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Christology In Africa: Work In Progress, Carl Rockrohr
Christology In Africa: Work In Progress, Carl Rockrohr
Master of Sacred Theology Seminar Papers
Can Jesus Christ be preached, teached and confessed only through the worldviews, philosophies and languages of the writers of the Nicene and Chalcedonian creeds? Can Christology be faithfully understood only from traditional Western perspectives? Now in the life of the Christian church in Africa at the end of 20th century, this is a question being addressed by a variety of African Christian theologians. This paper will: 1) briefly outline some difficulties currently being identified by African theologians and missionaries with Christology presented from Western world views in Africa; 2) overview some Christologies developed with an African perspective; and 3) review …
De Poenitentia Et Evangelio Coming Together And Coming Clear In Luther's Theology, Korey Maas
De Poenitentia Et Evangelio Coming Together And Coming Clear In Luther's Theology, Korey Maas
Master of Sacred Theology Seminar Papers
These three breakthroughs - the understanding of God's righteousness, law and gospel, and repentance - are not noted here arbitrarily. While the present examination is concerned primarily with tracing Luther's changing theology of repentance, we can not do so as if this doctrine existed in isolation, standing and falling on its own. Any understanding of repentance, Luther's not excepted, is intimately entwined with one's understanding of God's righteousness and the gospel- and most importantly, how these meet in one's conception of the person and work of Christ.