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Religion, Mathematics and Nothing [PDF]

, 2006
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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The Multifaceted Reception of the Torah by Early Church Fathers

Religions, 2023
This paper focuses on the reception of the Torah by the Church Fathers who lived up to the beginning of the third century. Christians, having received the whole Torah through the Septuagint translation, became selective in the way they accepted it ...
Stefan M. Attard
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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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Writing trans histories with an ethics of care, while reading gender in imperial Roman literature

Gender &History, Volume 36, Issue 1, Page 14-31, March 2024.
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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Tertullian’s “On shows” in the context of Ancient and Christian literature of the first centuries

RUDN Journal of World History
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, Marina V. Ponikarovskaya   +1 more
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Devenir chrétienne à Carthage (IIe – IIIe siècle)

Cahiers d'Études du Religieux- Recherches Interdisciplinaires, 2011
The investigation centres on a comparaison of Tertullian’s attitudes toward women with those of Cyprian of Carthage. While women are often addressed as recipients or referred to in Tertullian’s works, they seem to be forgotten by the bishop of Carthage ...
Laetitia Ciccolini
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Tertullian’s Ad Martyras – a Manifest of a Rebel

Literatūra (Vilnius), 2021
This paper presents a translation of Tertullian’s Ad Martyras into Lithuanian language and a brief introduction, which contains a short survey of Tertullian’s life, his audience, i.e., Christians of Africa, selection and motivation of provided examples ...
Justinas Ambrazas
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“MLK's functional philosophy of non‐violence”

Dialog, Volume 63, Issue 1-2, Page 52-60, Spring-Summer 2024.
Abstract The fact that Martin Luther King, Jr. held a moral philosophy of non‐violence is well known. What is less familiar is that he made various exceptions to his prohibitions on violence. Given the absolute language he often used in condemning violent acts, he can give the impression of inconsistency in his ethics. The reality, however, is that his
Jeffrey K. Mann
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Nowa modlitwa uczniów Nowego Przymierza (Mt 6,9-13)

Verbum Vitae, 2003
Tertullian sieht im Unservater eine neue Gebetsform, die dem neuen Bund entspricht. Im Sinne dieser Auslegung wird das Gebet des Herrn exegetisch erklärt. Zuerst werden die literarische Fragen kurz besprochen (I).
Antoni Paciorek
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Emmanuel Lévinas. Praise of atheism

Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Polonica, 2020
Lévinas presents atheism as the original good condition of the soul before acknowledging or rejecting God. Such description is closely linked to the notion of separation.
Jan Słomka
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