Thesis (M.A.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1962. / Typescript. Title from title screen (viewed July 27, 2007). Includes bibliographical references. Online version of the print original.

Thesis (M.T.S.)--Catholic Theological Union, 1986. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 47).

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Portland, 1945. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 127-130).

Thesis (M.F.A.)--University of Portland, 1962. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 127-130).

This thesis seeks to provide a comprehensive study of the origins and early careers of the bishops consecrated to five dioceses – Greenland, the Faeroes, Orkney, and Skálholt and Hólar in Iceland – during the period 1230–1470. All five of these bishoprics belonged to the Norwegian ecclesiastical province, and all were situated in the skattlönd, the overseas territories of the Norwegian crown. The particular aim of this study is to apply methods of prosopographical analysis to establish what the 'profile' of a typical bishop was in these five dioceses, and what the standard career path was for an aspiring bishop. It does this by analysing various attributes of these prelates, such as their family backgrounds, social position, education, career path within the church, affiliations to monastic orders, and royal and papal service. Moreover it explores how the profile of a typical bishop evolved over time and how it varies both among these five bishoprics and between them as a group on the one hand and the five Norwegian mainland dioceses on the other. In addition the thesis also considers if and how these developments relate to the ways in which the system for the appointment of bishops changed during the Late Middle Ages, and also relate them to contemporary political developments in Scandinavia areas. Foremost among these phenomena were the staðamál conflict in Iceland, which permanently changed the balance of power between church and state in the country, the formation of the Kalmar Union and the irruption of English merchants and fishermen into Icelandic waters, all of which had drastic effects upon the Church in these far-flung territories of Latin Christendom.

This thesis considers the financial development of the Catholic Church in Scotland between 1772 and circa 1890. In 1772, the Church was heavily reliant on external, normally insufficient sources of income. The dangers of this over-reliance became clear when the progress of the French Revolution destroyed the Church's foreign financial bases and saw the loss of its continental colleges. Consequently, and for the first time, the Church turned to the Catholic laity for financial support. This represented a significant cultural shift for a community which was unaccustomed to providing such support. But recognising the Church's financial needs, the laity responded generously to this appeal and in many places raised additional funds to support their priests. Very quickly this financial necessity was subsumed into a larger narrative of religious duty and idealism, so that to financially support the Church was now also crucial to an individual's spiritual and temporal well-being. By the early decades of the nineteenth century, financial voluntarism was well embedded in the Catholic community and ordinary Catholics had assumed responsibility for financing many of the Church's activities. As the century progressed, and as the Church responded to new pressures caused by famine migration, the bishops began to exert greater control over the Church's financial life. The rise of ultramontanism within the Church, with its focus on the parish church, ensured that the local church also became the locus for many of these new fundraising efforts. A sign of the Church's increasing maturation came in 1878 when Rome restored the episcopal hierarchy, which had a number of financial implications as the bishops sought to come to terms with ordinary ecclesiastical government - something that had been lacking for nearly three centuries. By c. 1890, most of the difficulties of these years had been resolved and the Church had put in place financial infrastructures that, in many ways, remain in place even today.

with Sr. Rosemary Mulvihill, RSM, Regis College / Boston College

with Professor Helen Alvare, Catholic University Law School / McGuinn Hall 121 / A portion of the middle of the tape has low audio due to a technical error.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2005. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 375-395).

陸靜梅. / "2008年5月". / "2008 nian 5 yue". / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 51-54). / Abstracts in Chinese and English. / Lu Jingmei. / Chapter 第一章： --- 教會是愛的群體嗎？ / Chapter 第二章： --- 回到早期敦會的爭議：基督的神性 / Chapter 1. --- 教父時代的基督論： / Chapter 2. --- 爭議的開端：亞流主義(Arianism)的形成及其內容 / Chapter 3. --- 教會回應：反對亞流的聲音 / Chapter 4. --- 爭端的經過： / Chapter 5. --- 尼西亞會議後的局面 / Chapter 6. --- 爭議的結束：君士坦丁堡會議的召開(381年） / Chapter 第三章： --- 由「基督是神嗎？ 」的爭議到「同性戀是罪嗎？」的爭議 / Chapter 1. --- 重尋彩虹路：同志運動誕生的背景 / Chapter 2. --- 同性戀爭議的再起：立法消除歧視的諮詢 / Chapter 3. --- 同性戀問題的爭議與分歧 / Chapter 第四章： --- 疏理「基督論」與「同性戀」爭議的關聯及引申 / Chapter 1. --- 打造一場「真理」vs「非真理」的戰爭 / Chapter 2. --- 宗教問題以政治方法解決：「求真」vs「求勝」 / Chapter 3. --- 看得見的真相？由對「基督神性」的理解到對「性」的詮釋 / Chapter 第五章： --- 總結 / Chapter 1. --- 歷史的代價 / Chapter 2. --- 在追尋真理下的開放和委身 / Chapter 3. --- 忠於聖經及傳統是識別信仰的唯一試金石？ / Chapter 4. --- 教會的標記 / 參考書目