The punishment of slaves in Early Christianity: the views of some selected Church Fathers by C. L. de Wet

“… With few exceptions, many of the Church Fathers approved, in principle, of the punishment of slaves. …”
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SOLA SCRIPTURA: by W.H Oliver, E. Oliver

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Defending a Legacy: Heinrich Bullinger’s Preface to Zwingli’s <i>Opus articulorum</i> (1535) by Pierrick Hildebrand

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Religion Against Violence: Insights of Contemporary Philosophy and Eastern Patristics by Olga Vasilievna Chistyakova

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The reception of Job in the earliest greek literature by Stephen Bay

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Friendship as a Spiritual and Moral Reality in the Parable of the Unjust Steward by Elena S. Semenova

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Images in Christian Thought of the 3rd – 6th Centuries: From Theology to Pedagogy / Изображения в христианской мысли ΙΙΙ–VI вв.: от богословия к педагогике... by Zinaida Lurie / Зинаида Андреевна Лурье

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Hıristiyanlığın İlk Dönemindeki 'Yasa' Probleminin 4. Yüzyıldaki Yansımalarından Biri Olarak Jerome ve Augustinus Tartışması/The Debate between Jerome and Augustine as One of the F... by Yunus Kaymaz

“…This correspondence between these two church fathers will be discussed through their explanations of the binding force of the Jewish Law on the gentile people. …”
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JEAN BODIN'S NOTION OFSOVEREIGNTY, GOOD GOVERNANCE AND NTHE QUEST FOR SOCIOPOLITICALADVANCEMENT IN NIGER by EKUASE INNOCENT O., COLLINS OKONKWO, EDOGIAWERIE MORRIS K.O.

“…The church is supposed to be a sacred institution which should concern itself with issues that pertain to spirituality, theology, heaven, etc.Bodin does not concur with the idea where church fathers (Priests) would be directly involved with matters that do not concern the church and its administration but focus on issues that concern thestate and its administration. …”
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Allegorising: the relevance of an old method of interpretation by P. B. Decock

“…This article considers the Biblical interpretation of the Church Fathers, and particularly their use of allegory, as this may inspire us to develop ways of interacting with the Biblical texts as religious texts meant to speak to our times. …”
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Angels and Angelology: The Ministering Spirits and Elect ‘sons of God’ by Siphiwe Ndlovu, Angelo Nicolaides

“…Angels as God’s agents, are considered from a biblical vantage point and the teachings of early Church Fathers who believed that God fashioned the angels long before He created the observable world. …”
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The spirit of the body of Christ: the Holy Spirit's indwelling in the church by A. van de Beek

“… Contrary to present-day tendencies in theology, the author argues that the church is the exclusive place of the work of the Holy Spirit, with reference to early church fathers such as Cyprian and Augustine, and to the New Testament. …”
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Authority of the Father: Eternal functional subordination – Quo Vadis? by W.H. Oliver

“…EFS claims that the roots of this view go back to the Bible and the tradition of the early church, referring to the Creeds and the Councils, including the Church Fathers. Are they correct with this statement? …”
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Music, theology, and space: listening as a way of seeking God by F. England

“…From its roots in the New Testament, through its approval or prohibition by the Church Fathers, to the Puritan purges, the Classical liturgical commissions, and the revivalist celebrations, sacred music continues to be a means of negotiating the relationship between human selves and the sacred. …”
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Salvation according to the Heidelberg Catechism by L. Joubert

“…The dialogue continues with the work of Ellen Charry that reminds us of the formative role that theology had in the works of the Early Church fathers and asks what the content and role of catechism are today and if we can still use this document fruitfully in our formation of young people. …”
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Interdisciplinary Study of a 15th-Century Byzantine Embroidery Fragment from St Elisabeth’s Cathedral in Košice (Slovakia) by Eva Hasalová, Andrej Krivda, Alena Piatrová

“…The iconography includes Archangel Gabriel and four Eastern Church Fathers. Comparative studies suggest possible origins in Greek or Romanian monastic workshops. …”
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The Reception of St Jerome in a Late- Medieval Sermon Collection by Johannes Herolt by Andrea Radošević

“… Church fathers were among the most cited authorities in the medieval sermons, right after the Bible. …”
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Het boek Prediker: een verrassende en uitdagende stem in de Bijbel by H. Debel

“…Against the background of the church fathers’ christological interpretation of the book (1), emphasis is put on the need to situate and interpret the book in its original historical context (2), which has been identified — on account of its Late Biblical Hebrew linguistic profile – as the fourth or third century BCE. …”
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Newman the Preacher by Paul Chavasse

“…Thus his rediscovery, through his reading of the Church Fathers, of the central role in Christianity of the doctrines of the Incarnation, the Resurrection and the Trinity, led him to explore the implications for the Christian of the theme of the ‘indwelling’ of the Holy Spirit and to suggest that the ‘true Christian’ may ‘almost be defined’ as ‘one who has a ruling sense of God’s presence within him’. …”
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Les fondations de villes comme preuves des origines mythiques dans la Estoria de España by Soizic Escurignan

“…Hence, turning to these Authorities – the Ancients and the Church Fathers – is the indispensable condition for a text that claims to be truthful. …”
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