page 310-330, July 2025.
Abstract Several modern theologians affirm that doubt is compatible with faith, even as authoritative voices from the Christian tradition deny this. While Thomas Aquinas is often seen as an exemplar of the traditional view, few scholars have devoted serious attention to the nature of doubt in Thomas’ thought.
Patrick X. Gardner
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Religion, Mathematics and Nothing [PDF]

, 2012
The concept of "nothing" is important in both mathematics and theology. Its most obvious use in mathematics is in the number zero which arrived in Western Europe in the 12th Century. In theology it features significantly in the dogma of creaho ex nihilo,
Duffy, Mervin
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Razón y Revelación en la Edad Media: la Primacía de la Fe [PDF]

Studia Gilsoniana
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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Philosophical Theology and Indian Versions of Theodicy [PDF]

, 2010
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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Prayer, Participation, and Perfection in Dante's Commedia

Modern Theology, Volume 41, Issue 3, Page 515-538, July 2025.
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*

Journal of Religious History, Volume 49, Issue 2, Page 210-229, June 2025.
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

Verbum Vitae, 2003
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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Codex Sinaiticus as a Window into Early Christian Worship [PDF]

, 2014
Codex Sinaiticus is the oldest and most complete New Testament in Greek known to exist. Its two colophons at the end of 2 Esdras and Esther indicate a possible connection with Pamphilus’ famous library at Caesarea in Palestine.
Mitchell, Timothy N
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Seen and named in narratives: denizens of hell in the early Middle Ages

Early Medieval Europe, Volume 32, Issue 4, Page 474-502, November 2024.
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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'Flattening' in Latin biblical citations [PDF]

, 2010
A paper presented at the International Patristics Conference in Oxford, August 2007. It investigates the alterations to biblical citations made by Church Fathers consistent with their quoting from memory, and identifies features typical of "flattening ...
Houghton, H.A.G.
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