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Almsgiving As Patronage: The Role Of Patroness In Third Century North African Christianity, Charles A. Bobertz Jan 2017

Almsgiving As Patronage: The Role Of Patroness In Third Century North African Christianity, Charles A. Bobertz

Theology Faculty Publications

In the social world of the third century Roman Empire the most important determinant of political and social status and advancement was the giving and receiving of patronage. By means of a close study of two of Cyprian of Carthage’s well known treatises, De opere et eleemosynis (On Almsgiving) and De habitu virginum (On the Dress of Virgins) within the context of the larger social reality of the Roman patronage system, this study seeks to explore the level of status and authority that women benefactors (patronesses) may have enjoyed within parts of the early Christian Church and ultimately how such …


The Sweet And Gentle Struggle: Francis De Sales On The Necessity Of Spiritual Friendship (2014 Ebook Version), Terence A. Mcgoldrick Jan 2014

The Sweet And Gentle Struggle: Francis De Sales On The Necessity Of Spiritual Friendship (2014 Ebook Version), Terence A. Mcgoldrick

Theology Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


The Date Of Easter And Shakespeare’S ‘Progress Of The Stars’: Creed And Chronometry In The Sixteenth Century, Martin Connell Jan 2013

The Date Of Easter And Shakespeare’S ‘Progress Of The Stars’: Creed And Chronometry In The Sixteenth Century, Martin Connell

Theology Faculty Publications

William Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" opens with the question "Is this a holiday?" followed by another, "What, know you not?" The queries seem benign and, perhaps, humorless four centuries after the drama about the assassination of the ancient Roman emperor premiered at the Globe Theater in 1599, but – within a century of King Henry VIII's start of the Church of England (1534) – chronometry was a grave matter of church and state. Shakespeare's first Roman play coincided with the worst span of controversy between the Vatican and Canterbury, and Flavius's questions reveal social rubs between churches and calendars in late …


On ‘Chrism’ And ‘Anti-Christs’ In 1 John 2:18-27: A Hypothesis, Martin F. Connell May 2009

On ‘Chrism’ And ‘Anti-Christs’ In 1 John 2:18-27: A Hypothesis, Martin F. Connell

Theology Faculty Publications

This inquiry studies 1 John because it has the most explicit testimony in the New Testament to initiation by anointing and the unique word χρίσμα, "chrism." Chrism was — and in some churches still is — an ointment whose name is rooted in the verb χριειν, "to anoint." Critical studies have amply demonstrated that the title "Christ" had theological carriage in the first century, but rarely, if ever, has it been suggested that the theological title also had liturgical bearing. It seems almost too blithe a suggestion to posit that those who became members of the body of Christ, the …


Lessons From Srebrenica: The Danger Of Religious Nationalism, Noreen L. Herzfeld Jan 2007

Lessons From Srebrenica: The Danger Of Religious Nationalism, Noreen L. Herzfeld

Theology Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


On The U.S. Aversion To Ritual Behavior And The Vocation Of The Liturgical Theologian, Martin F. Connell Sep 2004

On The U.S. Aversion To Ritual Behavior And The Vocation Of The Liturgical Theologian, Martin F. Connell

Theology Faculty Publications

This three-part essay reflects on the vocation of liturgical theologians in a culture in which there is a general antipathy toward the influence of religious rituals on personal formation and decision-making.1 Part ι considers a few foundational nineteenth-century authors of the American Renaissance for reflections on the aversion to Christian ritual behavior. Part 2 takes up the sermons of a few nineteenth-century revivalist preachers. Part 3 suggests five challenges to liturgical theologians who teach and think in the complex social and religious environment of the United States.


Review Of Ambrose Of Milan's Method Of Mystagogical Preaching, By Craig Alan Satterlee, Martin Connell Jan 2002

Review Of Ambrose Of Milan's Method Of Mystagogical Preaching, By Craig Alan Satterlee, Martin Connell

Theology Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Did Ambrose’S Sister Become A Virgin On December 25 Or January 6? The Earliest Western Evidence For Christmas And Epiphany Outside Rome, Martin F. Connell Jan 1999

Did Ambrose’S Sister Become A Virgin On December 25 Or January 6? The Earliest Western Evidence For Christmas And Epiphany Outside Rome, Martin F. Connell

Theology Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Review Of Ambrosianum Mysterium: The Church Of Milan And Its Liturgical Tradition, By Cesare Alzati. Trans. George Guiver, Martin Connell Jan 1999

Review Of Ambrosianum Mysterium: The Church Of Milan And Its Liturgical Tradition, By Cesare Alzati. Trans. George Guiver, Martin Connell

Theology Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Heresy And Heortology In The Early Church: Arianism And The Emergence Of The Triduum, Martin F. Connell Mar 1998

Heresy And Heortology In The Early Church: Arianism And The Emergence Of The Triduum, Martin F. Connell

Theology Faculty Publications

The Triduum, the three-day liturgy of Easter — from Holy Thursday evening through Easter Sunday — has been so common an experience of the Christian liturgical year that it is difficult to imagine a time when the Triduum was not. But for at least the first three centuries of Christian worship, this annual celebration of Easter was only one rite, a single grand annual assembly of confessors, and soon-to-be confessors, embracing the life of God incarnate in Jesus Christ and in the members of the community. The theology of this unitive rite took in all aspects of the redemption wrought …


Review Of The Antenicene Pascha: A Rhetorical History, By By Karl Gerlach, Martin Connell Jan 1998

Review Of The Antenicene Pascha: A Rhetorical History, By By Karl Gerlach, Martin Connell

Theology Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Review Of Calendar: Humanity's Epic Struggle To Determine A True And Accurate Year, By David Ewing Duncan, Martin Connell Jan 1998

Review Of Calendar: Humanity's Epic Struggle To Determine A True And Accurate Year, By David Ewing Duncan, Martin Connell

Theology Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.