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Ecclessiology Today And Its Potential To Serve A Missionary Church, Kristin Colberg
Ecclessiology Today And Its Potential To Serve A Missionary Church, Kristin Colberg
School of Theology and Seminary Faculty Publications
This article engages the theme of the 2017 meeting of the American Society of Missiology: “Missiology’s Dialogue Partners: Practitioners and Scholars Conversing about the Future of Mission.” It seeks to contribute to that conversation by providing a survey of the discipline of ecclesiology with an eye towards how it might learn from the field of mission and how it might inform it. This exploration begins by defining some of the goals, methods, and boundaries of the field of ecclesiology. It then considers three critical issues at the forefront of ecclesiological work today: 1) questions emanating from the ecumenical sphere; 2) …
"Review Of L’Ultimo Nemico Didio: Il Ruolo Deltanticristo Nel Cristianismo Antico E Tardoantico", Michael Patella Osb
"Review Of L’Ultimo Nemico Didio: Il Ruolo Deltanticristo Nel Cristianismo Antico E Tardoantico", Michael Patella Osb
School of Theology and Seminary Faculty Publications
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"Review Of Mark", Michael Patella Osb
"Review Of Mark", Michael Patella Osb
School of Theology and Seminary Faculty Publications
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'Our Opinion Is In Accordance With The Eucharist': Irenaeus And The Sitz Im Leben Of Mark's Gospel, Charles A. Bobertz
'Our Opinion Is In Accordance With The Eucharist': Irenaeus And The Sitz Im Leben Of Mark's Gospel, Charles A. Bobertz
School of Theology and Seminary Faculty Publications
This article explores Irenaeus of Lyon’s 2nd century understanding of Eucharist in relation to a historical and theological reading of Mark’s Gospel, specifically the feeding narrative cycles (Mark 6:30-52; 8:1-21). Irenaeus contends, most particularly in books IV and V of Adversus haereses, that the union of divine spirit and flesh in the humanity of Jesus and its replication in the Eucharistic bread serves as primary refutation of docetic heretics. Jesus was, and his Eucharistic body is, fully a part of creation in contrast to only a spiritual entity. Similarly Mark’s understanding of Eucharist linked to the …
Resurrection: Love Conquers Death, Dale Launderville Osb
Resurrection: Love Conquers Death, Dale Launderville Osb
School of Theology and Seminary Faculty Publications
"When a loved one is on his or her final journey home to God, we who keep vigil recognize that a momentous event is happening before us. As believers, we live in hope that this journey will bring the loved one to a better place. We regard the dying process as the one by which a believer is born into eternal life. As communication with the loved one fades, it is as if a veil descends between the dying person and those gathered around. This fading of communication marks the transformation of the loved one’s earthly body into a heavenly …
"The Saint John's Bible: Biblical Authority Within The Illuminated Word", Michael Patella Osb
"The Saint John's Bible: Biblical Authority Within The Illuminated Word", Michael Patella Osb
School of Theology and Seminary Faculty Publications
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