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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Nicene."”.
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The Emergence of Divine Simplicity in Patristic Trinitarian Theology: Origen and the Distinctive Shape of the Ante-Nicene Status Quaestionis
… that divine simplicity emerged in the ante-Nicene period with a distinctive status quaestionis concerning (a) the meaning of the doctrine, and (b) its function in reflections on the Father-Son relation. The first part argues that simplicity emerged in the ante-Nicene period with two possible …
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Life of Saint Gregory the Great Written in Four Books by John the Deacon: A Translation and Commentary of Books I and II
… entitled A Library of the Fathers, The Ante-Nicene Fathers, and the Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, have been attempted by Anglican scholars. To meet the growing demand for translations by Catholics, a significant contribution has been made by the …
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The Fourth and Sixth Letters of Saint Gregory of Nyssa: A Commentary with an Introduction and Translation
… appeared in on English transition of 1893 in the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers under the editorship of Philip Schaff and Barry Race. Doth the fourth and sixth Jotters are included in the collection, the former presumably because of its metaphorical treatment of the Christian festivals, the latter …
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Alexandria in the Shadow of the Hill Cumorah: A Comparative Historical Theology of the Early Christian and Mormon Doctrines of God
… development of the early Christian (pre-Nicene) and Mormon doctrines of God. For the Christian tradition, I follow a detailed study of the apostolic period, followed by the apologetical period, and then conclude with the pre-Nicene up to around 250 C.E. For the Mormon tradition, I cover …
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To what extent do ‘processes of the mind’, consistent with evolutionary psychology, account for religious experiences involving the Trinity?
… the hermeneutics that eventually discerned the Nicene Trinity, the concept by which Christians believe they may recognise God. The evolutionary psychology of religion at its current stage of development is often associated with non-theistic conclusions. However, in principle, the theory of …
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The Third Letter of Saint Gregory of Nyssa: A Commentary with an Introduction and Translation
… of St. Gregory of Nyssa appeared in 1893 in the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, edited by Philip Schaff and Henry Nyssa. Gregory’s third letter is here included, presumably because of its interesting doctrinal content. Since the date of this publication, however, our knowledge of those times in …
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"The Fountain of Life": John Gill’s Doctrine of Christ's Eternal Sonship
… and eternal generation belonged within the Nicene tradition, he followed Calvin’s understanding of the Son as autotheos that led him away from the Nicene tradition’s dominant formulation of eternal generation as a communication of the divine essence from the Father to the Son. Gill, in …
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Greek texts and English translations of the Bible: a comparison and contrast of the Textus Receptus Greek New Testament of the sixteenth century and the Alexandrian text of Westcott and Hort (nineteenth century) and Aland and Metzger (twentieth century) concerning variant texts that pertain to the orthodox Christology of the Council of Nicea, A.D. 325.
… concerning Christology, as it was defined in the Nicene creed in A.D. 325, reflect such orthodoxy better in the Textus Receptus Greek texts and the English translations made from them than do the Alexandrian texts. Arian theology, which was condemned as heretical at Nicea, is examined. Patristic …
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"De fide orthodoxa" and Gregory of Elvira's trinitarian vision.
… analysis of Gregory's contribution to the Nicene tradition in the West. The second chapter narrates the historical developments from the Nicene Council (325) to the council of Ariminum (359), the event which precipitated Gregory's composition of the De fide orthodoxa. The ensuing chapter …
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The promised helper: a commentary on the pneumatology of Novatian's De Trinitate
… showing Novatian’s work to be the height of pre-Nicene pneumatology.
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Examining the Ecclesiological Soundness of the Southern Baptist Multisite Church Movement
… chapter considers the New Testament, the ante-Nicene episcopacy, early American Methodism, and early Baptist life in America as potential roots of the MCM. The chapter then concludes that, although it is unique, the multisite church most closely parallels the ante-Nicene episcopacy. Chapter 3 …
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Nikájské císařství - basileus ton Romaion a jeho říše po ztrátě
… concerning the emerge of Empire of Nicaea. The Nicene Empire is compared to the Empire of Trebizond and the Despotate of Epirus. The purpose of the thesis is to analyze differences of these state units and their relation to the political and cultural tradition of the Byzantine Empire as well as …
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Virginity Discourse and Ascetic Politics in the Writings of Ambrose of Milan
… rhetoric promoting virginity in context of the Nicene-Homoian debate, highlighting the fluidity and flexibility of ascetic language in the late fourth century. While in his earliest teachings Ambrose expounds virginity in ways that reflect and support a Nicene understanding of the Father, Son, …
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Hercules Collins: Orthodox, Puritan, Baptist
… as faithfully operating within both the 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 …
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"This Flesh Will Rise Again": Retrieving Early Christian Faith in Bodily Resurrection
… expressions of faith in resurrection from Ante-Nicene</p><p> Alexandria. After the examination of these ancient testimonies, three more recent interpretations of the doctrine are considered. They are found in the explanations of the Apostles' Creed provided by Joseph Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict …
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The Ascension of Jesus Christ: A Critical and Exegetical Study of the Ascension in Luke-Acts and in the Jewish and Christian Contexts
… within the early Christian Church (the pre-Nicene period). Finally, a summary of the entire thesis and some final remarks are drawn in the conclusion of the present study. Two excursuses relevant to this research are included in the appendices: the first on the Jewish Hekhalot literature and …
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Saving the Church of England: John Edwards (1637-1716) as dissenting conformer
… those doctrines delineated 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 …
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Late Antique Basilicas on Cyprus sources, contexts, histories
… Salamis (r.367-‐403) it was at the forefront of Nicene-‐ Constantinopolitan faith-‐forging. In the late fourth and fifth centuries it was also the site of an ambitious building programme which instantiated its affiliations and produced buildings which, in scale and treatment, represented an …
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The Son and the Spirit: The Promise of Spirit Christology in Traditional Trinitarian and Christological Perspective
… occur along a spectrum of faithfulness to Nicene Trinitarianism and Chalcedonian Christology. While modifications to traditional formulae (implicit or explicit) are commonplace in contemporary proposals of Spirit Christology, it is the thesis of this dissertation that such modifications are …
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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
… 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 persons; (FATHERSOURCE): The Father is the …
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