Thesis (D.C.L.)--Catholic University of America, 1928. / Vita. Bibliography: p. 168-175.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 2003. / Advisor: Dr. David Levenson, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Dept. of Religion. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed Oct. 3, 2003). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, 1996. / Abstract and vita. .Herem appears in Hebrew letters on title page. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 74-76).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University, 1931. / Vita. Published also as Studies in history, economics and public law ... no. 351. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. "Selected bibliography": p. 517-518.

Thesis (J.C.D.)--Catholic university of America, 1922. / "Bibliography": p. 5-8.

The study undertaken aims at establishing the relevance, importance as well as justification of the practice of excommunication. The practice is interrogated through the literature review. The main era in which this practice is investigated is the Reformation era under the period of Martin Luther. This is a critical era of a person who is said to have influenced more than 400 million Christians from his time to date. He was the victim of excommunication himself. The study employed a qualitative research method which augmented the literature review by interviewing the victim survivors of the same practice, who shared their ordeal encounters with the kind of brokenness that called for maximum empathy and identification. In the final analysis a comparison of the Pentecostal’s constitution against the mainline denomination’s was done. This reflection revealed a deeper lack of consistency in the exercising of the ritual of excommunication. It is ultimately recommended that a conducive environment should be sought for where the victim survivor will appreciate the excommunication ritual so exercised on him/her. Furthermore, the procedures and processes are encouraged to be observed up to the letter of the word so as to finally bring about the desired healing to the offender when executing excommunication. Excommunication should not be seen as a wielded axe intending to terminate the existence of the weak or the offender. The study recommends a variety of Pastoral Care Methodologies ranging from authorities such as Charles Gerkin, Ann and Edward Wimberly and many other Pastoral Care scholars who advocate for a therapeutic approach when dealing with the wounded victim survivors. The Impact and Effects of Trauma were analysed in minute detail as a window into understanding a person who has undergone excommunication. This information led to the examination of the various behavioural patterns or characteristics resulting from excommunication. Stress resulting from trauma was analyzed as a means of helping with the understating of the desired approach when dealing with the victim survivor of excommunication. Finally a method of Pastoral Care is recommended which is informed by the literature consulted as well as the interviews conducted. This method proposes an establishment of a sound, unbiased and balanced system of approaching the victim survivor from the first phase of inquiring about the admission of guilt to the last stage of the enquiring processes. The system culminates with the therapeutic role the church as community meant to care should embark upon. / Dissertation (MA(Theol))--University of Pretoria, 2010. / Practical Theology / unrestricted

Thesis (J.C.L.)--Catholic University of America, 1992. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 67-70).

Thesis (J.C.L.)--Catholic University of America, 1992. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 67-70).

Cette thèse porte sur la prérogative la plus importante du pape durant la première modernité, c’est-à-dire le pouvoir que lui donnaient les clefs du royaume des cieux. Cette faculté de lier et de délier tous les hommes dans l’économie du salut fut contestée au XVIe siècle par la Réforme protestante et par les monarchies européennes. L’enjeu est de comprendre comment la papauté affirma la nature spirituelle de sa suprématie tout en prétendant donner à celle-ci des effets politiques. Une première partie est consacrée aux controverses sur le pouvoir ecclésiastique du concile de Pise à la Réforme luthérienne. Une seconde partie examine les relations entre la papauté et les États à travers l’exercice du pouvoir de déposition. En raison de la richesse de la documentation conservée à l’Archivio Segreto Vaticano, une enquête approfondie est menée sur le cas de l’excommunication et de l’absolution d’Henri IV. Ce travail explique ainsi comment la politique romaine permit à la papauté de rester un acteur politique majeur dans l’Europe du XVIe siècle. / This PhD thesis deals with the most important prerogative of the pope during the early modern period, i. e. the power that the keys of the kingdom of heaven gave to him. This power to bind and to loose all men in the economy of Salvation was contested during the Sixteenth Century by the Protestant Reformation and by the european monarchies. What is at stake is to understand how the papacy asserted the spiritual value of the papal supremacy while asserting its political effects. A first part turns on the controversies about ecclesiastical power from the council of Pisa to the Lutheran Reformation. A second part deals with the relationship between the papacy and the states through the use of the deposing power. Owing to the richness of the documentation conserved in the Archivio Segreto Vaticano, a thorough inquiry is conducted on the case of the excommunication and of the absolution of Henry IV. This work explains thus how the roman policy enabled the papacy to remain a political actor of first importance in the Europe of the Sixteenth Century.

Summary: Překlad a výklad MaHaRaLova responsa ve věci nadlerismu. Translation and Commentary on MaHaRaL's Responsum to an Issue of Nadlerism. Channa Šimonová Even 400 years after writing Maharal's Netivot olam his challenge to responsibility and fortitude is still current. My purpose was to translate Jisrael's enquiry and Maharal's response. I do not seek a exhaustive analysis Maharal's teaching's. I seek a most authentic translation. This I want get with my notes and interpretation. In the text I see three kind of literal styles: 1) poetical passages, which I do not poeticize, however they are still outstanding attribute of rabbinical correspondence, 2) "agadic" passages, which are ideal both for translation and interpretation, 3) halachic - juridical passages, which I interpret structurally. I hope, that I redound with my diploma thesis to extend awareness of Maharal's work.