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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Sacramental Theology"”.
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The sacramental theology and practice of the Reverend John Willison (1680-1750)
… whose prolific writing had a pronounced sacramental emphasis, at a time when the Lord's Supper was infrequently celebrated. The thesis aims to examine his sacramental theology and practice. Chapter one reconstructs his 'roots' and considers the influence of family, home church and …
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Sacramental Theology of Elochukwu Uzukwu in Light of Vatican II and Its Application in African Contexts
… has become a major trend in the contemporary theology. This renewed approach emphasizes various anthropologies and cultures as locations of divine activity. Specifically, the Second Vatican Council’s understanding of sacraments as pneumatological, and ecclesiological, beyond the dominant …
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A sacramental theology of the poor centred on the Eucharistic liturgy from Coptic and Latin American perspectives
… ‘the poor’) can be conceived as a deep sacramental act that Christians are called to realise and experience in history. In light of this concept, this interdisciplinary study explores the sacramental dimension of the theology of the poor (TP) and its eucharistic and liturgical …
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Piers Plowman and the Sacraments of Nature
… It makes the distinctive claim that the sacramental theology of *Piers Plowman* is interwoven with its natural theology, and that this relationship is the key to understanding the narrator’s epistemic progress across the poem. I argue that Will’s ability to draw supernatural knowledge …
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Evelyn Waugh and la nouvelle théologie.
… Waugh's relation to twentieth-century Catholic theology than has yet been attempted. In doing so, it offers a radical revision of our understanding of Waugh's relation to the Second Vatican Coucil. Waugh's famous contempt for the liturgical reforms of the early 1960s, his self-described …
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Making Love in the English Reformation: Carving Images in the Temple of Our Harts
… a battlefield of Petrarchan lyric. Conventional, theology-based methodologies insufficiently account for the ongoing appeal of Catholicism and the ubiquity of representations of ritual practice in early modern English poetry. Reconstructing a cultural history that centralizes the continuing role …
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A study of the ecumenical nature of charismatic renewal: with particular reference to Roman Catholic and Anglican charismatic renewal in England
… this, attention is still needed in the area of sacramental theology, but in particular to the nature of truth and its revelation through the Spirit. In that connection the thesis includes some samples of fresh biblical exegesis on familiar ecumenically relevant biblical passages. The study …
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Anointing as the Iconic Interruption of the Loving God
… of Aristotelian metaphysics. Postmodern sacramental theology suggests a reflexive reformulation, one that no longer sees the world as the transparent horizon of experiences within which the divine can be pointed out, but rather that the incompleteness and contingency of being human offers …
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Encountering Eucharistic Presence Within a Postmodern Context: A Dialogue Among Chauvet, Schmemann and Zizioulas
… recognize that for centuries, Eucharistic theology has been shaped within a metaphysical/Scholastic framework which confines, in many respects, the experiential/relational aspects of the divine/human dynamic as mediated in the Eucharistic celebration. An appeal for a paradigmatic shift is …
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Eucharist and Anthropology: Seeking Convergence on Eucharistic Sacrifice Between Catholics and Methodists
… sacrifice is both a doctrine of the church and a sacramental practice. Doctrinally, it explains in what manner the sacrament is a sacrifice, or at least its sacrificial dimension; liturgically, it refers to the offering that is made in the church's celebration of the eucharist, that is, who and …
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The origins and transformation of the nonjuror schism, 1670-1715 : illustrated by special reference to the career, writings and activities of Dr. George Hickes, 1642-1715
… was begun by the ousted nonjurors using high sacramental theology, eucharistic doctrine, the apostolic succession of bishops and priests, and the essential independence of the church from the state. The whole relationship of church and state since Henry VIII and Elizabeth was thus radically …
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Discerning the body: a sacramental hermeneutic in literature and liturgy
… this begins with the question’s origin in the sacramental context of a particular Christian community’s attempt to observe what became known as the Eucharist. In their physicality, sacraments act as reminders that theological concepts, while they systematise experience and knowledge, can never …
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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
… the failure to develop a robust liturgical and sacramental theology, and the demise of revivalism. This historical progression has resulted in a vacuum in Nazarene liturgical practice, which has had immense ramifications for spirituality. Due to the nature of this problem the purpose of this …
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The Development Of Auricular Confession In The Coptic Tradition: A Theological And Historical Study In The Book Of Confession By Kyrillus Iii, Patriarch Of Alexandria (+ 1243 A.D.)
<p>This dissertation studies the development of auricular confession in the Coptic tradition from the early Church to medieval times. It demonstrates the evolvement of five penitential models through the centuries. In the first millennium of Christianity, auricular confession was neither demanded …