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Ancient Voices: The Church Fathers in Ecumenical ConversationsPeterson, Brian R. E. 11 May 2012 (has links)
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Virtual Communion: Theology of the Internet and the Catholic ImaginationSchmidt, Katherine G. January 2016 (has links)
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The Eucharist and planetary wellbeing: Norman Pittenger's process theology of the Eucharist for a sacramental ecotheologyHermans-Webster, Thomas Gordon 27 July 2022 (has links)
This dissertation explores relationships between Christian communities, ecological theology, food and meal patterns, and planetary wellbeing amid changing climates in the Plantationocene. The thesis is that a process theology of the Eucharist provides a framework for Christian sacramental theology to respond to the dynamic conditions of food amid changing climates on Earth by prioritizing processes of restoring and sustaining communion with God and all our creaturely kindred in ecological wellbeing. This dissertation presents and develops the process theology of Norman Pittenger, a Christian process theologian and theological interpreter of Alfred North Whitehead. By critically retrieving Norman Pittenger’s process ecclesiology, I aim to encourage Christian process theology to develop theological perspectives of sacramentality as celebrated through the church and Christian life for the wellbeing of the planet.
In addition to developing a process theology of the Eucharist, this dissertation also lays foundations for a broader process theology of meals that seeks to respond to the dynamic conditions of food in changing climates in modernity. Weaving together the work of Theodore Walker, Jr., William T. Cavanaugh, Catherine Keller, Nick Estes, S. Yael Dennis, Filipe Maia, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Donna Haraway, Anna Tsing, and William Cronon, I critique modernity as a paradigm of commodifying relationships that depend on isolating people from one another and dismembering ecosystems for capital profit. I identify modernity’s meals as products of and contributors to anthropogenic climate change in the Plantationocene that depend upon processes of commodification and dismemberment of ecological bodies.
How humans eat matters for the wellbeing of the world. For many Christians, the Eucharist meal is central to relationship with God and other people. The particularities of local eucharistic communities influence how the church experiences eucharistic relationships with God. Likewise, experiences of the Eucharist influence the particularities that characterize any local church. This dissertation contends that encountering cosmic Love in the Eucharist meal transforms the church to reveal and enact love in all our meals, promoting planetary wellbeing through food justice and ecological health.
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Cyprianus se kerkbegripKruger, Hendrik Gerhardus Stefanus 12 1900 (has links)
Summaries in Afrikaans and English / Text in Afrikaans / Die tema van hierdie studie toon die kerkbegrip van
Cyprianus aan as 'n spanning tussen die kerk as
instituut en die kerk van die Gees. Hoofstuk een
skets die invloed van Tertullianus as leermeester op
Cyprianus. Tertullianus se kerkbegrip getuig self
van spanning wat die produk is van 'n verandering
van lidmaatskap vanaf die Katolieke kerk na die
Montaniste. Tertullianus se kerkbegrip word vanuit
twee perspektiewe belig. Eerstens vanuit 'n
Katolieke, met 'n fokus op die fundering van die
ware kerk en die mag van die kerk om sondes te kan
vergewe. Tweedens vanuit 'n Montanistiese, wat die
def iniering van die ware kerk en die mag van die
kerk om sondes te kan vergewe eksklusief geestelik
begrond. Hoofstuk twee skets die milieu waarbinne
Cyprianus gearbei het. Dit sluit in 'n biografie
van Cyprianus en die Afrika-religie en bevolking.
Tweedens word die Europese invloed op Cyprianus se
kerkbegrip aangedui. Die invloed van die Romeinse
staatkundige model kan duidelik waargeneem word.
Die grootste invloed was egter die Roomse kerklike
model, weens die dinamika van die Roomse kerk.
Hoofstuk drie skets die ekklesiologie van Cyprianus.
Die spanning tussen die kerk as 'n instituut en die
kerk van die Gees word aangedui deur 'n bespreking
van die episkopaat; die betekenis van die biskop;
Cyprianus se gesagsbegrip en sy perspektief op die
primaat. Cyprianus se Bybelse verbintenis, sowel as
die twee historiese lyne, naamlik die Pauliniese lyn
en die Petruslyn, plaas sy uitspraak salus extra
ecclesiam non est in perspektief. Cyprianus se
kerkbegrip is primer 'n ekklesiologie van die Gees.
In sy strewe na die eenheid van die kerk vind hy die
kerk as instituut egter onontbeerlik. Spanning
onstaan in sy poging om 'n sintese tussen die twee
te vorm. / The theme of this study reveals the tension to be
found between the church as institution and the
church of the Spirit, in the ecclesiology of
Cyprian. Chapter one shows the influence which
Tertullian, as tutor, exerted on Cyprian. The
ecclesiology of Tertullian also reveals the tension
which is produced by the change of membership from
Catholicism to Montanism. Tertullian's ecclesiology
is highlighted from two different perspectives.
Firstly from a Catholic view, with the focus on the
fundamentals of the true church, and the authority
and power of the church to forgive sins. Secondly,
a Montanist view is proposed, which defines the true
church, and the power it yields in forgiving sins,
as being exclusively spiritual in nature. Chapter
two describes the environment in which Cyprian
worked. This includes a biography of Cyprian, as
well as the African religion and people. Secondly
the European influence is shown on Cyprian's
ecclesiology. The influence exerted by the Roman
state model is also clearly seen. The major
influence though, was exercised by the Roman church
model, on account of the dynamics of the Roman
church. Chapter three describes Cyprian's
ecclesiology. The tension between the church as
institute and the church of the Spirit is revealed
in a discussion on the episcopacy; the significance
of the bishop; Cyprian's view on authority and his
perspective on the primacy. Cyprian's biblical
connection, as well as the two historical lines,
namely the Pauline and Petrine lines, put his salus
extra ecclesiam non est pronouncement in
perspective.
ecclesiology
the unity of
Cyprian's view is primarily that of a
of the Spirit. In his striving towards
the church though, he finds the church
as institute to be indispensable. Tension develops
in his endeavor to form a synthesis between the two. / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / D. Th.
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Suffering and God : a theological-ethical study of the war in the Sudan, 1955-Dau, Isaiah Majok 12 1900 (has links)
Thesis (DTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2000 / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation is a theological-ethical study of suffering and God in relation to the war in
Sudan. It examines historical, political, socio-economic and religious factors behind one of
the longest wars of Africa. Over the last forty years, Sudan, the largest country in Africa has
intermittently been at war with itself. This bitter conflict, pitting the predominantly Moslem
north against Christian and animist south, has devastated communities, families as well as
basic socio-economic infrastructure and has turned this potentially rich land into one of the
most impoverished and heavily indebted countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. From 1983 to the
present, this war of attrition has claimed nearly two million lives and displaced double that
figure of people from their homes, scattering them all over the globe. But in the midst of this
human catastrophe, the church has grown enormously. It has one of the fastest growth rates in
Africa today. In its struggle with faith and the reality of suffering, the church in Sudan
variedly interprets its predicament if only to make sense of this sordid experience. In that
regard, it interprets suffering as divine judgement and as a direct result of a cosmic conflict
between God and the forces of evil. At the same time, the church pleads with God for his
intervention and deliverance. Thus, the image of God as Judge-Deliverer largely dominates
the theology and worship of the suffering church in the war-torn country. This seems to be
the major theme of more than 1 500 Bor Dinka new songs, composed in the war.
To place the suffering of the church in Sudan in the larger context of Christian theology, this
dissertation briefly looks at the problem of evil and suffering in 'classical theology',
examining the thought of Augustine, Luther and Calvin as well as the paradigm shift in the
optimism of the Enlightenment. Similarly, this dissertation takes a brieW look at 'alternative
theodicies' that followed the collapse of the fine edifice of the Age of Reason and the
dereliction of the world wars and natural disasters. In this category is to be found the dialectic
theology of Karl Barth and Ji.irgen Moltmann. The praxis of Liberation Theology is also
briefly explored as a response to suffering. GC Berkouwer's 'believing theodicy' is examined
as a theological and Biblical critique of the whole project of theodicy as a wrongheaded
enterprise vainly trying to justify the ways of God to man instead of the reverse. The African
traditional view of suffering and evil is explored as a sharp contrast to the Western view.
Looking at the Scripture, this work identifies five ways the Bible addresses the problem of
evil and suffering. In the Bible, suffering may come as a punishment for sin or as a disciplinary measure from God or as a test of faith or faithfulness or as a price of choosing to
follow Jesus or simply as innocent as in the case of Job.
Admitting to the apparent mystery and insolubility of the problem of evil, this dissertation,
finally, proposes the cross, community, character and hope as the only viable framework of
transcending and transforming suffering. It argues in that regard that the incarnation is the
distinctively Christian answer to the problem of evil and suffering in which that transcending
and transforming can be effected. Within the framework of the cross, community, character
and hope suffering can be transcended and transformed into the highest good possible in this
life. The cross reminds those who suffer that God has done and will do something about
suffering and that he does not abandon us in suffering. The community absorbs suffering and
helps the victim through the ordeal. Character is formed and toughened as the sufferer
chooses to respond appropriately to suffering. Hope tells us that suffering shall be ultimately
overcome and a new order of things shall be ushered in, thus spurring us on to participate in
the present as we anticipate that bright future. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie proefskrif is 'n teologies-etiese studie van lyding en God in verhouding tot die oorlog
in Soedan. Dit ondersoek die historiese, politiese, sosio-ekonomiese en godsdienstige faktore
agter een van die langdurigste oorloe in Afrika. Soedan, die grootste land in Afrika, is oor die
afgelope veertig jaar ononderbroke in oorlog met sigself gewikkel. Hierdie bittere konflik,
waarin die hoofsaaklik Moslem Noorde die Christen en animistiese Suidelike deel van die
land teenstaan, het gemeenskappe en gesinne verwoes, sowel as die basiese sosio-ekonomiese
infrastruktuur, en het sodoende hierdie potensieel ryk land omskep in een van die
armoedigste lande, met een van die swaarste skuldelaste, in Afrika benede die Sahara. Vanaf
1983 tot op hede het hierdie uitputtingsoorlog amper twee miljoen lewens geeis, terwyl dit
tweemaal sovee! mense van hul tuistes verplaas en hul wereldwyd versprei het.
Ter midde van hierdie menslike katastrofe het kerklidmaatskap ontsaglik toegeneem. Die
groeitempo is inderdaad tans een van die hoogstes in Afrika. In sy worsteling met die geloof
en die realiteit van lyding interpreteer die kerk in Soedan sy toestand op 'n verskeidenheid
van wyses, in 'n poging om sodoende van hierdie haglike omstandighede sin te maak. Lyding
word interpreteer as die strafgerig van God, en as 'n direkte gevolg van die kosmiese konflik
tussen God en die bose magte. Gelyktydig pleit die kerk met God vir sy ingryping en
verlossing. Die siening van God as Regter- Verlosser is dus oorheersend in die teologie en
aanbidding van die lydende kerk in 'n oorloggeteisterde land. Dit blyk die hooftema te wees
van die meer as 1 500 Bor Dinka liedere wat ontstaan het gedurende die oorlog.
Om die Iyding van die kerk in Soedan binne die groter konteks van die Christelike Teologie
te plaas, word die probleem van die bose en Iyding in die klassieke teologie in hierdie
proefskrif kortliks behandel. Die denke van Augustinus, Luther en Calvyn, sowel as die
paradigmaverskuiwing wat gepaard gegaan het met die optimisme van die Verligting, word
ondersoek. Hierdie proefskrif beskou ook kortliks die alternatiewe godslere wat gevolg het op
die ineenstorting van die agttiende eeu se "Age of Reason" asook die verwaarlosing and
ontwrigting van die wereldoorloe en verskeie natuurrampe. In hierdie kategorie vind ons die
dialektiese teologie van Karl Barth en Jurgen Moltmann. Die praktyk van die
Bevrydingsteologie word ook kortliks ondersoek as reaksie op Iyding. GC Berkouwer se
'believing theodicy' word ondersoek as teologiese en Bybelse kritiek op die hele projek van
godsleer as 'n aweregse onderneming wat vergeefs probeer om die werkwyse van God te regverdig vir die mens, in plaas van die teenoorgestelde. Die tradisionele Africa-siening van
lyding en die bose word ook ondersoek, as skerp kontras met die Westerse siening.
Vanuit die Skrif, identifiseer hierdie studie vyf wyses waarop die probleem van die bose en
lyding in die Bybel aangespreek word. In die Bybel is lyding In straf vir sonde, In tugmaatreel
van God, In toets van geloof oftrou of die prys wat geeis word vir die keuse om Jesus te volg.
Andersins, kan die mens heeltemal onskuldig wees, soos in die geval van Job.
Hierdie proefskrif erken dat die probleem van die bose raaiselagtig en skynbaar onoplosbaar
is. Die kruis, die gemeenskap, karakter, en hoop word uiteindelik voorgestel as die enigste
gangbare raamwerk vir die transendering en transformasie van lyding. Daar word geredeneer
dat in hierdie verband die opstanding die kenmerkende Christel ike antwoord op die
probleeem van die bose en lyding bied, waarbinne hierdie transendering en transformasie kan
geskied.
Binne die raamwerk van die kruis, die gemeenskap, karakter en hoop, kan die mens lyding
transendeer en dit transformeer tot die hoogste moontlike goed in hierdie lewe. Die kruis
herinner die lydendes dat God reeds iets gedoen het, en nog sal doen omtrent lyding, en dat
Hy ons nie in ons lyding sal verlaat nie. Die gemeenskap absorbeer lyding, en help die
slagoffer deur die beproewing. Karakter word gevorm en geslyp soos die lydende kies om op
geskikte wyse te reageer op die lyding. Die hoop verkondig die uiteindelike oorwinning oor
lyding, en die begin van In nuwe bedeling; dus word ons aangespoor om deel te neem aan die
aksie van die hede terwyl ons op daardie helder toekoms wag.
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The reformed tradition always reforming? : a historical-theological study of the doctrine of justification in the works of John Calvin, Jonathan Edwards and N.T. WrightHuggins, Jonathan Ray 12 1900 (has links)
Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2012. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study examines the work of John Calvin, Jonathan Edwards, and N.T. Wright on
the doctrine of Justification. As a comparative study in theology, this work aims to discover
areas of continuity and discontinuity between these three theologians. Since all three are
identified, or self-identity, with the Reformed theological tradition, it seeks to discern
whether the Reformed tradition has been historically open to change, development and
transformation in the articulation of doctrine. An underlying question in the study of Calvin,
Edwards, and Wright on Justification is what it means to faithfully embody a theological
tradition while standing critically within it. As this pertains to the Reformed tradition, the
question is whether this robust theological tradition is in fact a “living tradition,” open to
fresh insight and re-articulation from succeeding generations of scholars. In this sense, the
study examines whether the Reformed tradition has been generally faithful to the principles
of semper reformanda and sola scriptura.
The work briefly traces the historical development of the doctrine of Justification
through some of the major periods of church history. This is followed by chapters on Calvin,
Edwards, and Wright, one chapter each, in order to examine their major works on the subject.
This analysis takes note of how each one defines particular subjects related to Justification.
These include the notions of “justification” itself, “faith,” “the righteousness of God,”
“imputation,” and the place of obedience and good works in relation to justification. The
sections on Calvin, Edwards, and Wright also include some discussion of scholarly response,
reception, or evaluation of each one’s work.
The final chapter discusses the idea of “tradition” as a dynamic, living, and on-going
conversation about doctrine. This section also focuses on some of the main areas of agreement and disagreement in the views on Justification between Calvin, Edwards, and
Wright.
The overall aim is to take one of the principle theologians of the Protestant
Reformation, and the Reformed tradition in particular – John Calvin – and to see how later
theologians, in different historical contexts, develop, build upon, react to, or contribute to
Calvin’s doctrine. Edwards represents 18th century Puritan-influenced American Colonialists
and the Reformed theology of their day. N.T. Wright represents 20th and 21st century English
Biblical scholarship. Wright approaches the subject of Justification as an Anglican New
Testament specialist and historian. Since both Edwards and Wright are associated with the
Reformed tradition and have found commentators and respondents within that tradition, they
become important voices for discerning the direction this doctrine has taken since the time of
the Reformation.
Ultimately, one hopes that if a living theological tradition is discernible and
demonstrable, this can contribute positively to the current debates on Justification within the
Reformed churches, further encouraging the semper reformanda principle. Furthermore, one
hopes that a living Reformed tradition will enable improved ecumenical relationships and
lead to greater unity in the universal Church which has often been divided over the doctrine
of Justification. Perhaps the work of Calvin, Edwards, and Wright can assist today’s
Reformed theologians by pointing us in a constructive way forward. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie ondersoek die werk van Johannes Calvyn, Jonathan Edwards, en NT
Wright ten opsigte van die leerstelling aangaande die regverdigmaking deur die geloof. As 'n
vergelykende studie in die teologie, het hierdie studie ten doel om areas van kontinuïteit en
diskontinuïteit tussen hierdie drie teoloë te vind. Aangesien al drie geïdentifiseer word, of
self-identifiseer, met die Gereformeerde teologiese tradisie, poog die studie om te onderskei
of die Gereformeerde tradisie histories oop was vir verandering, ontwikkeling en
transformasie ten opsigte van die artikulasie van hierdie leerstelling. 'n Onderliggende vraag
by die studie van Calvyn, Edwards, en Wright aangaande die leer van die regverdigmaking
deur die geloof is die vraag wat dit beteken om 'n teologiese tradisie getrou te beliggaam en
terselfdertyd krities binne die tradisie te staan. Aangesien hierdie studie verwys na die
Gereformeerde tradisie, is die vraag of dié robuuste teologiese tradisie in werklikheid 'n
"lewende tradisie" is wat oop is vir vars insigte en re-artikulasies deur opvolgende geslagte
van navorsers. In hierdie opsig ondersoek die proefskrif of die Gereformeerde tradisie oor die
algemeen getrou was aan die beginsels van semper reformanda en sola Scriptura.
Die studie skets kortliks die historiese ontwikkeling van die leer van die
regverdigmaking deur die geloof tydens enkele belangrike tydperke in die kerkgeskiedenis.
Dan volg hoofstukke oor onderskeidelik Calvyn, Edwards, en Wright, waarin hulle
belangrike werke oor die onderwerp ondersoek word. Hierdie analise neem kennis van hoe
elkeen van hulle bepaalde onderwerpe definieer wat met die leerstelling oor die regverdiging
deur die geloof verband hou. Dit sluit in die begrippe "regverdigmaking", "geloof", “God se
geregtigheid", "toerekening", en die posisie van gehoorsaamheid en goeie werke in
verhouding tot regverdigmaking. Die gedeeltes oor Calvyn, Edwards, en Wright sluit ook ‘n
bespreking van die akademiese resepsie en evaluering van elkeen se werk in. Die laaste hoofstuk bespreek die idee van "tradisie" as 'n dinamiese, lewende, en
deurlopende gesprek oor doktriene. Hierdie afdeling fokus ook op 'n paar van die belangrikste
ooreenkomste en verskille in Calvyn, Edwards, en Wright se standpunte oor
regverdigmaking.
Die oorhoofse doel is om te kyk na die werk van een van die vooraanstaande teoloë
van die Protestantse Hervorming, spesifiek in die Gereformeerde tradisie - Johannes Calvyn -
en te ondersoek hoe latere teoloë, in verskillende historiese kontekste, sy artikulasie van die
leerstelling oor regverdigmaking ontwikkel, daarop bou, daarop reageer, of daartoe bydra.
Edwards verteenwoordig die 18de eeuse Puriteins-beïnvloede Amerikaanse kolonialiste en
die Gereformeerde teologie van hul dag. N.T. Wright is gekies as verteenwoorder uit die
20ste en 21ste eeuse Engelstalige wetenskaplike wereld. Wright benader die onderwerp van
regverdigmaking as 'n Anglikaanse Nuwe Testamentiese spesialis en historikus. Aangesien
sowel Edwards as Wright verbonde is aan die Gereformeerde tradisie en gespreksgenote
binne daardie tradisie gevind het, gee hulle ʼn belangrike aanduiding van die rigting waarin
hierdie leerstelling sedert die Reformasie ontwikkel het.
Ten slotte, ‘n fokus op 'n lewende teologiese tradisie kan 'n positiewe bydrae lewer tot
die huidige debatte oor regverdigmaking in die Gereformeerde kerke, en die beginsel van
semper reformanda verder aanmoedig. Die fokus op ʼn 'n lewende Gereformeerde tradisie kan
beter ekumeniese verhoudings bevorder en tot groter eenheid in die universele (“katolieke”)
kerk lei, wat dikwels oor die leer van die regverdigmaking deur die geloof verdeel is en
verdeel word. Miskien kan die werk van Calvyn, Edwards, en Wright vir vandag se
Gereformeerde teoloë ʼn konstruktiewe rigting vorentoe aandui.
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Svenska kyrkan samma kyrka? : ecklesiologi före och efter relationsförändringen mellan kyrka och statRosenius, Marie January 2015 (has links)
This dissertation is an ecclesiological study, conducted in the form of a case study that examines worship praxis in six parishes in the diocese of Luleå between 1990 and 2009. The specific research problem of the dissertation is whether the organizational changes that took place in connection with the relational change between Church and State in 2000 are reflected in local worship and in church service related decisions in diocese and parishes, and how the concrete relationship between worship praxis and regulations is manifested. The research problem also includes what ecclesiological impact the organizational changes may have had in the studied parishes and what the empirical results can reveal about the ecclesiality of the Church. The dissertation addresses four research questions. In response to the first question: “Are the organizational changes of 2000 reflected in local worship and in worship related decisions in dioceses and parishes and, if so, in what way?” it is noted that organizational change is reflected indirectly in expressions of growing autonomization. In response to the second question "What is the relationship between worship praxis and regulations in the Church ordinance and The Swedish Church manual 1986?” there is a tangible difference between worship praxis and regulations throughout the studied period, i.e. even before the relational change, although the difference over time has increased. Regarding the third question "What impact could the organizational change, associated with the relational change between the Church of Sweden and the State, have had on the ecclesiologies in the worship praxis which the studied parishes represent and hold?” I have not found that the new order has affected, in any direct way, the parishes’ implicit ecclesiologies during the time span covered by the study. Rather, it seems that the Church ordinance that was established at the time of the relational change has reinforced an already existing implicit ecclesiology where the parishes are considered to be autonomous. The fourth question "How can the empirical result be interpreted theologically with regard to its implicit ecclesiology, and what does that say about the ecclesiality of the Church of Sweden?” The theological interpretation of autonomization indicates an overall "immanent ecclesiology", which can be visualized in current praxis in the diocese of Luleå. The ambition that the Church of Sweden despite organizational change in the year 2000 would be the same also indicates a similar implicit ecclesiology. This is because the Church was not thought to change its identity despite being subjected to a revision in form. The study shows that the arsenal of theories and the methodical approach have implications for how much can be clarified and that different ways of studying the Church should be combined. The present study is an example of this by the study's abductive approach and exploratory character, which have allowed both interaction between praxis-related empiricism and theory and interaction between descriptive analysis and hermeneutic interpretation. The study also shows that “ordo-related theories” may be applicable to the study of the Church as an organizational structure.
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Cyprianus se kerkbegripKruger, Hendrik Gerhardus Stefanus 12 1900 (has links)
Summaries in Afrikaans and English / Text in Afrikaans / Die tema van hierdie studie toon die kerkbegrip van
Cyprianus aan as 'n spanning tussen die kerk as
instituut en die kerk van die Gees. Hoofstuk een
skets die invloed van Tertullianus as leermeester op
Cyprianus. Tertullianus se kerkbegrip getuig self
van spanning wat die produk is van 'n verandering
van lidmaatskap vanaf die Katolieke kerk na die
Montaniste. Tertullianus se kerkbegrip word vanuit
twee perspektiewe belig. Eerstens vanuit 'n
Katolieke, met 'n fokus op die fundering van die
ware kerk en die mag van die kerk om sondes te kan
vergewe. Tweedens vanuit 'n Montanistiese, wat die
def iniering van die ware kerk en die mag van die
kerk om sondes te kan vergewe eksklusief geestelik
begrond. Hoofstuk twee skets die milieu waarbinne
Cyprianus gearbei het. Dit sluit in 'n biografie
van Cyprianus en die Afrika-religie en bevolking.
Tweedens word die Europese invloed op Cyprianus se
kerkbegrip aangedui. Die invloed van die Romeinse
staatkundige model kan duidelik waargeneem word.
Die grootste invloed was egter die Roomse kerklike
model, weens die dinamika van die Roomse kerk.
Hoofstuk drie skets die ekklesiologie van Cyprianus.
Die spanning tussen die kerk as 'n instituut en die
kerk van die Gees word aangedui deur 'n bespreking
van die episkopaat; die betekenis van die biskop;
Cyprianus se gesagsbegrip en sy perspektief op die
primaat. Cyprianus se Bybelse verbintenis, sowel as
die twee historiese lyne, naamlik die Pauliniese lyn
en die Petruslyn, plaas sy uitspraak salus extra
ecclesiam non est in perspektief. Cyprianus se
kerkbegrip is primer 'n ekklesiologie van die Gees.
In sy strewe na die eenheid van die kerk vind hy die
kerk as instituut egter onontbeerlik. Spanning
onstaan in sy poging om 'n sintese tussen die twee
te vorm. / The theme of this study reveals the tension to be
found between the church as institution and the
church of the Spirit, in the ecclesiology of
Cyprian. Chapter one shows the influence which
Tertullian, as tutor, exerted on Cyprian. The
ecclesiology of Tertullian also reveals the tension
which is produced by the change of membership from
Catholicism to Montanism. Tertullian's ecclesiology
is highlighted from two different perspectives.
Firstly from a Catholic view, with the focus on the
fundamentals of the true church, and the authority
and power of the church to forgive sins. Secondly,
a Montanist view is proposed, which defines the true
church, and the power it yields in forgiving sins,
as being exclusively spiritual in nature. Chapter
two describes the environment in which Cyprian
worked. This includes a biography of Cyprian, as
well as the African religion and people. Secondly
the European influence is shown on Cyprian's
ecclesiology. The influence exerted by the Roman
state model is also clearly seen. The major
influence though, was exercised by the Roman church
model, on account of the dynamics of the Roman
church. Chapter three describes Cyprian's
ecclesiology. The tension between the church as
institute and the church of the Spirit is revealed
in a discussion on the episcopacy; the significance
of the bishop; Cyprian's view on authority and his
perspective on the primacy. Cyprian's biblical
connection, as well as the two historical lines,
namely the Pauline and Petrine lines, put his salus
extra ecclesiam non est pronouncement in
perspective.
ecclesiology
the unity of
Cyprian's view is primarily that of a
of the Spirit. In his striving towards
the church though, he finds the church
as institute to be indispensable. Tension develops
in his endeavor to form a synthesis between the two. / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / D. Th.
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När Storkyrkan ställde om : En studie av Stilla veckan och påsken i Storkyrkan under pandemin 2020 / The readjustment of Storkyrkan : A study of Holy Week and Easter in the Cathedral of Stockholm during the 2020 pandemicMolander, Adelie January 2020 (has links)
In times of social distancing and restrictions, ecclesiological challenges arise for the church as a room that under normal circumstances gather people for services. When the church cannot be used the way it is intended to, it raises questions about the functions of the room. The new corona virus pandemic is a crisis that challenges our perception of the church buildings’ functions and aspects. This thesis is a case study that took place in the Cathedral of Stockholm, also called Storkyrkan, during Holy week and Easter. The purpose of this thesis is to study what ecclesiological implications this new reality has on how co-workers and visitors make use of the room. Through observation of the room and interviews of visitors and co-workers I identify five aspects of Storkyrkan that characterize what functions a church building can have during a crisis. The study finds that through the circumstantial changes of the usage of the room, the materiality of it is amplified. It also shows that many types of people visit and use the room in various ways. They are all connected as a collective in a network through the words, artifacts, music, and practises that are a part of this space. Instead of closing due to the pandemic, Storkyrkan was an open room which generated possibilities for people to use it. In times of social distancing, when people are encouraged to stay away from each other, the church brought people together, though in a much smaller number. This happened both in the physical room and in the virtual room online. These are all sources of lived ecclesiology, which is understood through people’s lives and actions.
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A new case for female elders : an analytical reformed-evangelical approachHübner, Jamin Andrew 11 1900 (has links)
This study is the product of research in the field of systematic theology, particularly the subject of women in ministry. The goal was to provide, given the scope and limits of the study, the most persuasive case for women elders (or “pastors”) from a Reformed-Evangelical approach to date. The primary means of accomplishing this goal is by making an analytically constructed argument that is both exegetically and theologically sound.
The introduction outlines the study’s basic objectives, structure, research methods, assumptions, and overall direction. Two gives a detailed literature review of major publications on the subject of women ministry in order to track the movement of the debate. Three explores theological methods that addresses theological loci, the role of hermeneutics, and the theological-analytical structure and content of Reformed-Evangelical arguments for women elders. Chapter Four explores conceptual framework, which frames the specific, contemporary debate over women elders in Reformed-Evangelical circles, and then addresses the insights and challenges of feminist theology and Roman Catholic theology.
The heart of the study is captured in three main chapters that present a case for women elders in the church. The first argument provides a detailed examination of the “prohibition passages” in the New Testament and concludes that they do not prohibit women from being elders. The second argument provides a sweeping account of the proclamation of the gospel in New Testament theology, and affirms that anti-women-elder readings and attitudes simply do not conform to the actions, attitudes, and teachings of the early church regarding gender and gospel-proclamation. Finally, the third section provides three additional arguments in favor of women elders. The first argument addresses the nature of hermeneutics and application of specific interpretations, the second addresses the nature of marriage and its relationship to church leadership, and the third deals with functions of women in NT ministry.
The research concludes with Chapter Eight, which summarizes the argument and introduces practical ramifications if the study’s premises and conclusions are true. / Philosophy & Systematic Theology / D. Th. (Systematic Theology)
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