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The Old English Exodus and the patristic tradition
… of the Red Sea crossing as it was reflected in patristic literature. The sense of design is evident not only in the rhetorical parallelism and counterpointing of phrases, periods, and verse paragraphs, but also through the parallelism and counterpointing of incidents, metaphorical motifs, and …
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Innovation in Tradition: Gregory the Great's Use of Classical and Patristic Thought in His Commentary on the Song of Songs
<p>To follow the example of Jesus and to draw closer to God in a meaningful relationship was the ultimate goal of the monastics. Starting with St. Anthony and spread by St. Athanasius in the fourth century CE, Egyptian monasticism was established in the deserts of North Africa. Around the fifth …
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The Emergence of Divine Simplicity in Patristic Trinitarian Theology: Origen and the Distinctive Shape of the Ante-Nicene Status Quaestionis
… new questions for both modern theologians and patristic specialists. For modern theologians, the ante-Nicene developments suggest the Son’s generation as a fruitful site for further analysis on the relation between divine simplicity and Trinitarian theology. For patristic specialists, …
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Deus in se et Deus pro nobis: The Transfiguration in the Theology of Gregory Palamas and Its Importance for Catholic Theology
… theophany synthesizes insights from the Eastern patristic tradition regarding theology of revelation, deification, and eschatology. Palamas' theology of the Transfiguration and theophany presupposes a theophanic and therefore Christocentric economy of salvation which sees the Son of God as the …
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The Mystery of God in Situations of Suffering: Toward the Universality of Christ and a Reconstruction of African Identity
<p>During the patristic era, theology dealt with the problem of how to explain the union of the two natures in Christ without losing the impassible nature of God. Today, the understanding of God as impassible is no longer absolute in light of present human suffering. To gain a better understanding …
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A critical edition of the hexaplaric fragments of Job: Chapters 1-21
… Latin and other non-Greek witnesses, and patristic references. The work updates the Hexapla of Frederick Field and the hexaplaric apparatus of the Göttingen edition, Iob , (J. Ziegler, editor) by incorporating new research, newly available manuscripts, and new critical editions. Chapter 1 …
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He descended into hell: an English Reformation controversy
… Alexandria). We then trace the doctrine from the patristic era to the eve of the reformation in England. The broad consensus of the fathers was propagated throughout this period in the various adaptations of the so-called Gospel of Nicodemus. There were a few dissenting voices during the medieval …
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Η ΘΕΟΤΟΚΟΣ ΚΑΤΑ ΤΟΝ ΚΥΡΙΛΛΟ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΕΙΑΣ
IN THE RECENT YEARS, AN INCREASING INTEREST FOR PATRISTIC THEOLOGY HAS BEEN OBSERVED IN GREECE. MOST OF THE STUDIES HAVE DEALT WITH THE THEOLOGY OF THE CAPPADOCIAN FATHERS, THAT IS ATHANASIUS THE GREAT AND THE SUCCEEDING BYZANTINES, SUCHAS MAXIMUS THE CONFESSOR AND JOHN OF DAMASCUS. THE ABSENCE OF …
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The Trinitarian Theology of John Gill (1697-1771): Context, Sources, and Controversy
… phase 2 (1712–29). Chapter 4 surveys Gill as a Patristic scholar and analyzes his use of Patristic sources in the debate over the Trinity. Chapter 5–8 introduces Gill’s doctrine of Trinity. Chapter 5 defines Gill’s key trinitarian terms while also considering the importance, revelation, and …
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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.
… condemned as heretical at Nicea, is examined. Patristic quotations, historical texts, and arguments of the scholars are cited and traced, along with a comparison of Christological verses.
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The insular reception of the Eusebian canon tables: exegesis and iconography
… century, represent one of the most successful patristic attempts to demonstrate the harmony of the quadriform Gospel. Their success is reflected in the series' rapid and widespread transmission. As well as the Insular examples discussed in this work, the canons appear as a preface in medieval …
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Die skrifbeskouing van die vroeë kerkvaders uit Afrika (veral Tertullianus en Augustinus) en hulle relevansie vir Suidelike-Afrika (Afrikaans)
… pre-modern and pre-Christian society of the patristic. From a historical-theological perspective, the researcher points out that these resemblances could shed light on the current burning issue around the authority of Scripture. This historic continuity with the patristic and apostolic …
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The Whitby life of Gregory the Great: exegesis and hagiography
… thesis adapts a methodology which identifies patristic exegetical themes and techniques in the Vita. That is not only in material originating from the pen of Gregory himself, which is freely quoted and cited by the writer, but also in the narrative episodes concerning the Pope. It also …
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The Self, the Church, and Medieval Identities: The Evolution of the Individual in Medieval Literature
… women's writings and engage directly with the patristic sources for communal Christian identity in the period. The second chapter, "Perpetua and Her Daughters," highlights the role of women's texts in the education of both genders throughout the period and begins the process of contextualizing …
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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
Catholic scholars in the field of patristics have long felt the need for new translations of early Christian writers which not only convey faithfully and intelligibly the original message but also present a correct theological understanding. The bulk of the old translations, notably the collections …
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The Anglo-Catholic quality of Christina Rossetti's apocalyptic vision in The Face of the Deep.
… with the traditional exegetical methods of patristic and medieval scholars. The central concern of this dissertation is thus to identify particular ways in which Rossetti's The Face of the Deep relies on an identifiable ecclesiastical interpretive tradition and to tease out the implications …
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The Influence of Plato Upon St. Augustine Especially in the De Civitate Dei
… great philosophers. It is in his writings that Patristic philosophy attained the zenith of its course. He synthesized the best elements of pagan philosophy into his system of Christian thought with such sublimity of logic and language that he is forever distinguished among the philosophers of …
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