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Dollhopf, Erica J. "Overall Congregational Vitality in the United Church of Christ: Predictors and Implications." Theology Today 78, no. 3 (October 2021): 225–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00405736211030249.

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This article examines the predictors of overall congregational vitality in the United Church of Christ (UCC), a US mainline Protestant denomination of approximately 5,000 churches and 800,000 members. This analysis is based on data from the UCC version of the Faith Communities Today survey, which surveyed all UCC congregations in early 2020. An overall congregational vitality scale was created from survey questions; factors associated with congregational vitality were tested to see which ones had a statistically significant relationship with a congregation's level of overall vitality. Aspects of congregations that were significantly associated with overall congregational vitality included the fit between the pastor and congregation, innovative worship, racial diversity, and total number of participants, while the percentage of young adults, contemporary worship, founding year of congregation, percentage change in worship attendance over the past five years, current financial health of congregation, and percentage of female participants did not influence overall congregational vitality. This research may be useful for congregations seeking to maintain or increase their vitality and for researchers interested in identifying the components and predictors of congregational vitality.
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Binfield, Clyde. "The Bolton Prelude to Port Sunlight: W. H. Lever (1851–1925) as Patron and Paternalist." Studies in Church History 42 (2006): 383–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0424208400004095.

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Christ Church United Reformed Church (formerly Congregational), Port Sunlight, and St George’s United Reformed Church (formerly Congregational), Thornton Hough, do not spring to mind as Free Church buildings. There is scarcely one architectural respect in which either announces a Dissenting presence. Each conforms to nationally established tradition. Their quality, however, is as incontestable as it is incontestably derivative. Their role in their respective village-scapes is important, even dominant. As buildings, therefore, they are significant and perhaps suggestive, but do they say anything about ecclesiastical polity? The answer to that question illustrates the interaction between elite and popular religion in Edwardian English Protestant Nonconformity, for the polity to which these two churches give space is in fact successively congregational, Congregational, and Reformed. It is representative throughout but never democratic. Yet can any shade of Congregationalism truly develop in either a squire’s village or a manufacturer’s? And what might be deduced of the man who provided these buildings, created their villages, shaped their communities, and regarded himself lifelong as a Congregationalist even if a masonic lodge were the only fellowship to which he could statedly commit himself? These questions prompt this paper.
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Lado, Gatsper A., Enggar Objantoro, and Joni Aihery. "Gerakan Injili dan Panggilan Gereja Untuk Pertumbuhan Spiritualitas Jemaat." TELEIOS: Jurnal Teologi dan Pendidikan Agama Kristen 2, no. 1 (June 27, 2022): 27–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.53674/teleios.v2i1.46.

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Abstract: This paper specifically suggests how the evangelistic movement carried out by the church is related to the growth of congregational spirituality. The focus of this paper outlines how the evangelistic movement carried out by the church from the first, mid to the modern century. This article was written using qualitative methods with a literature study approach. The results of the presentation of this study suggest that the church is actively carrying out evangelistic movements aimed at the growth of congregational spirituality. This is captured when tracing churches in the first century, middle, modern, post-modern to the digital age. The evangelistic movement has always been a church identity aimed at the growth of congregational spirituality. In the evangelistic movement carried out by the church, there has always been a figure of missionary mobilization Luther and Calvin along with other figures. The evangelistic movement carried out by the church in response to the Great Commission so that the world undergoes a change in relation to knowing Jesus Christ through the growth of congregational spirituality.Keyword: Evangelistic Movement, Church, Spirituality, BelieversAbstrak: Tulisan ini secara spesifik mengemukakan bagaimana gerakan penginjilan yang dilakukan oleh gereja dalam kaitan pada pertumbuhan spiritualitas jemaat. Fokus dari tulisan ini menguraikan bagaimana pergerakan penginjilan yang dilakukan oleh gereja dari abad pertama, pertengahan, modern, dan sampai pada post modern. Artikel ini ditulis dengan menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan studi kepustakaan. Hasil dari pemaparan kajian ini mengemukakan bahwa gereja secara aktif melakukan gerakan penginjilan yang bertujuan pada pertumbuhan spiritualitas jemaat. Ini terpotret bila menelusuri gereja pada abad pertama, pertengahan, modern, post modern sampai era digital. Gerakan penginjilan selalu menjadi identitas gereja yang bertujuan pada pertumbuhan spiritualitas jemaat. Di dalam gerakan penginjilan yang dilakukan oleh gereja, selalu ada tokoh penggeraknya misialnya Luther dan Calvin bersama tokoh lainnya. Gerakan penginjilan yang dilakukan oleh gereja sebagai respon pada Amanat Agung agar dunia mengalami perubahan dalam kaitan mengenal Yesus Kristus melalui pertumbuhan spiritualitas jemaat.Kata Kunci: Gerakan Penginjilan, Gereja, Spiritualitas, Orang Percaya
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Gladson, Jerry A. "Spiritual Direction, Social Justice, and the United Church of Christ." Journal of Psychology and Theology 30, no. 4 (December 2002): 346–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/009164710203000409.

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How may spiritual formation, with its emphasis upon the individual, spiritual direction, and its shaping of spiritual life, and the ministry of social justice, with its stress upon the community, be balanced in a religious tradition? This study examines the United Church of Christ as an example of a social justice tradition within Protestant Christianity, with special interest in how it combines spiritual formation, spiritual direction, and social justice. Although during the first decades of its existence, the United Church of Christ seemed more interested in social justice, ostensibly to the diminishing of more spiritual concerns, during the 1990s the church began to develop greater interest in spirituality. At present, the denomination is starting to try to link spirituality, spiritual formation, and spiritual direction with social justice ministries.
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Kyiak, S. R. "Ukrainian Catholicism: The Church-Ritual Aspect." Ukrainian Religious Studies, no. 30 (June 29, 2004): 96–105. http://dx.doi.org/10.32420/2004.30.1511.

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In Ukrainian church life, the influence of the Byzantine Empire, which has existed for over eleven centuries, holds a special place. This unique Greek superpower became the first independent state where faith in Jesus Christ became part of the entire state complex. It was this faith that united Byzantium with the Ecumenical Church, whose center of history was rooted in Rome.
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Vanhoozer, Kevin J. "Hocus Totus: The Elusive Wholeness of Christ." Pro Ecclesia: A Journal of Catholic and Evangelical Theology 29, no. 1 (December 4, 2019): 31–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1063851219891610.

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This article responds to David Moser’s essay commending the Totus Christus to Protestants who wish to be biblical, identify with the catholic tradition, and speak truly about the Church. The article recognizes the Totus Christus as an important case study of the relationship between Christology and ecclesiology. The article evaluates Moser’s case in three movements: first, by examining the way in which biblical language of Christ as the “head” of the Church “body” has been interpreted by Augustine and others; second, by comparing and contrasting the Reformed (soteriological) emphasis on mystical union with the Roman (ecclesiological) emphasis on mystical body; third, by examining the metaphysics of the Totus Christus and, in particular, the conceptual coherence of claiming that the Totus Christus designates a “united person” with “two subjects” that are “distinct in their being.” The article concludes by asking about the practical consequences of accepting the Totus Christus, and by noting that the Totus Christus never did receive the necessary creedal support commensurate with catholic doctrine.
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Kristiani, Dina, and Paulus Kunto Baskoro. "Makna Teologis Konsep “Oikumene” Menurut Yohanes 17:1-26 dan Aplikasinya Bagi Gereja Masa Kini." ILLUMINATE: Jurnal Teologi dan Pendidikan Kristiani 4, no. 2 (January 1, 2022): 90–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.54024/illuminate.v4i2.120.

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AbstractThe church has an important role in a movement for the gospel of Jesus Christ. The Great Commission is the center of the church in carrying out the mission of the Kingdom of God in this wolrd. Since the days of the early church, the church has experienced tremendous growth. Many souls believed in Jesus and experienced tremendous spiritual growth. The extraordinary growth of God’s church makes all components of the church must be well integrated into a unified whole. All of this cannot be separated from the Lord Jesus prayer so that His disciples remain united in the project of the great commission. But in reality, the church that should have remained united as the Lord Jesus prayer in John 17:1-26 did not materialize well. The church began to fokus on worldly interests and was no longer a universal church unit. Some of the problem that occurred, the disorganization of the church which is often referred to as ecumenical did not happen well, because of differences in doctrine, there are elements of self-interest, leadership problem and finanacial problems. So that the essence of the church to carry out the mission of the great commsission has shifted. This writing uses a descriptive method of literature by extracting library data ro strengthen understanding as a whole. The goal is that through writing, namely, First, church leaders realize how important a unity is in God’s church. Second, the church becomes a pleasant family as a member of the body of Christ. Third, believers are focused again on thinking about the realization of the Lord Jesus prayer, so that they become one.. Keywords: Ecumenical, Unity, Church, Christian, Jesus Prayer.
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Ndinda, Lucia. "The Church as the “People of God”." Journal of Sociology, Psychology & Religious Studies 4, no. 1 (May 8, 2022): 20–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.53819/81018102t6010.

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The Church as “People of God” is a term that has gained prominence since the Vatican II Council although the term has been in use since the times of the Old Testament (OT). In the OT the Israelites were referred to as People of Yahweh, In Exodus Moses conducts a covenant between the “People of God” and God himself; “You shall be my people and I will be your God” (Deut 32:9). Today we have some theologians who argue that all humankind is indeed the “People of God” (Osei-Bonsu) since they were created by the same God who is our Father. Others think that the term “People of God” refers to all Christians in the NT context where it involves the community of believers (1 Peter 2:9) “You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a people set apart to sing God’s Praises.” The limitations of the image “Populi Dei” (or People of God) arises in two ways; first, that of understanding the unity that is demanded by core concepts such as ‘Body of Christ,” and secondly, the more sociological meaning that risks the mystery aspect of Christ’s mission in the world. In comparing the Catholic and evangelical conceptualization about the image of the Church, the evangelicals often tend to focus more on the virtual or spiritual unity, while the Catholic understanding refers to both physical and spiritual unity of the Church. Therefore, the term “People of God” is greatly accepted among evangelicals than Corpus Christ that is often more popular in the Catholic circles. Lumen Gentium (Vat. II) used the term “People of God” in direct reference to the Church as an image hence giving it a deeper meaning. The second chapter of Lumen Gentium bears the title ““People of God”.” This title does not refer to the laity in contra-distinction to the “hierarchy,” but rather it applies to all members of the Church. First it was used to refer to the Church as a body of the New covenant in Christ’s blood and in the sense of Koinonia or communion of the Christ’s faithful. Therefore the “People of God” refers to the Corpus Christi (i.e., Body of Christ) that is united in one faith and one love and moving towards the soteriological calling by Christ their head. The aim of this paper is to shed light on the Populi Dei concept that underscores the practical implications of the term Populi Dei in continuous self-awareness of the Church in the increasing roles to be taken up by the lay faithful. Keywords: Church, People of God, Lumen Gentium, Body of Christ
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Wilde, Melissa, and Hajer Al-Faham. "Believing in Women? Examining Early Views of Women among America’s Most Progressive Religious Groups." Religions 9, no. 10 (October 20, 2018): 321. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel9100321.

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This paper examines views of women among the most prominent “progressive” American religious groups (as defined by those that liberalized early on the issue of birth control, circa 1929). We focus on the years between the first and second waves of the feminist movement (1929–1965) in order to examine these views during a time of relative quiescence. We find that some groups indeed have a history of outspoken support for women’s equality. Using their modern-day names, these groups—the United Church of Christ, the Unitarian Universalist Association, and to a lesser extent, the Society of Friends, or Quakers—professed strong support for women’s issues, early and often. However, we also find that prominent progressive groups—the Protestant Episcopal Church, the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the United Presbyterian Church—were virtually silent on the issue of women’s rights. Thus, we conclude that birth control activism within the American religious field was not clearly correlated with an overall feminist orientation.
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Mascarenhas, Michael, Ryken Grattet, and Kathleen Mege. "Toxic Waste and Race in Twenty-First Century America." Environment and Society 12, no. 1 (September 1, 2021): 108–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/ares.2021.120107.

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In 1987, the United Church of Christ Commission for Racial Justice released its groundbreaking study, Toxic Waste and Race in the United States. The report found race to be the most significant predictor of where hazardous waste facilities were located in the United States. We review this and other studies of environmental racism in an effort to explain the relationship between race and the proximity to hazardous waste facilities. More recent research provides some evidence that the effect is causal, where polluting industries follow the path of least resistance. To date, the published work using Census data ends in 2000, which neglects the period when economic and political changes may have worsened the relationship between race and toxic exposure. Thus, we replicate findings using data from 2010 to show that racial disparities remain persistent in 2010. We conclude with a call for further research on how race and siting have changed during the 2010s.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "First Congregational United Church of Christ"

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Purdy, Bradford F. "Pilgrim Congregational United Church of Christ, a history and growth study of a church treading water." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), access this title online, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.2986/tren.108-0006.

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Dunbar, Paul James. "The impact of trust on congregational readiness for missional change." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2007. http://www.tren.com.

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Ramsey, Paul Leon. "Preaching in a hopeful church." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2007. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p098-0021.

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Ackermann, Henry F. "In the world and yet not of the world, the tension of community ministry with pastoral ministry in South Florida." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), access this title online, 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.2986/tren.108-0008.

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Scott, Richard W. "From survival to faithfulness, a systems and marketing approach to small church revitalization." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.

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Olson, James. "A Connecticut Yankee At The Gates Of Heaven: A Study Of The Rites Surrounding The Death Of A Christian In The Connecticut Conference, United Church Of Christ, At The Beginning Of The Twenty-First Century." Thesis, 2012. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/3728.

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This dissertation examines the rites that members and churches of the Connecticut Conference of the United Church of Christ perform when a member of the community dies. A distinction between a “funeral” and “memorial service” is established, with a funeral defined as a rite provided by the Church at the death of a Christian that is both a rite of passage for the dead and a service of the worship of God for the living, and a memorial service identified as a communal gathering that focuses more on eulogizing and remembering the deceased and less on the overt worship of God. By examining the difference between the two, and by looking at historic liturgical sources, it is clear that in the Connecticut Conference at this time, most rites are memorial services rather than funerals. Assessment was made by means of a qualitative analysis of worship bulletins for rites at the time of death that were submitted by seventy-two of the Connecticut Conference churches, in which worship patterns, hymns and scriptures were identified in order to construct a “moment-in-time” snapshot of commonalities among churches in a tradition that cherishes individual expression and resists standard liturgies imposed from the denomination. In conclusion, a new set of death rites based on the findings of the research is offered.
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Books on the topic "First Congregational United Church of Christ"

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Atwater, Marshall A. The church on Tolland Green: The United Congregational Church of Tolland, United Church of Christ, 1722-2007. Tolland, CT: United Congregational Church of Tolland, 2007.

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The churches of Christ of the Congregational Way in New England. Benton Harbor, Mich: R.H. Taylor, 1989.

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R, Kline Ernest, ed. The history of the Storrs Congregational Church (United Church of Christ) 1737-1984. Storrs, Conn: Storrs Congregational Church, 1985.

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Kathan, Boardman W. A church set upon a hill: The story of the Prospect Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, 1798-1998 : (originally the Church of Christ in Columbia). Waterbury, Conn: Brandywine Corp., 2004.

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Whittlesey, Marilyn. A church for all seasons: History of the Congregational Church of Brookfield, Connecticut , United Church of Christ. [Blue Hill, Me.?]: Richard Whittlesey Pub., 2007.

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Christ, United Church of, United Church of Christ, and United Church of Christ, eds. Confessing our faith: An interpretation of the Statement of faith of the United Church of Christ. New York: Pilgrim Press, 1990.

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Aoanan, Melanio La Guardia. Pagkakaisa at pagbabago: Ang patotoo ng United Church of Christ in the Philippines. Quezon City, Philippines: New Day Publishers, 1996.

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1940-, Johnson Daniel L., and Hambrick-Stowe Charles E, eds. Theology and identity: Traditions, movements, and polity in the United Church of Christ. New York: Pilgrim Press, 1990.

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Shelby, J. Samuel. Is now, and ever Shelby: Memoirs of a minister. Freeman, S.D: Pine Hill Press, 1993.

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Crockett, Larrimore C. Safe thus far: A history of the Guilford Congregational Church a.k.a. the Guilford Community Church, United Church of Christ in Guilford, Vermont, 1767-1997 : with appendices. Dummerston, Vt: Black Mountain Press, 1999.

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Pulido, Elisa Eastwood. "North of the U.S.-Mexico Border." In The Spiritual Evolution of Margarito Bautista, 62–83. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190942106.003.0005.

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This chapter examines Bautista’s U.S. residency (1910 to 1922) and its influence on his spiritual trajectory. It argues that during his first twelve years in the United States, Bautista experienced a decade of unprecedented personal growth and opportunity, which probably led him to expect a lifetime of increasing responsibility as a Mexican member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Bautista crossed the border a month before the Mexican Revolution began. He settled first in Mesa, Arizona, but moved to Utah in 1913 where he helped found the first Spanish-speaking branch of the Mormon Church in Salt Lake City. Though initially a gardener on Temple Square, Bautista became president of his congregation and the Lamanite Genealogical Society, mastered temple rituals and Mormon doctrine, published an article, and spoke to audiences about his experiences as a Mexican Mormon.
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Cadge, Wendy. "Chaplaincy in Greater Boston." In Spiritual Care, 20—C2.P58. Oxford University PressNew York, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197647813.003.0002.

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Abstract This chapter offers a historical overview of chaplains in greater Boston, particularly since 1965. It is based on analysis of the Boston Globe every ten years from 1915 to 2015, as well as historical materials found in religious and institutional archives in the city. People who identify as Christian, specifically Catholic, and those without religious affiliations are the largest groups in Boston today. Those calling themselves chaplains in the city have historically been white Catholics, Episcopalians, and clergy in what is today the United Church of Christ. Over time, more have been ordained than laypeople, with slow racial, religious, and gender diversification since 1980. In addition to slow diversification, this chapter shows the broad range of people—from full-time religious professionals to those with little training—who have used the term chaplain to describe their work. It also shows continuing ties between local congregational clergy—some of whom have simultaneously been chaplains with police and fire departments—and those for whom chaplaincy is a full-time job. By the end of the chapter, readers have a clear sense of how those calling themselves chaplains and the work of chaplains has changed over time in Boston and what that suggests about related changes nationally.
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Pulido, Elisa Eastwood. "The Mormons in Mexico, 1875–1901." In The Spiritual Evolution of Margarito Bautista, 26–43. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190942106.003.0003.

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This chapter summarizes the origins of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Mexico, from the 1875 journey of the first missionaries to Mexico to the 1887 establishment of polygamous Mormon Colonies in the northern Mexican wilderness. The chapter argues that early converts to Mormonism in Mexico were attracted first to etiological narratives from Mormon scripture expounding on the chosen-ness of indigenous Americans and second to Mormon communalism. Early converts included Plotino Rhodakanaty, the father of Mexican anarchism, who sought to build a colony in collaboration with the Mormon Church. His aversion to hierarchical control soon separated him from Mormonism. Agrarian peasants from villages on Mexico’s Central Plateau found Mormon narratives regarding Mexico’s prophetic past and future compelling. In 1887, the Mormon Church turned its attention from proselytizing in order to build colonies in Mexico as safe havens for polygamists fleeing federal prosecution in the United States.
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Kriza, Ágnes. "Representations of Wisdom in Rus." In Depicting Orthodoxy in the Russian Middle Ages, 67–76. Oxford University Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198854302.003.0005.

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The second ‘Image’ part of the book places the Wisdom image in the context of late Byzantine and medieval Russian art, and investigates the validity of the claims of the first ‘Word’ part about the meaning of the Novgorod Sophia icon. This chapter surveys two major sophiological themes of medieval Russian painting with a female or genderless figure of Wisdom: ‘Wisdom has built her house’ illustrating Proverbs 9:1–5 and the representations of Evangelists inspired by Wisdom. These iconographies appeared in late fourteenth-century Novgorod painting for the first time and are apparently intertwined. The link between them is created by the Sophiology of the fourth-century church father, Athanasius of Alexandria who distinguishes between two—created and uncreated—wisdoms which are distinct but united in the Person of Christ. However, this Novgorodian interest in representations of Sophia was driven primarily not by Christological debates, but by the fact that Novgorod’s main church, built between 1045 and 1050, is dedicated to St Sophia, the Wisdom of God.
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Naudé, Piet. "The Trinity in the Confession of Belhar (1982 AD)." In Reader in Trinitarian Theology, 281–306. UJ Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.36615/9781776419494-16.

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The important issue of some agreement on the ‘essentials’ of the Christian faith has been part of the modern ecumenical movement from its beginning. The first World Conference on Faith and Order (F&O) in Lausanne (1927) included ‘The church’s common confession of faith’ in its agenda and was able to confirm: ‘We are united in the Christian Faith which is contained in the Holy Scriptures and is witnessed to and safeguarded in the Ecumenical Creed, commonly called the Nicene, and in the Apostles’ Creed, which Faith has been continuously confirmed in the spiritual experience of the followers of the Lord Jesus Christ.’ With the formation of the World Council of Churches in 1948 in Amsterdam, ‘the visible unity of the church in one faith and in one eucharistic fellowship’ emerged as the ultimate aim of the new organisation (WCC Constitution III, I, my emphasis).
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Abulafia, David. "‘The Profit That God Shall Give’, 1100–1200." In The Great Sea. Oxford University Press, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195323344.003.0027.

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In 1095, preaching at Clermont in central France, Pope Urban II set in motion a movement that would transform the political, religious and economic map of the Mediterranean and Europe. His theme was the shame heaped on Christendom by the oppression of Christians in the Muslim East, the defeat of Christian armies fighting the Turks and the scandal that the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, the site of Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection, should now be in Infidel hands. What Pope Urban intended as a recruitment speech summoning southern French volunteers to go east and aid Byzantium against the Turks was understood as an appeal to the knighthood of Christendom to cease fighting one another (which they did in peril of their souls), and to direct their force against the Infidel, united in a holy pilgrimage, under arms, in the sure knowledge that those who died on the great journey would earn eternal salvation. Here was an opportunity to substitute for acts of penance imposed by the Church an act for which no one was better suited than the knightly class – warfare, but this time in the service of God. Only gradually did the concept of remission of all past sins for those who joined a crusading campaign become official doctrine. But popular understanding of what the pope had offered, in the name of Christ, leaped ahead of the more cautious formulations of the canon lawyers. The principal route followed by the First Crusade bypassed the Mediterranean and took the army overland through the Balkans and Anatolia; many crusaders never saw more of the sea than the Bosphorus at Constantinople until, much reduced in numbers through war, disease and exhaustion, they reached Syria. And even in the East their target was not a maritime city but Jerusalem, so that its conquest in 1099 created an enclave cut off from the sea, a problem which, as will be seen, only Italian navies could resolve. Another force left from Apulia, where Robert Guiscard’s son Bohemond brought together an army.
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