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L'Huillier, Peter. "The Church of the ancient councils : the disciplinary work of the first four ecumenical councils /." Crestwood (N.Y.) : St Vladimir's seminary press, 1996. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37222409s.
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Viale, Adrián. "La papauté et les institutions politiques et ecclésiastiques de l'Empire byzantin (VIe-VIIIe siècles)." Thesis, Paris 1, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018PA01H045.
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Cette thèse analyse le développement de l’identité institutionnelle de la papauté pendant l’époque byzantine, c’est-à-dire la représentation de l’Église romaine dans certaines sources officielles entre l’âge de l’empereur Justinien et la première moitié du huitième siècle. Le dossier des sources se concentre sur les actes des conciles œcuméniques et la production officielle du pouvoir impérial et de la papauté. Le propos est de montrer que loin d’être monolithique, l’identité institutionnelle de la papauté était changeante et fluide, et que les éléments qui la composaient se trouvaient modifiés selon le contexte, les nécessités et les enjeux du pouvoir. L’étude se focalise en particulier sur les disputes ecclésiologiques et les conciles destinés à les résoudre : la controverse des Trois Chapitres et le deuxième concile de Constantinople de l’année 553, la dispute monoénergiste et monothélite qui donne lieu au concile du Latran de l’année 649 et au troisième concile de Constantinople des années 680-681, et le concile quinisexte des années 691-692. Elle incorpore aussi d’autres développements liés à la représentation de la place de l’Église romaine, le rôle des papes, et la réception des conciles œcuméniques<br>This dissertation analyses the development of the institutional identity of the Papacy during the Byzantine period, that is, the representation of the Roman Church in some official sources between the age of Emperor Justinian and the first half of the eighth century. The main sources are the acts of the ecumenical councils, as well as the official production of the imperial power and the papacy. The purpose is to show that, far from being monolithic, the institutional identity of the papacy was changing, dynamic and fluid, and the elements that composed it were modified according to the context, the necessities and the relations of power. The study focuses in particular on ecclesiological disputes and the councils aimed at resolving them : the Three Chapters controversy and the Second Council of Constantinople of 553, the monothelite dispute, including the Lateran Council of 649 and the Third Council of Constantinople of 680-681, and the Quinisext Council of 691-692. It also incorporates other developments related to the representation of the place of the Roman Church, the role of Popes, and the reception of ecumenical councils
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Gresser, Georg. "Die Synoden und Konzilien in der Zeit des Reformpapsttums in Deutschland und Italien von Leo IX. bis Calixt II., 1049-1123." Paderborn : F. Schöningh, 2006. http://books.google.com/books?id=7BPZAAAAMAAJ.
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Cubitt, Catherine Rosalind Eva. "Anglo-Saxon church councils, c.650 - c.850." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1990. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/272348.
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DeNinno, Louis L. "The diocesan synod universal norms and implementation in the Diocese of Pittsburgh /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2002. http://www.tren.com.
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De, Lucia Pierluigi. "The Petrine ministry at the time of the first four ecumenical councils: relations between the Bishop of Rome and the Eastern Bishops as revealed in the canons, process, and reception of the councils." Thesis, Boston College, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/1852.
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Thesis advisor: Francine Cardman<br>The Petrine ministry of the bishops of Rome and relations with the eastern bishops at the time of the first four ecumenical councils are the focus of this thesis. It places the Church in the complex historical context marked by the public recognition of Christianity under Constantine (312) and the great novelty of the close interactions of the emperors with the bishops of the major sees in the period, Rome, Alexandria, Antioch and Constantinople. The study examines the structures of the church (local and regional synods and ecumenical councils) and the roles of bishops and emperors in the ecumenical councils of Nicaea (325), Constantinople I (381), Ephesus (431), and Chalcedon (451), including the “robber” council of 449. Attention is given to the most important and sometimes contested canons of those councils regarding the relationship of the eastern bishops and their sees to the bishop of Rome and his claims to exercise a Petrine ministry and authority for the whole Church: canon 6 (Nicaea), canon 3 (Constantinople), canon 7 (Ephesus) and canon 28 (Chalcedon). The method of the study is historical and draws on the contributions of major Orthodox, Anglican, Lutheran and Catholic scholars. The concluding synthesis and ecclesiological reflection finds that no Roman bishop was present at these councils, but at all but Constantinople, where there was a western observer, he sent legates. Sometimes the bishop of Rome played an important role in the ecumenical councils, i.e., Leo in relation to Ephesus 449 and Chalcedon; Celestine and recognition of Ephesus 431, and in both cases, the emperor also supported the final decisions. Moreover, the bishops of Rome played a minor role in relation to Nicaea and Constantinople. Finally, in regard to canon 3 of Constantinople and 28 of Chalcedon they consistently asserted that their apostolicity and foundation on Peter was the source of the Roman bishop’s authority and precedence<br>Thesis (STL) — Boston College, 2010<br>Submitted to: Boston College. School of Theology and Ministry<br>Discipline: Sacred Theology
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Hovhanessian, Ramzy A. "The Armenian Council of Shahabivan translation, introduction & commentary /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 1989. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p015-0158.
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James, David L. "The consultation process involved in a diocesan synod as a means for the faithful to make known their spiritual needs to their pastors and to express their opinions on issues affecting the good of the Church." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2008. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p029-0716.
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Pruett, Bill H. "Conciliarism in Nicholas of Cusa." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1986. http://www.tren.com.
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Gude, George J. "A description and evaluation of the pressures and difficulties within the synodical conference which led to its destruction." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1986. http://www.tren.com.
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Paul, John. "The diocesan pastoral council." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1994. http://www.tren.com.
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Ross, David M. "The diocesan synod a comparative analysis of the 1917 and 1983 Codes of canon law /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2005. http://www.tren.com.
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McGreevy, Patricia. "The involvement of diocesan consultative structures in pastoral planning." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1991. http://www.tren.com.
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Smith, Gregory N. "The diocesan synod an instrument of communion and mission in the particular church /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2005. http://www.tren.com.
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Angel, Ariel Oliver. "Una aproximación canónica al Sínodo Diocesano en la Diócesis de Brownsville." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2001. http://www.tren.com.
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Zgambo, Humphreys F. C. "Conflict within the church: a theological approach to conflict resolution with special reference to the boundary disputes between the Livingstonia and Nkhoma synods in Malawi." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/497.
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The research study acknowledges that life is possibly full of conflict, be it psychological, spiritual or otherwise. Conflict is an inescapable reality that confronts Churches and societies regardless of how loving and caring the people are. Conflict brings both the negative and positive impact on the life of Church and society. Conflict presents us with challenges and choices that reflect and shape our personal identity. Technically the challenge is not to avoid conflict, but rather to deal with it constructively. Conflict could be dangerous and destructive. Conflict could also be an opportunity for self-examination, for growth, service to people and giving glory to God. Hence the serious need for developing a theological approach to conflict resolution within the Church and society. Generally, there are two methods to conflict resolution namely: the Law court and Atonement Models based on human and divine effort to conflict respectively. Using mere psychological and legal experience, the Law court models deal with immediate substantive offenses, injustices and inequity faced by people. The Law court methods are sometimes unproductive, unprofitable and short-lived, while the Atonement methods radically deal with deep rooted matters and sinful motivations of the human heart such as idolatry, lusts and cravings. The Atonement models are reliable, fruitful and long-lasting. The purpose of conflict resolution must be to uproot the negative elements and destructive results of conflict, while at the same time preserving it’s beneficial, life- giving qualities to achieve genuine reconciliation. Therefore this new theology of conflict resolution calls for radical change. Change of the heart and on how to deal with conflict in order to accelerate transformation, growth, maturity and peace. Chapter one will provide a general background to the research study. Chapter two before looking at the case of disputes between the Livingstonia and Nkhoma Synods, it will firstly, cite briefly some conflicts in the history of the Church to get an appreciation of the impact of conflict in the life of the Church. Secondly, the chapter will outline the historical background of the Church of Central Presbyterian (CCAP) Blantyre and Livingstonia Synods, Nkhoma Synod and the General Assembly and how the boundary disputes between the two rival Synods started in Malawi. Chapter three will discuss the question of sin and its effects. Humanity cherishes sin in the heart (Ps 51:3-10, 66:19). Milne (1982:107) asserts that sin causes racial prejudice and antagonisms. The problem of sin is the world’s biggest problem. The study will also define conflict and its root causes using Marxist’s conflict conception. The argument of the study will base on the fact that sin brings conflict and produces great divisions among human beings. Therefore, if sin brings conflict with God, His will and between humans, God has provided a divine means to deal with the problem. Chapter four will discuss the answer to question of sin and conflict. There are two dimensions to conflict resolution namely: the Law court and Atonement Models based on human and divine efforts respectively. Contemporary Christian conflict theories are deficient in the God ward dimensions of conflict and most theories and practices come from within the human legal or political professions. Deep rooted matters and motivations of the human heart such as idolatry, anger, revenge, lusts and cravings in opposition to God are better addressed by the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The study will review and critique contemporary models of conflict resolution including the atonement with a view to understand the antithesis of conflict. The study will lastly formulate a synthetic model from various aspects of atonement to bring about a better understanding of conflict resolution. Chapter five will discuss the general application of the full concept of atonement. The question for discussion will be: how can the life, sufferings and death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ that occurred almost 2000 years ago affect us today? How can the atonement conception be applied to resolve human conflict? The atonement of Christ will be ineffective unless it is applied to the lives of human beings. The actualization of the atonement could be done through power of the Holy Spirit who unites a person with Jesus Christ and in their close relationship, the penalty for the person’s sin is paid both together, so by Christ (Stott 1986:256ff). As we relate to God in through confession, repentance of sin and sanctification, we relate to each other that removes the cause of conflict between persons. Chapter six will discuss the application of atonement and reconciliation aspects to specific disputes in Malawi. It will also suggest recommendations on how to deal with those disputes. Christianity is not just a creed, it involves action. What is needed in Christian salvation is the practical restoration of broken relationships between God and creation, the removal of rupture within human race in order to facilitate reconciliation. Reconciliation in Malawian context means restoration, amendment, making up, settling an argument of boundary and bringing back lost relationship between the Livingstonia and Nkhoma Synods. Chapter seven will just deal with summary and conclusion. The theology of conflict resolution calls for change. Change of the heart and on how to deal with conflict. All human efforts in conflict are sometimes unproductive, unprofitable, and short-lived while divine efforts radically deal with deep rooted matters and motivations of the human heart. Divine efforts are fruitful and long-lasting.
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Dullea, John Gerard. "The decrees of the ecumenical councils of the Middle Ages regarding jews, muslims and tartars /." Romae, 2007. http://opac.nebis.ch/cgi-bin/showAbstract.pl?sys=000253512.
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McDermott, John J. "The consultative relationship of the diocesan bishop and the presbyteral council canon 500 [section] 2 in the Code of canon law and instances of specific practice in the Diocese of Burlington, Vermont /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2004. http://www.tren.com.
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Laba, Gerald F. "Pistoia as a utopian concept of reformed Catholicism French and English reactions /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1993. http://www.tren.com.
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Tolles, Sally J. "The diocesan synod some areas of potential particular legislation /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1990. http://www.tren.com.
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Meyer, Stanley J. "A partnership of support a model for synodical ministry to clergy /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1998. http://www.tren.com.
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MacDonald, Joyce Kidd. "The role of the presbyteral council in ecclesial decision-making in the diocese of Arlington." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2006. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p029-0654.
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Lindenfelser, Timothy M. "The diocesan bishop and the episcopal conference." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2004. http://www.tren.com.
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Kaçar, T. "A study of the early church councils, from the Apostolic council of Jerusalem AD. 52 to the second ecumenical council AD. 381." Thesis, Swansea University, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.637745.
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The main framework of the study is as follows. The first two chapters are a historical overview of the church councils from the Apostolic council in AD. 52 to the second ecumenical council of Constantinople in 381. The chapters are to be divided as pre-Nicene and post-Nicene. Chapter three focuses on the organisation and protocol of the church councils. As far as the first four centuries are concerned, it will concentrate on finding out who took the first step in holding a council. Then, the communication channels and means of transportation to a fixed council place are examined. The chapter also covers the protocol, the seating arrangement, qualifications for membership, and presidency of the councils. Chapter four examines the transactions of the church councils. Six types of business preoccupied the bishops in the church councils. These were creed and canon making, electing and consecrating bishops, judging ecclesiastical and secular cases, and routine church business. The second part of this chapter examines the recording and dissemination of decisions taken at the councils. Chapter five is an attempt to compare the Latin and Greek traditions of the church councils, particularly in the third century, as the available evidence makes a broad comparison possible between the two milieu. In doing this I will try to identify the structural features of the church councils, that is how meetings were regulated, and how decisions were made in the Latin and Greek tradition. Chapter six is concerned with the politics of summoning and carrying out a council. The central theme of the chapter is to discuss those political activities in the form of factionalism and to identify the foundations of this factionalism. The second part of the chapter looks at the attitudes of the western and eastern bishops in promulgating new creeds and in forming factions in the fourth century.
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Souza, Valdemir de França. "De volta para o passado? : uma análise crítica de reproposição das "Santas Missões Populares" no século xxi." Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, 2011. http://www.unicap.br/tede//tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=844.
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Universidade Católica de Pernambuco<br>Nosso estudo pretende mostrar como as Missões Populares, surgidas na idade moderna e adaptadas às circunstâncias atuais, valendo-se inclusive, das novas tecnologias de comunicação, vêm sendo novamente incentivada pela Igreja Católica como alternativa no resgate de costumes e valores sociais e religiosos perdidos nas últimas décadas, visando principalmente evitar a migração de fiéis para outras Igrejas e
para os chamados novos movimentos religiosos. Para isso, analisaremos a documentação produzida pelas igrejas do Regional, em busca das justificativas usadas para sua retomada, e de seus reais interesses, ligados, segundo supomos, à busca da reconquista/manutenção da hegemonia religiosa católica na sociedade do Nordeste Oriental do Brasil. Hegemonia esta solapada, nos decênios sucessivos ao
aggiornamento católico implantado após o Concílio Vaticano II (1962-1965), por processos tanto ad intra, tais como desnorteamento e perda de referências em função
das mudanças no imaginário católico, quanto ad extra, resultantes da secularização, das migrações, da urbanização no interior dos estados e da penetração, cada vez mais
agressiva, de igrejas e movimentos religiosos concorrentes com a proposta católica.<br>Our study aims to show how such a method, which emerged in the modern age, once adapted to current circumstances and making use of new communication technologies, is being encouraged again by the Catholic Church as an alternative in the recovery of traditions and social and religious values lost in the last decades, mainly aiming to prevent the migration of believers to other churches and to the so-called new religious movements. For this, we will analyze the documentation produced by the Regional churches in search of the justifications used for their recovery, and their real interests, linked, as we assume, the pursuit of conquest / maintenance of Catholic religious hegemony in the society of Eastern Northeast Brazil. Hegemony is undermined in successive decades of the Catholic aggiornamento implemented after the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965), both for ad intra processes such as disorientation and loss
of landmarks due to changes in the Catholic imagination, and for ad extra, as a result of secularization, migration, urbanization within states and penetration, more aggressive,
churches and religious movements competing with the proposed Catholic.
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Kapetanaki, Sophia. "An annotated critical edition of Makarios Makres Life of St Maximos Kausokalyves Encomion on the Fathers of the Seven Ecumenical Councils Consolation to a sick person, or reflections on endurance Verses on the Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos Letter to hier." Thesis, Royal Holloway, University of London, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.402489.
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Torri, Elena. "Les Revendications: Christianisme et raison chez Joseph Ratzinger." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/209129.
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La thèse porte sur la réflexion de Ratzinger sur la "raison". La critique de la raison moderne, ainsi que l'éléboration d'un modèle alternatif de raison, permet de cerner les enjeux de la théologie de Ratzinger et de saisir le fil conducteur de ses nombreuses batailles.<br>Doctorat en Philosophie<br>info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished
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Monjas, Manso Luis. "La Reforma eclesiàstica i religiosa de les diòcesis de la Tarraconense al llarg de la Baixa Edat Mitjana (a través dels qüestionaris de visites pastorals)." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/7464.
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A través de la transcripción, edición y estudio exhaustivo de los cuestionarios de visita pastoral de Tortosa de 1314, de Gerona de 1329, del sínodo de Tarragona de 1372, de Valencia de 1383-1388, de Tortosa de 1409, de Jaume Marquilles (Barcelona) de 1413-1414, del "llibre de la cadena" (Barcelona) de 1425 y de Zaragoza de 1435, se pone de manifiesto la existencia de unas mismas directrices reformadoras de la iglesia y de la religión católica en todas las diócesis de la provincia eclesiàstica Tarraconense y de los antiguos reinos de la Corona de Aragón desde la celebración del IV Concilio de Letrán (1215) hasta el inicio del Concilio de Trento (1545). La reforma se concreta en los siguientes puntos de forma paralela en todas las diócesis de la Tarraconense, aunque podemos distinguir dos períodos claramente diferenciados: a) Desde el concilio de Lérida de 1229 hasta la vigilia del Cisma de Occidente: el esfuerzo reformador se centró en la moralidad del clero y su misión pastoral, y en la moralidad personal y social de los laicos, las visitas se asemejan a procesos eclesiásticos; b) Desde los inicios del Cisma de Occidente hasta la vigilia del concilio de Trento: el esfuerzo reformador se centró en los aspectos jurídicos y económicos de los beneficios, en la formación teológica sacramental de los curados y, muy especialmente, en la visitatio rerum, con la finalidad de implantar una política de la decoración que dirigía y promovía el incipiente culto eucarístico propio de las devociones populares del momento que, en muchos aspectos, se avanzó a la reforma del Concilio de Trento. No obstante, entre estos dos períodos y el que se inicia con el concilio de Trento, hay más continuidades que rupturas.<br>Through transcription, edition and exhaustive study of pastoral visits questionnaires of Tortosa in 1314, of Girona in 1329, of the synod of Tarragona in 1372, of Valencia from 1383 until 1388, of Tortosa in 1409, of Jaume Marquilles (Barcelona) from 1413 until 1414, of the "Llibre de la cadena" (Barcelona) in 1425 and of Zaragoza in 1435, the existence of the same church reformation directions and of the Catholic religion in all the diocese of the ecclesiastical province of Tarragona and of the ancient Kingdoms of the Crown of Aragon from the celebration of the Ivth Council of Letran (1215) until the begining of the Council of Trento (1545) is stated. The reformation is produced in a parallel way in all the diocese of Tarragona, although we can single out two clearly distinctive periods: a) From the Lleida Council in 1229 until the vigil of the western schism: the reformation effort was centered in the morality of the clergy and their pastoral mission, and in the social and personal morality of the laymen, the visits are similar to ecclesiastical processes; b) From the initial times of the western schism until the vigil of the Trento Council: the reformation effort was centered in the legal and economic sides of the benefits, in the theological and sacramental education of the priests and especially in the "visitatio rerum" with the intention of stating a decoration policy that was ruling and was promoting the incipient eucharistic cult typical from the popular devotions of the times, and in many ways, it was put forward to the reform of the Trento Council. There is more continuity rather than breaking.
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Opočenský, Matěj. "Profil synodů CČE po r. 1990." Master's thesis, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-306489.
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This thesis looks at the general character of the synod of the Evangelical church of Czech Brethern (ČCE), based on archival documents since 1990. (The) first chapter describes how the Synod functions within the church and briefly mentions the issue of coping with communism, especially how some pastors got involved politically. I also touch on the events of the Velvet Revolution. The next chapter focuses on an analysis of the Synod's work based on classifying the synod's resolutions into different catogories. The results are given in three diagrams. The goal of this analysis is to show which types of resolutions dominate and which types are more unusual. The third more extensive chapter deals with the most important topics being resolved in the synod. It describes the origin of …, its progress and consequences for the church. To show the character of the ČCE Synod, I highlight its internal discussions regarding church law, the practical and theological discussions on …(church education, ordination and baptism…). Then I discuss the ČCE Social Welfare organisation, a free standing topic, as well as subjects that have revealed the Synod's views. This third group address the church's outside concerns. The synod talked about these topic both inside and outside the church as well as with the ecumenical...
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Moore, David Normant. "How the process of doctrinal standardization during the later Roman Empire relates to Christian triumphalism." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/14076.
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My thesis examines relations among practitioners of various religions, especially Christians and Jews, during the era when Jesus’ project went from being a Galilean sect, to a persecuted minority, to religio licita status, and eventually to imperial favor, all happening between the first century resurrection of Jesus and the fourth century rise of Constantine.
There is an abiding image of the Church in wider public consciousness that it is unwittingly and in some cases antagonistically exclusionist. This is not a late-developing image. I trace it to the period that the church developed into a formal organization with the establishment of canons and creeds defined by Church councils. This notion is so pervasive that an historical retrospective of Christianity of any period, from the sect that became a movement, to the Reformation, to the present day’s multiple Christian iterations, is framed by the late Patristic era. The conflicts and solutions reached in that period provided enduring definition to the Church while silencing dissent. I refer here to such actions as the destruction of books and letters and the banishment of bishops.
Before there emerged the urgent perceived need for doctrinal uniformity, the presence of Christianity provided a resilient non-militant opponent to and an increasing intellectual critique of all religious traditions, including that of the official gods that were seen to hold the empire together. When glaringly manifest cleavages in the empire persisted, the Emperor Constantine sought to use the church to help bring political unity. He called for church councils, starting with Nicaea in 325 CE that took no account for churches outside the Roman Empire, and many within, even though councils were called “Ecumenical.”
The presumption that the church was fully representative without asking for permission from a broader field of constituents is just that: a presumption.
This thesis studies the ancient world of Christianity’s growth to explore whether, in that age of new and untested toleration, there was a more advisable way of responding to the invitation to the political table. The answer to this can help us formulate, and perhaps revise, some of our conduct today, especially for Christians who obtain a voice in powerful places.<br>Christian Spirituality, Church History & Missiology<br>D. Th. (Church History)
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Ofori, Dominic Mamimilian. "Rebuilding the Catholic Brand in America: An Isocratean Perspective." 2016. http://digital.library.duq.edu/u?/etd,197183.
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This dissertation attempts to rebuild the American Catholic brand fractured by the priests' sexual abuse scandals, using Isocrates' theory of self-defense and self-representation as found in his Antidosis. The work conceptualizes the Catholic Church as a brand because it is a religious organization with an army of followers, is well-known, and is an indisputable leader in the provision of education, healthcare, and social welfare, thereby playing an important role in the socio-cultural consciousness of many Americans. Built over centuries of service to its members and the country, the Catholic brand from the 1960s to the dawn of the twenty-first century had enjoyed high moral authority as a religious organization that promoted the dignity of the human person and acted as an ethically responsible corporate citizen in American society. However, such moral authority crumbled following the 2002 Boston Globe revelations that for decades the Church's hierarchy in the Archdiocese of Boston had sexually preyed on innocent children and vulnerable members. The result has been a crisis of faith and trust, lasting for over a decade in spite of the Church's efforts to create a safe environment for its children and vulnerable members and to hold predator priests accountable.<br>
This dissertation holds the view that, for the Church in America to rebuild its brand and thereby restore its fractured image and reputation, it must adopt a rebranding model based on Isocrates' theory of self-defense and self-representation/characterization. Consistent with the Isocratean rebranding model, the American Catholic Church must embrace its core identity as a model institutional citizen that promotes the dignity of the human person, differentiate and dissociate itself from predator priests and their episcopal supporters, establish goodwill toward stakeholders by setting up monuments to memorialize abuse victims, organizing annual events for victims to tell their stories, holding abusive clergy and irresponsible bishops accountable, allowing the lay faithful to play an active role in priestly formation, being more transparent in its handling of sexual abuse cases, and requiring seminarians and priests to undergo frequent sexual assault and sexual harassment training. Moreover, the ecclesial community must reconcile with victims by honestly confessing its complicity in the tragedy of the abuse and seeking forgiveness.<br>McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts;<br>Communication and Rhetorical Studies<br>PhD;<br>Dissertation;
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Rukuni, Rugare. "The schism, hellenism and politics : a review of the emergence of ecumenical orthodoxy AD 100-400." Diss., 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25291.
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For many Christians the names ‘Constantine’ and Nicaea are not a familiar idea. In instances where they do recognize these names, they tend to be prejudiced towards the ‘pagan emperor’ and the ‘venerated council’ (Olson 1999:160). The importance of the First Nicene Council and the emperor’s role in the council may be seen as historical only. However, the events related to the development of the Nicene orthodoxy and the role the emperor played in the development of the relations between politics and religion are still influencing the lives of Christians today and therefore, these important events are in need of a review, this time from an African perspective.
A probe into the imperial religious-political play may hold many significant answers in relation to contextualization, enculturation, dogmatic teaching, and the relationship between the church and state, amongst other things. In this dissertation document analysis is used in literature study to establish the significance of one of the interactive factors in the period leading to the first ecumenical council. Using a tri-categorical classification of the era, this study reviews the Jewish-Christian schism, Hellenism, and ultimately the role of imperial politics in the development of Christianity. The Jewish-Christian schism refers to the separation between Judaism and Christianity as the conceptive stage of the dynamics through which ecumenical orthodoxy was formed. Hellenism broadly refers to the integration of philosophy with Christianity. Finally, imperial politics was the political dynamic that contributed to the formation of ecumenical orthodoxy.
This facilitated an investigation of the era between AD 70 and 325, enhancing a revisionist approach to Constantine, the Nicene Council and the orthodoxy that emerged post AD 325 – with an implied deduction of ecclesiastical polities which became an unconventional phenomenon. The study, engaging with primary sources and specialist scholarship on the era, derived and developed a revisionist approach on Constantinian influence upon Christianity. In the findings the ecclesiastical polity appeared as the significant influence in the shaping of ecumenical orthodoxy. The ecclesiastical polity itself being a factor of the very process of self-definition and contextualization. The significance of enculturation as established in the research implied cultural diversity as a major factor in the formation of religious orthodoxy,
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hence this implied the Jewish Christian schism as the departure point of enquiry. The research implied the development of social models as an interpretation and analysis of the hypothesis. The aforementioned social models had implications for Christian/religious eras even post the one at study. Therefore, making the hypothesis a tool of measuring the interaction of politics, socio-ethnic dynamics and religion in different eras. In principle the study enables a review of history as a factor of these three elements culture, religious syncretism and politics.<br>Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology<br>M. Th. (Church History)
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Monroe, William S. "The Trials of Pope Formosus." Thesis, 2021. https://doi.org/10.7916/d8-vysd-8s61.
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In 896 Pope Stephen VI put the corpse of his predecessor, Pope Formosus, on trial in a Church synod in Rome, known since as the Cadaver Synod. The pontificate and the ordinations of Formosus were annulled and he was reburied in a pilgrims' cemetery from which his body was quickly removed and thrown into the Tiber. It still is generally assumed that Formosus was tried as revenge for his having betrayed Lambert of Spoleto by inviting Arnulf of Carinthia to become emperor, and that Pope Stephen VI was carrying out the wishes of Lambert and his mother. This dissertation, by examining the entire career of Formosus as well as the manuscript evidence for the Cadaver Synod and the 898 Synod of Ravenna, which overturned it, will present a new view of what happened in this neglected period of European history. In so doing, it has reached very different conclusions about the trial and its purpose.
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Slanders, Christopher Michael. "Towards a new model of Diocesan management structures and proficiency in the Post-Vatican two Roman Catholic Church." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3207.
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The topic of diocesan Church management structures which I present
in this research emerges from concerns concerning the comprehensive
implementation of the Second Vatican Council in this regard. It is an
attempt to examine, comprehend and present the responses and
opinions of members of a diocesan Church in a systematic, clear and
simple manner to concerns such as: should diocesan Church
management structures change? If so, how should diocesan Church
management structures change? What should be the main focus and
priority of diocesan Church management structures? Do the current
management structures of the diocesan Church respond adequately to
the needs of the People of God? Since the Catholic Church has a
complex management structure, the entire examination thereof is
beyond the scope of this research. However, the aim of this
investigation is to critically examine the diocesan management
structures of a contemporary local Church. The challenge of this
research is to ascertain how ecclesial management, as a vital aspect in
the Church, is responding to the challenges of the Second Vatican
Council to make the Church not only relevant, but allowing full
participation and representation of her members in the management
of the diocesan Church.<br>Department of Philosophy, Practical & Systematic Theology<br>D.Th (Practical Theology)
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Dickel, Rosemary Luise Christiane. "MISSIONALE GEMEINDE ENTWICKLUNG. Eine dokumentarische Wirkungsevaluation zu Chancen und Grenzen der Trafo-Gemeindeberatung im Kontext missionaler Transformation." Diss., 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25214.
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Summaries in German and English.<br>Gegenstand der vorliegenden Forschungsarbeit ist die Dokumantarische Evaluation der
missional ausgerichteten Gemeindeberatung des Gemeindeberatungsinstituts Trafo. Dabei
soll die transformatorische Wirkung der Kombination von Gemeindeberatung und
dem aus der Gemeinwesenarbeit adaptierten und für Gemeindearbeit modifizierten
Transformationszyklus auf der Basis von dokumentarischer Sozialforschung und dem
Empirisch Theologischen Praxiszyklus intradisziplinär erforscht werden.
Die Dokumentarische, qualitative Forschungsmethode generiert ihre Ergebnisse nicht in
den Aussagen des Common Sense, sondern durch das atheoretische konjunktive Wissen
der Beteiligten. Zugang zu diesem impliziten Wissen verschafft sich die Forschung durch
Rekonstruktion kollektiver Handlungslogiken, die auf der Ebene des „modus operandi“
angesiedelt sind.
Diese Herangehensweise ermöglicht es der Forschung unbewusste Alltagserfahrungen,
wie in diesem Fall die Teilnahme an einem Trafo-Gemeindeberatungsprozess und damit
einhergehenden transformatorischen Veränderungen prozesshaft zu reproduzieren und
die unbewussten Handlungsmuster für die Auswertung fruchtbar werden zu lassen.
Die aus dieser Vorgehensweise gewonnenen Ergebnisse speisen die Erkenntnisfunktionen
von Evaluationen, die in Erkenntnis-, Kontroll-, Dialog- und Lernfunktion (Stockmann
2007:25) zu unterteilen sind, und die vor allem zur Verbesserung der Beratungsqualität
dient und damit gleichzeitig eine Auswirkung auf die Gemeindetransformation
an sich hat.<br>Subject-matter of the following MTh dissertation is a documentary evaluation of missional
church-counsel in the setting of Trafo-Church-Counsel Institute. Aim of this research
is to evaluate the impact of transformation within the Trafo-Church-Counsel Program
which is conducted of a combination of church-counsel and a transformation cycle
of community organizing adapted for churches. Based on documentary social science and
the empirical-theological praxis cycle this study will be performed in an intradisciplinary
manner.
Documentary research doesn’t generate its results based on common sense but on collective
tacid knowledge of the participants. Further access will be gained through reconstructing
collective implicit logic of action.
This specific methodical approach provides insights on missional transformation in general
and in the specific case of Trafo-Church-Counsel Institute. The results of this study
will provide on one hand answers for the quest of evaluations which include learn functions
as: awareness, control, increased insights for dialogue with stakeholders and learn
function for quality improvement (Stockmann 2007:25) and will enhance on the other
hand church counsel and church transformation.<br>Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology<br>M. Th. (Missiology)
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David, Miloš. "Chalkedonský sněm z pohledu křesťanské Orthodoxie a monofyzitské Koptské ortodoxní církve." Master's thesis, 2020. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-415130.
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The thesis deals with the comparison attitudes of two Eastern Christian traditions - Orthodox and Coptic to 4th ecumenical council, which held in 451 in Chalcedon. The Monophysite, or Non- Chalcedonian, Coptic Orthodox Church regards it as return to the heterodox teaching called Nestorianism whilst Eastern Orthodox Church this council considers in accordance with the Orthodox doctrine. For Orthodox Christians Chalcedon represents the breakthrough for a refinement of the Christology, concretely in the doctrine about two natures - divine and human - in single person of Christ which the Copts regard as return to Nestorian heresy which due to its dualism interfered the integrity of the person of Christ. The thesis puts forward the insight into the Council of Chalcedon from both perspectives objectively. The thesis is based on authors which represent Orthodox and Coptic traditions but also on these who researched this issue solely from a historical-theological point of view. I have noted reasons - theological and non-theological - why the Copts reject to accept conclusions of this ecumenical council to this day, among other things. I have tried to point out that Monophysitism, or Miaphysitism - whose way the Copts follow - is not only a heretical teaching from the Orthodox theological point of view but...