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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Creeds"”.
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Hercules Collins: Orthodox, Puritan, Baptist
… historic Nicene-Christianity shown in the early creeds and the Protestant orthodoxy codified by the Westminster Assembly in the Westminster Confession of Faith. Chapter 1 serves as an introduction to the thesis of the dissertation and the methodology that is pursued in arguing for the thesis. In …
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Will-Independent Mereological Trinity Monotheism: A Defense of the Logical Coherence of, A Priori Motivation for, and a Particular Model Concerning the Doctrine of the Trinity
… the Trinity are found in the early Ecumenical Creeds of Christendom, especially the Nicene and Athanasian Creeds. Four primary affirmations emerge as a summary of the essential content of the doctrine: (ONE): There is one God; (THREE): The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are distinct divine …
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Faith, obedience, and justification: Current evangelical departures from sola fide
… Luther, John Calvin, and the major Protestant creeds and confessions are examined. The thesis that unity existed among Protestants with regard to sola fide requires the examination of the development of the doctrine in Luther found in chapter 2. It shows that Luther's views gradually developed …
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Still Reforming: The Need for a New Confession in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
<p>Within the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) the creeds and confessions collected in the Book of Confessions articulate not only the doctrines of the church, but also the identity and purpose of the denomination. The Book of Confessions contains twelve documents from different periods in the history …
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The Concept of Person in Christian Theology: An Exposition and Defense of a Classical Boethian/Thomistic Definition of Person
… with the important and carefully formulated creeds and statements of the past. The next chapter provides several criteria that any Christian definition of person should fulfill. To establish the traditional and credal understanding of person, the history of the concept of person is briefly …
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Increasing Understanding of Systematic Theology at Faith Baptist Church of Folsom, California
… 3 surveyed the Christology of early church creeds in order to provide the historical background and in preparation for a systematic theology class on Christology. Chapter 4 reviewed the steps taken to create and implement the curriculum, and provided an overview of the curriculum’s content. …
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Proto-Trinity: the development of the doctrine of the Trinity in the first and second Christian centuries
… of the Trinity, later made explicit in the creeds, is implicit within the New Testament texts and was Jesus’ most controversial claim. But what did the early Christians believe about their Lord and Master? In this study I review the early Christian texts, their content and background, to …
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Trek : hitchhiking on the ox-wagon of destiny : voortrekker, draadtrekker, saamtrekker
… that can be practiced by all race, colours and creeds of South Africans. Saamtrekking is a coming together, it is the acknowledged acceptance of some manner of change towards transformation. It requires acknowledgement in order to be practiced, the subject must practice acts of transformative …
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A critical analysis of The Moslem world, 1911-1947
… available in the West on Islam's history, its creeds, beliefs and practices, and the lives of its adherents. This study has attempted to identify, categorize and analyze the manner and method by which the many facets of Islam were depicted in the pages of The Moslem World under Samuel Zwemer's …
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Saving the Church of England: John Edwards (1637-1716) as dissenting conformer
… in the Apostles’, Nicene and Athanasian Creeds upon which the XXXIX Articles were based. Though a committed Calvinist, he willingly subordinated his theological preferences on non-essentials to greater principle of unity by respectfully remaining in the church dominated by Latitudinarians …
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Contemporary Art and the Liminal Space: Refuge for the Divine in an Empirical World?
… in such a state, regardless of whether religious creeds of the sacred have been rejected. It is through a contemporary art venue then, that the liminal concept can be applied for the purposes of testing this theory.<br/><br/>In the search for contemporary art mediums that are dynamic enough to fit …
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The Lord’s Supper and a Theological Praxis for Unity? A Reformed Perspective
… believe and practise almost the same doctrines, creeds, confessions, etc., I deem it necessary to reflect on what praxis is called for in the movement towards becoming a united church. The study will have different focus points, which will allow for a deeper and comprehensive understanding of the …
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Doubt and Faith in Tennyson's Poetry
… in honest doubt,/ Believe me, than in half the creeds," are probably the nearest that Tennyson ever came in his search for an answer concerning this doubt. A more obvious doubt, however, concerned the reality of immortality. For this seemed an obsession with him, especially after the death of …
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Aspects of surrealism in the work of Jean Cocteau
… with Lorca necessitates an examination of the creeds and ideals of them both, highlighting aspects of poetic power and creativity in the process.It is hoped to place in the context of 20th century thought the work of both Cocteau and the Surrealists. A continuity between the second half of the …
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Some Sources of Puritan Sabbatarianism
… area of literature of the Middle Ages, creeds of the Continental Reformers and the work of the Council of Trent. The original publications of Lancelot Andrewes' two works that bear on this subject, published in 1642 and 1675, were the basis of the conclusions regarding the important role …
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The Relationship Between Liturgical Practice and Spirituality in the Church of the Nazarene with Special Reference to John Wesley's Doctrine of Christian Perfection
… find written prayers and the reciting of creeds in public worship of minimal value to their spirituality; whereas the vast majority of subjects believe the congregational singing of the church is vital in their ability to experience intimacy with God. The study also revealed that while the …
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Van Calvyn na Zwingli : die vraagstuk van die kindernagmaal in die Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk (Afrikaans)
… Reformed Church has accepted in their faith creeds the confession pertaining to who the present Lord Jesus in the communion is, according to which they clearly rejected the concept regarding the communion according to the doctrines, which Zwingli supports. The Dutch Reformed Church has not …