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Maddock, Ian Jules. "Predestination calmly considered?" Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2005. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p068-0572.
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Kim, San-Deog. "Time and eternity : a study in Samuel Rutherford's theology, with reference to his use of scholastic method." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.252123.
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Samuel Rutherford (1600-1661), one of the greatest Reformed scholastic theologians, lived in the period of Reformed institutionalization known as ‘high orthodoxy’. Rutherford’s theological formulation is thoroughly trinitarian in structure, emphasizing Christocentric doctrine in its soteriological dimension. His main theological concern is the relationship between God’s sovereignty and human accountability: the amicable relationship between the divine eternal decree and its execution in time without jeopardising human freedom. In order to demonstrate this relationship in an orthodox manner, it is significant that Rutherford uses mainly ‘scholastic’ as well as Ramist, and analytical humanist method. All three featured prominently in the mainstreams of academic discourse in his period. Thus, Rutherford’s theological enterprise may be characterized as ‘Reformed orthodox scholasticism’. However, Rutherford’ theology is not the systematic development of central dogma-predestination, as the later ‘Calvin against the Calvinists’ model argues. Rather, scholastic orthodoxy should be understood in the context of Reformed Protestantism’s controversies with Jesuits, Arminians, Socinians, and Antinomians and the desire of its leading theologians to institutionalize their own dogma within the broader catholic Christian tradition. Rutherford thus shares his theological or dogmatic loci with Reformed orthodox scholasticism, using them to lay bare the ‘sophistries’ of his opponents, and at the same time to expound and defend the orthodox faith: orthodox soteriology in particular.
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Koning, Frederic John. "The doctrine of predestination in scholastic Calvinism an evaluation of the Muller thesis /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 1999. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p048-0234.
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Halverson, James L. "Peter Aureol on predestination : a challenge to late medieval thought /." Leiden ; Boston (Mass.) ; Köln : E. J. Brill, 1998. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37034144t.
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Dismukes, Reba Carol. "Calvinism Revisited: Predestination and Sterility in William Styron's "Sophie's Choice"." W&M ScholarWorks, 1989. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539625526.
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Ongkowidjojo, Hendry. "For when they were not yet born Romans 9:6-18 in the history of interpretation /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2008. http://www.tren.com.
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Hasseler, Bjorn. "Election and the ordo salutis." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2000. http://www.tren.com.
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Dixon, Leif. "Predestination and pastoral theology : the communication of Calvinist doctrine, c. 1590-1640." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.443713.
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James, Frank A. "Praedestinatio Dei : the intellectual origins of Peter Martyr Vermigli's doctrine of double predestination." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.357546.
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Williams, James Eugene. "An evaluation of William Perkins' doctrine of predestination in the light of John Calvin's writings." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1986. http://www.tren.com.
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Oxenham, Sophie. "'A touchstone the written word' : experimental Calvanist life-writing and the anxiety of reading salvation 1650-1689." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2000. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/a-touchstone-the-written-word--experimental-calvanist-lifewriting-and-the-anxiety-of-reading-salvation(ae6a7179-ae10-458c-9090-cc1bfd5d9eda).html.
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Beckman, Emma. "Augustinus predestinationslära och människans fria vilja." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Religion and Culture, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-5647.
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Denna uppsats är huvudsakligen en diskussion av Augustinus försök att förena tesen att människan har en fri vilja med sin predestinationslära. Enligt de definitioner av ”determinism” och ”fri vilja” som föreslås i uppsatsen, utesluter predestinationens förhandenvarande möjligheten för människan att ha en fri vilja. Augustinus utgångspunkt i tron och hans antaganden om Guds och människans egenskaper, gör det omöjligt för honom att acceptera en sådan slutsats. Det samtidiga föreliggandet av predestinationen och den fria viljan utgör en betydelsefull komponent i hans syn på människans relation till Gud. Uppsatsen undersöker hur Augustinus resonemang i De Libero Arbitrio (Om den Fria Viljan) står sig mot en nutida kritik, för att i förlängningen söka påvisa varför hans antagande att människan har fri vilja inte är förenligt med hans samtidiga antagande att Gud har predestinerat alla händelser i världen.
This paper is mainly a discussion of Augustine’s combination of the idea that human beings have a free will with his doctrine of predestination. According to the definitions of “determinism” and “free will” suggested in this paper, the actuality of predestination excludes the possibility of human free will. Since Augustine takes starting-point in his belief in God and his assumptions about the attributes of God and human beings, such a conclusion is impossible for him. The actuality of both predestination and human free will is an important feature of his view of the relationship between human beings and God. This paper investigates how Augustine’s line of argument in De Libero Arbitrio (On Free Choice of the Will) manages to hold against a modern criticism. The primary aim is to show why Augustine’s assumption that human beings have free will is inconsistent with his assumption that God has predestined all events of the world.
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Dawn, Russell P. "Predestination and the Lord's Supper in the polemical ecclesiology of Richard Field (1561-1616)." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.547728.
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Ryan, Colin Philip. "Augustus M. Toplady and John Wesley : their theological controversy on predestination / Colin Philip Ryan." Thesis, North-West University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/125.
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During the turbulent period from 1769 to 1778 the Christian Church in Britain
witnessed a veritable war of written words; books and pamphlets flew off the press and
engulfed many of the well-known churchmen of that time. This was to have a
detrimental effect upon the progress of the 18" Century Revival. Surprisingly, the
problem started with the prominent, revivalist preacher, John Wesley. He published a
short pamphlet ridiculing a recently published book on Predestination by the Italian
Reformer, Jerome Zanchi. This book had been translated into English and published by
Augustus M. Toplady. When Wesley distributed his pamphlet he did not place his own
name on it, but signed it A-T-. As these were Toplady's initials, this led many people to
believe that Toplady was attempting to undermine his own work.
Thus, began the events that form the focus of this research. The confrontation was to
engulf the whole Church, with individuals like the Rev John Fletcher, Walter Sellon and
Mr. Thomas Olivers, amongst others, publishing works in support of John Wesley. The
Rev. John Berridge, John Gill, Rowland Hill and most of the Evangelical Wing of the
Church of England supported Toplady. The last pamphlet in this 'war of words' was
'fired' from the press after the death of Toplady, some nine years later.
This research provides a short biographical account of each of the three main
protagonists -Wesley, Toplady and Zanchi - together with a study of the teaching of the
Church of England at the time. Apart from the writings of the three men mentioned
above, there is some consideration given to the other participants in this confrontation:
T. Olivers, John Fletcher, John Berridge, Rowland Hill, and to the four sermons by the
American, William Cooper. The various Christian Doctrines embraced by the
protagonists are examined comparatively and a concluding review is undertaken to
determine if such a very public problem may be avoided in the future.Thesis (Ph.D. (Church and Dogma History))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus in association with Greenwich School of Theology, U.K., 2006.
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Bartha, Dezso. "TRIANON AND THE PREDESTINATION OF HUNGARIAN POLITICS: A HISTORIOGRAPHY OF HUNGARIAN REVISIONISM, 1918-1944." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2006. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/3914.
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This thesis proposes to link certain consistent themes in the historiography of interwar and wartime Hungary. Hungary's inability to successfully resolve its minority problems led to the nation's dismemberment at Trianon in 1920 after World War I. This fostered a national Hungarian reaction against the Trianon settlement called the revisionist movement. This revisionist "Trianon syndrome" totally dominated Hungarian politics in the interwar period. As Hungary sought allies against the hated peace settlements of the Great War, Hungarian politics irrevocably tied the nation to the policies of Nazi Germany, and Hungary became nefariously assessed as "Hitler's last ally," which initially stained the nation's reputation after World War II. Although some historians have blamed the interwar Hungarian government for the calamity that followed Hungary's associations with Nazi Germany, this thesis proposes that there was little variation between what could have happened and what actually became the nation's fate in World War II. A new interpretation therefore becomes evident: the injustices of Trianon, Hungary's geopolitical position in the heart of Europe, and the nation's unfortunate orientation between the policies of Nazi Germany and Bolshevik Russia predestined the nation to its fate in World War II. There was no other choice for Hungarian policy in World War II but the Axis alliance. The historian of East Central Europe faces a formidable challenge in that the national histories of this region are often contradictory. Hungarian historiography is directly countered by the historical theories and propositions of its Czech, Serb, and Rumanian enemies. By historiographical analysis of the histories of Hungary, its enemies among the Successor States, and neutral sources, this thesis will demonstrate that many contemporary historians tend to support the primary theses of Hungarian historiography. Many of the arguments of the Hungarian interwar government are now generally supported by objective historians, while the historiographical suppositions of the Successor States at the Paris Peace Conference have become increasingly reduced to misinformation, falsification, exaggeration, and propaganda. The ignorance of the minority problems and ethnic history of East Central Europe led to an unjust settlement in 1919 and 1920, and by grossly favoring the victors over the vanquished, the Paris Peace Treaties greatly increased the probability of a second and even more terrible World War.M.A.
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Anders, A. David. "Providence and predestination in the theology of Pierre Viret a study of Reformed doctrine /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.
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Elass, Mateen Assaad. "Paul's understanding and use of the concept of election in Romans 9-11." Thesis, Durham University, 1996. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/5193/.
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This thesis contends that Paul is wholly consistent in his understanding and use of the concept of election in Romans 9-11. Drawing upon both Old Testament teaching and a double predestinarian tradition finding its most coherent and reasoned expression in the Dead Sea Scrolls, Paul employs the concept of election in Romans 9 to demonstrate how God may be considered faithful to His covenant with Israel. At present, the Creator honors His word by selecting out of ethnic Israel those whom He has predestined as children of promise. These comprise true Israel, and are recognized in Paul's day as Jews embracing Jesus as Messiah. Along with believing Gentiles, they constitute the "vessels of mercy predestined to eschatological glory." The remainder of Israel is hardened into unbelief, and viewed as "vessels of wrath prepared for destruction." Thus, in Romans 9 Paul dismisses a purely nationalistic concept of election in favor of an Israel formed by God's sovereign election of individuals to salvation. Romans 11, however, seems to overrule this individualized perspective of election. Paul declares that God has not completely or finally rejected unbelieving, ethnic Israel. As a corporate entity, through the existence of 'the remnant' she enjoys the continuity of both a theocratic and soteriological election. Although most of his contemporary, unbelieving kinsmen have not been chosen to salvation, Paul holds firmly to the mystery that at the close of the age God will bring future Israel into His mercy. Here, at the consummation of history, God's individualized, electing purpose (Rom 9) and His corporate election of all Israel (Rom 11) dovetail, and God is fully glorified as both Jew and Gentile are rescued from disobedience solely through the sovereign, elective mercy of God.
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Fleetwood, James L. "Continuity and discontinuity John Wesley and George Whitefield on the doctrines of election and predestination /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.
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Bredemeyer, Ryan M. "Divine causation and human freedom according to Thomas Aquinas." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2003. http://www.tren.com.
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Beach, James Mark. "Is there injustice with God? the doctrine of predestination in Augustine, Calvin and Berkouwer, with an analysis of key questions /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2005. http://www.tren.com.
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Gockel, Matthias. "Barth and Schleiermacher on the doctrine of election : a systematic theological comparison /." Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press, 2006. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0619/2006026527.html.
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Ju, Kang Hyo. "The extent of the atonement in the thought of John Davenant (1572-1641) in the context of the early modern era." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2018. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=237075.
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This thesis is a study on the theology of an Anglican bishop, John Davenant (1572-1641), in the context of the early modern era. In particular it focuses on his understanding of the extent and intent of the atoning death of Christ. Davenant played an important role in the development of early orthodox Reformed theology, especially on this controversial doctrine. Some scholars have claimed that Davenant's position was a forerunner of Amyraldianism in the seventeenth century. Others have argued that his view was different from Amyraldianism. However, no scholar has substantiated the latter argument based on Davenant's extensive writings as to how far Davenant's view on the extent of the atonement was distinct from the position of John Cameron, the Father of Amyraldianism. The contention of this thesis is that Davenant's views of predestination, the atonement and free-will were the main factors that affected his twofoldintention view, and they differed from the positions of John Cameron. The exposition of those doctrines by John Davenant both in his various writings and in his testimony at the Synod of Dort serve as the object of the investigation. Cameron's writings are also selectively investigated and his views on those doctrines are compared with Davenant's positions. The Canons of Dort are analysed in order to examine whether Davenant's doctrinal position is situated within the confessional orthodoxy in the early seventeenth century. Davenant's position on the universal aspect of the atonement was based on the universal proclamation of the Gospel. Davenant stressed the immutability of God's will for the elect. Cameron's view on the universal aspect of the atonement depended on the divine will for the salvation of every individual which could be frustrated due to human free choice. Since the decree of sending Christ preceded the decree of election according to Cameron's view on the order of the divine decrees, Cameron's view was different from Davenant's. Cameron held to a distinction between moral and physical ability and intellectual persuasion of the Holy Spirit upon the human mind. These things were not shared by Davenant. The conclusion arrived at is that Davenant's twofold-intention view was distinct from Cameron's hypothetical universalism. Thus this study substantiates the claim that Davenant was not a forerunner of Amyraldianism and his view was situated within the boundary of confessional orthodoxy codified in the Canons of Dort.
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Ingino, Steven M. "Paul's doctrine of election a critique of I. Howard Marshall's writings /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2005. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p001-1056.
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Ingino, Steven M. "Paul's doctrine of election a critique of I. Howard Marchall's writings /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2005. http://www.tren.com.
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Ostella, Richard Allan. "The sovereignty of the Holy Spirit in spiritual renewal divine sovereignty and human responsibility in the formation of the new man in Christ /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2000. http://www.tren.com.
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Pottinger, Derek Miles. "God's foreknowledge are the objections presented by the Open View grounds for denial? /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1999. http://www.tren.com.
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Oliveira, Carlos Eduardo de. "A realidade e seus signos: as proposições sobre o futuro contingente e a predestinação divina na lógica de Guilherme de Ockham." Universidade de São Paulo, 2006. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8133/tde-08012008-100954/.
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A \"Exposição de Guilherme de Ockham para o Perihermenias de Aristóteles (i.e., o Sobre a Interpretação)\" traz um problema para \"a verdade os teólogos\": de acordo com Aristóteles, a proposição hipotética que contém um par de contraditórias sobre a mesma coisa futura e contingente não é verdadeira nem falsa de modo determinado - uma vez que nenhuma de suas contraditórias é verdadeira ou falsa de modo determinado. Sendo assim, antes que aquilo que é enunciado aconteça, ninguém pode saber com certeza a verdade ou a falsidade de proposições sobre o futuro contingente. Os teólogos, entretanto, não podem admitir essa conclusão: a revelação nos diz que Deus sabe, com toda certeza e desde a eternidade, que parte da contradição será determinadamente verdadeira ou falsa. Para Ockham, a solução desse problema parece conter desde uma abordagem especial da formulação lógica desta questão até o reconhecimento de uma certa limitação do conhecimento humano. É a análise dessa solução o que pretendemos mostrar no trabalho que se segue.The \"William of Ockham\'s Exposition on the \'Perihermenias\' of Aristotle (i.e., the Aristotelian De Interpretatione)\" brings a problem \"to the truth and to the theologians\": according to Aristotle, the hypothetical proposition which contains a pair of contradictories related to the same future contingent thing is neither determinately true nor determinately false - once none of their contradictories are neither determinately true nor determinately false. Therefore, before that thing happens, nobody can know with certainty the truth or the falsity of any proposition about future contingent things. Theologians, however, cannot accept this conclusion: the faith teaches that God knows, with certainty and from eternity, which part of that pair of contradictories is determinately true or determinately false. In Ockham\'s view, the solution of this argument seems to pass by a special approach of the logical view of this question and by the assumption of limits for the human knowledge. It\'s on the analysis of this solution that the present work is related.
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Holst, Oscar. "Becoming The Chosen One : The Choice, Identity and Destiny of Harry Potter." Thesis, University of Kalmar, School of Human Sciences, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hik:diva-897.
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The paper examines the philosophical themes of Free Will as opposed to Determinism/Predestination and how they are portrayed in the seven books about Harry Potter. It is discussed whether the character of Harry Potter, but also the world itself in which he acts, seem to be governed primarily by forces of Free Will and/or Determinism. The author concludes that though Harry is indeed strongly tempted to believe in Determinism, influential figures around him direct him towards a different choice - making himself believe in Free Will instead.
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Hannam, Walter. "The Ineuitabile of Honorius Augustodunensis: A Study in the Textures of early Twelfth-Century Augustinianisms." Thesis, Boston College, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/3048.
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Thesis advisor: Steven F. BrownDespite several centuries of scholarly activity, one of the most outstanding figures of the twelfth-century renaissance, Honorius Augustodunensis, remains an elusive figure. Almost nothing is known of his life--where he was born, where exactly he lived, or where he died. Yet in his own day, Honorius's considerable literary output was extremely popular, was copied in profusion, and housed in libraries across Europe. Unfortunately, most studies of Honorius's works have consisted of very general surveys that oversimplify his thought and present Honorius himself as a `simplistic' thinker. Based upon a new critical edition of the two surviving recensions of Honorius's dialogue, Inevitabile, this study seeks to redress this problem. After a careful review of the scholarly literature on the text, from 1552 to 1996, several passages from both redactions of the Ineuitabile are carefully analyzed to illustrate both the complexity of Honorius's use of his sources (auctores/auctoritates), and his masterful blending of literary allusion with dialectic, which is the foundation of his theological methodology. Finally, it is shown that the doctrine of predestination in the earliest recension of the Inevitabile, which has traditionally been labelled `Augustinian', is in fact based, in large measure, on the teachings of John Scottus Eriugena. This study seeks to change the way that Honorius's texts are read and interpreted, in the firm conviction that only by engaging with the intricacies of his sources and methodology, can his true achievement be understood and the purpose behind his vast corpus of writings be grasped
Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2013
Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Discipline: Theology
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Hunter, Elizabeth Katherine. "Melancholy and the doctrine of reprobation in English puritan culture, 1550-1640." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2012. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:7adadd9e-17c0-4ebe-837b-0e5183fc8495.
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The thesis examines the relationship between reprobation fears and melancholic illness in puritan culture over a period of approximately ninety years. Reprobation formed part of the Calvinist doctrine of double predestination, by which God had chosen a few for salvation (the elect), and many for destruction (the reprobate). When a person came to believe that they were reprobate, this could give rise to symptoms of fear and despair similar to those associated with melancholy (an imbalance of black bile believed to affect the brain). The thesis shows how puritans used explanations based on melancholy in order to explain how otherwise godly people came to doubt their election. The first chapter shows how the Calvinist physician, Timothy Bright, incorporated ideas from medieval scholastic and medical texts into his Treatise of melancholie (1586), in order to explain how physiological causes could be at the root of reprobation fears. The second and third chapters examine the religious context in which Bright was writing. The second chapter shows puritan ambivalence about pronouncing a person to be reprobate through an examination of responses to the death of the apostate, Francesco Spiera. The third chapter shows how the Elizabethan puritan clergy developed a form of consolation for those suffering from despair of salvation based on the medieval idea that melancholy was the ‘devil’s bath’. The fourth and fifth chapters show the importance of physiological explanations for despair in defending the reputations of the dying. When a godly person despaired on their death-bed, or committed suicide, this was blamed on a combination of forces external to themselves – melancholy and the devil. The final chapter shows how Robert Burton’s Anatomy of Melancholy adapted puritan ideas about despair, to be more acceptable in the context of growing resistance to the preaching of double predestination in the 1620s and 30s.
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Buckner, Forrest H. "God's disposition toward humanity in the theology of John Calvin : one will or two? : an analysis of Calvin's teaching on the knowledge of God, predestination and the atonement." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/11869.
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In the course of this study, we find that for Calvin, God has one righteous will that is expressed as two, decidedly asymmetrical dispositions toward humanity. For Calvin, the only God that can be known, proclaimed, and trusted is God the Father, the God of creation, election and redemption who relates to his people according to his fatherly love; for reasons known only to him, God inexplicably creates some whom he does not rescue from their sinful state of rebellion against him. We first examine Calvin's teaching on the knowledge of God and discover that God has revealed his unchanging nature to those with faith. God's loving, righteous, wise, good, powerful, judging (of evil), and holy nature is exhibited in creation and providence, in Scripture, and most of all in Christ. We next explore Calvin's teaching on predestination and discover that God's one, secret, righteous will is expressed in two, decidedly asymmetrical wills toward humanity: (1) God's disclosed electing will that directly corresponds with God's nature and is extended to all but only effected in the elect; (2) God's veiled reprobating will toward the reprobate that, from the human perspective, only corresponds to God's nature in part. We continue by examining Calvin's teaching on the reconciling work of Christ, finding that, for Calvin, creation and redemption clearly exhibit God's disclosed disposition toward humanity while demonstrating God's veiled disposition only in very small part. We then provide constructive analysis in three related areas: (1) Calvin's teaching on the intra-trinitarian relations, (2) the locus of mystery in Calvin's, Arminius', and Barth's accounts of predestination, and (3) the reclaimed logic of Mosaic sacrifice in relation to Calvin's atonement teaching. In the context of a concluding summary, we consider three biblical accounts that depict God as possessing one rather than two dispositions toward humanity.
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Svedmark, Maja. "Trälbunden vilja för frihet : En studie om frihetsbegreppet i Martin Luthers skrift Om den trälbundna viljan." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-131964.
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Kim, Sung Hyun. "A critical assessment of the early predestination controversy between George Whitefield and John and Charles Wesley, and its influence on Methodist theology, with special reference to the Wesley Hymns from 1737 to 1742." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.495704.
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Andersson, Samuel. "God and the moral beings : A contextual study of Thomas Hobbes’s third book in Leviathan." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för idé- och lärdomshistoria, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-113789.
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The question this essay sets out to answer is what role God plays in Thomas Hobbes’s Leviathan, in the book “Of a Christian Common-wealth”, in relationship to humans as moral beings. The question is relevant as the religious aspects of Hobbes’s thinking cannot be ignored, although Hobbes most likely had rather secular and sceptical philosophical views. In order to answer the research question Leviathan’s “Of a Christian Common-wealth” will be compared and contrasted with two contextual works: the canonical theological document of the Anglican Church, the Thirty-Nine Articles (1571), and Presbyterian-Anglican document the Westminster Confession (1648). Also, recent scholarly works on Hobbes and more general reference works will be employed and discussed. Hobbes’s views provide a seemingly unsolvable paradox. On the one hand, God is either portrayed, or becomes by consequence of his sceptical and secular state thinking, a distant God in relationship to moral humans in “Of a Christian Common-wealth”. Also, the freedom humans seem to have in making their own moral decisions, whether based on natural and divine, or positive laws, appears to obscure God’s almightiness. On the other hand, when placing Hobbes in context, Hobbes appears to have espoused Calvinist views, with beliefs in predestination and that God is the cause of everything. Rather paradoxically it not unlikely that Hobbes espoused both the views that appear to obscure the role of God, and his more Calvinistic views.
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Haverkamp, Simon L. H. "'Si Adam et Eva peccaverunt, quid nos miseri fecimus?' : the reception of Augustine's ontological discourse on the soul in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/4513.
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Thesis analyses the reception of Augustine of Hippo's (354-430) ontological discourse on the soul in late antiquity and the early middle ages, more specifically in the sixth and the ninth centuries. Since Augustine never wrote a 'De anima', nor always presented his readers with definite answers to questions, there was room for later authors to interpret and improvise. This thesis focuses on 4 texts: Cassiodorus Senator's 'De anima', Eugippius of Lucculanum's massive florilegium the 'Excerpta ex operibus Sancti Augustini', both from the sixth century, Gottschalk of Orbais' letter 'Quaestiones de anima', and John Scottus Eriugena's apologetic 'De divina praedestinatione liber', both from the ninth century. This thesis establishes that, apart from Cassiodorus, the author's main interest in Augustine's ideas on the ontology of the soul rests on the way it impinges on their contemporary predestination debates. Cassiodorus consciously wanted to produce a Christian De anima in a classical vein. Especially the question of the origin of the soul takes the interest of Eugippius and Gottschalk. This is an important question for predestination debates, since it is supposed to explain technically how original sin came to be universal. Augustine never found a satisfactory answer to this thorny question. Eriugena's genius lies in building an original ontology of the soul on Augustine's own foundations which sidesteps this problem of the origin of the soul entirely.
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Pinheiro, Fernando Filinto Machado. "A doutrina da predestinação em João Calvino e suas conotações agostinianas : reflexos no elã missionário presbiteriano do Brasil no século XIX." Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Religião, 2017. https://ri.ufs.br/handle/riufs/6678.
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The present work intends to analyze a religious doctrine within Calvinism, pointing towards the power that has a dogma in the religious imaginary, fomenting and motivating the religious subject in his actions as an eagerness in search of his mission. The doctrine of predestination, along our investigative path, has demonstrated this power. From the Reformation of John Calvin, in the second stage of the sixteenth century until the arrival of the Presbyterian Church of Brazil in the nineteenth century, there was - in the doctrine of predestination - a vocation that propelled the religious being, believed as an "elect" To go forward always motivating him psychologically by this doctrine, even in the face of the contradictions and conflicts of each event. In this way, predestination is a doctrine of action. Are they all predestined to a vocation? In fact, where this doctrine was present, it generated in the heart of the "chosen ones" a feeling of exclusivity and belonging to the sacred. In “elected" Israel, in Calvin's Geneva, in Scotland of John Knox, in the New England of the Puritans, or in any places where predestination was present, brought this characteristic of belonging and / or the feeling of being in the " Center of the world". Revolutions were nourished, dethroned kings, reformed nations, conflicts and synods reunited, political, ideological, religious, economic, and social transformations occurred by the power of this doctrine as Max Weber recalled: "But if we start here, And therefore inquire into the meaning to be conferred on this dogma as far as its historical-cultural effects are concerned, it must certainly be of the most remarkable. “Therefore, to support our analysis, we will start from the concept of election in the Judeo-Christian religion; Transforming in the term coined by Paul, predestination; Passing through Augustine of Hippo, until arriving at Calvin and his subsequent exegesis in Calvinism of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries and his final journey in Brazil with the arrival of the Presbyterians of Mission. Of course, with the IPB, the doctrine of predestination still has a centrality.O presente trabalho tem a intenção de analisar uma doutrina religiosa dentro do Calvinismo, apontando em direção ao poder que tem um dogma no imaginário religioso, fomentando e motivando o sujeito religioso em suas ações como um elã em busca de sua missão. A doutrina da predestinação, ao longo do nosso percurso investigativo, demonstrou esse poder. Desde a Reforma de João Calvino, na segunda etapa do século XVI, até a chegada da Igreja Presbiteriana do Brasil no século XIX, teve – na doutrina da predestinação – uma vocação que impulsionava o ser religioso, crido como um “eleito” de Deus, a seguir sempre para frente motivando-o psicologicamente por essa doutrina, mesmo diante das contradições e conflitos de cada evento percorrido. Dessa forma, a predestinação é uma doutrina de ação. Seriam todos predestinados a uma vocação? De fato, onde essa doutrina esteve presente, gerou no coração dos “escolhidos”, um sentimento de exclusividade e pertença ao sagrado. No Israel “eleito”, na Genebra de Calvino, na Escócia de John Knox, na Nova Inglaterra dos Puritanos, ou em quaisquer lugares nos quais a predestinação se fez presente, trouxe essa característica de pertença e/ou o sentimento de se estar no “Centro do Mundo”. Revoluções foram nutridas, reis destronados, nações reformadas, conflitos e sínodos reunidos, transformações políticas, ideológicas, religiosas, econômicas e sociais acontecidas pelo poder dessa doutrina como já lembrava Max Weber: “Mas se partirmos, como há de ocorrer aqui, deste último ponto de vista e nos indagarmos portanto sobre a significação a ser conferida a esse dogma no que tange a seus efeitos histórico-culturais, com certeza essa há de ser das mais notáveis”. Portanto, para referendar nossa análise, partiremos desde o conceito da eleição na religião judaico-cristã; transformando no termo cunhado por Paulo, predestinação; perpassando em Agostinho de Hipona, até chegar em Calvino e suas exegeses ulteriores no Calvinismo dos séculos XVII, XVIII e XIX e seu percurso final no Brasil com a chegada dos Presbiterianos de Missão. Certamente, com a IPB, a doutrina da predestinação ainda tem uma centralidade.
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Cochran, Bradley R. "Justification in Aquinas: Pauline Foundations, Aristotelian Anthropology and Ecumenical Promise." University of Dayton / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1430207582.
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Jonckheere, Anna-Maria. "God als vrij-geleide voor goed leven en handelen : Thomas van Aquino's systematische teksten over de predestinatie /." Tilburg : Tilburg university press, 1995. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb399910170.
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RAFFO, GIACOMO. "IN MYSTERIO AN VERITATE. LA DISPUTA EUCARISTICA CAROLINGIA TRA ESEGESI E AUCTORITAS PATRUM." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/39097.
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La tesi prende in considerazione i tre trattati dallo stesso titolo, De corpore et sanguine Domini, sull’eucaristia composti nel IX secolo da Pascasio Radberto, Gotescalco d’Orbais e Ratramno di Corbie, analizzandoli sotto due diversi aspetti.
In una prima parte se ne ricostruiscono i rapporti interni e i loro legami con le controversie teologiche e filosofiche dell’epoca, soprattutto con quella della predestinazione e della nascita verginale di Maria. A conclusione di questa analisi viene proposta una datazione relativa della composizione dei trattati differente da quella comunemente accolta, valorizzando un frammento del trattato di Gotescalco testimoniato da un solo manoscritto nella Biblioteca Reale di Bruxelles.
In una seconda parte, a partire da una rilevazione sistematica di tutti i passi biblici e patristici citati nei tre trattati (riportata nelle tabelle in appendice), si prendono invece in considerazione le pratiche esegetiche in essi attuate, cercando di mettere in luce la metodologia di lavoro degli autori nei confronti delle fonti patristiche. In particolare viene svolta l’analisi dell’interpretazione di un passo di Ambrogio, presente nel De Mysteriis e nel De sacramentis, che risulta cruciale per l’argomentazione di ciascuno dei testi in causa.The thesis considers three treatises of the same title, De corpore et sanguine Domini, on the Eucharist composed in the ninth century by Paschasius Radbertus, Gottschalk of Orbais and Ratramnus of Corbie, analyzing them under two different aspects. In a first part the internal relations and their ties with the theological and philosophical controversies of the period are reconstructed, above all with that of predestination and the virginal birth of Mary. At the end of this analysis a different date, relative to the composition of the treaties, is proposed from the one commonly accepted, valuing a fragment of the Gottschalk treaty testified by a single manuscript in the Royal Library of Brussels. In a second part, starting from a systematic survey of all the biblical and patristic passages mentioned in the three treatises (shown in the tables in the appendix), the exegetical practices implemented in them are taken into consideration, trying to highlight the methodology of authors' work towards their patristic sources. In particular, the analysis of the interpretation of a passage by Ambrose, present in De Mysteriis and in the De sacramentis, which is crucial for the argumentation of each of the texts in question, is carried out.
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RAFFO, GIACOMO. "IN MYSTERIO AN VERITATE. LA DISPUTA EUCARISTICA CAROLINGIA TRA ESEGESI E AUCTORITAS PATRUM." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/39097.
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La tesi prende in considerazione i tre trattati dallo stesso titolo, De corpore et sanguine Domini, sull’eucaristia composti nel IX secolo da Pascasio Radberto, Gotescalco d’Orbais e Ratramno di Corbie, analizzandoli sotto due diversi aspetti.
In una prima parte se ne ricostruiscono i rapporti interni e i loro legami con le controversie teologiche e filosofiche dell’epoca, soprattutto con quella della predestinazione e della nascita verginale di Maria. A conclusione di questa analisi viene proposta una datazione relativa della composizione dei trattati differente da quella comunemente accolta, valorizzando un frammento del trattato di Gotescalco testimoniato da un solo manoscritto nella Biblioteca Reale di Bruxelles.
In una seconda parte, a partire da una rilevazione sistematica di tutti i passi biblici e patristici citati nei tre trattati (riportata nelle tabelle in appendice), si prendono invece in considerazione le pratiche esegetiche in essi attuate, cercando di mettere in luce la metodologia di lavoro degli autori nei confronti delle fonti patristiche. In particolare viene svolta l’analisi dell’interpretazione di un passo di Ambrogio, presente nel De Mysteriis e nel De sacramentis, che risulta cruciale per l’argomentazione di ciascuno dei testi in causa.The thesis considers three treatises of the same title, De corpore et sanguine Domini, on the Eucharist composed in the ninth century by Paschasius Radbertus, Gottschalk of Orbais and Ratramnus of Corbie, analyzing them under two different aspects. In a first part the internal relations and their ties with the theological and philosophical controversies of the period are reconstructed, above all with that of predestination and the virginal birth of Mary. At the end of this analysis a different date, relative to the composition of the treaties, is proposed from the one commonly accepted, valuing a fragment of the Gottschalk treaty testified by a single manuscript in the Royal Library of Brussels. In a second part, starting from a systematic survey of all the biblical and patristic passages mentioned in the three treatises (shown in the tables in the appendix), the exegetical practices implemented in them are taken into consideration, trying to highlight the methodology of authors' work towards their patristic sources. In particular, the analysis of the interpretation of a passage by Ambrose, present in De Mysteriis and in the De sacramentis, which is crucial for the argumentation of each of the texts in question, is carried out.
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Williams, Richmond Paul Bowen. "Towards a strategic transcultural model of leadership that enhances Koinonia in urban Southern Africa." Thesis, Full-text available online as a .pdf file, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23874.
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The research conducted was done on the basis of providing an initial platform or starting point for insight and discussion into what a strategic transcultural model of leadership might look like which was relevant to the early 21st Century Christian context in the cities of Southern Africa. A strategic transcultural leader is essentially a transformational leader who exhibits an ability beyond the norm in being able to cross socio-political barriers and thus inspiring the multicultural dynamic, while also honouring the individual cultures represented. In order to study strategic transcultural leadership models a strong leadership angle was taken, which employed investigating six leaders, three political and three Christian as to the structures, styles, values, transcultural abilities and Christian/political beliefs and/or philosophies they employed. The thesis poses the problem of urban unrest in the cities of Southern Africa. The problem of an influx into the cities, of the many different ethnicities and tribes from throughout Southern Africa and the pressures this has caused is briefly alluded to. This problem has been further exacerbated in South Africa by the arrival of many peoples from throughout Africa, south of the Sahara seeking their fortune without having to leave the African Subcontinent, and in Zimbabwe by the political policies of the Zimbabwean government, over land and in clearing away her unapproved urban high-density housing, and her informal business and white farming sectors of the economy. With these issues in mind, there is a need for strategic transcultural leadership to address these and other issues of unrest. The examples of Mandela and De Klerk as transformational leaders, inspire hope, that the vacuum of strategic transcultural leadership seen in Africa at large and specifically in relation to Southern Africa can be met, as is noted by the progress made in recent years in the arena of transformational leadership which the Group of eight and the United Nations and others allude to. While this is true, there are still problems in relation to the political decision-making within South African, as seen by Mbeki’s stance in the past on HIV-AIDS, and Zimbabwe’s woes. The stage is set from a missiological and historical perspective by looking at multicultural models of leadership in the Early Church with specific reference to Paul and the Antiochan model he used as a prototype. The Jerusalem Church is mentioned as a bi-cultural model, which has significant use outside of large urban environs. However it was the Pauline-Antiochan model that provided a platform, in the later use of a synthetic-semiotic model, to deduce or synthesis a transcultural model. Paul’s model of leadership was analysed specifically in relation to the five elements already noted (structures, styles, etc.) and is particularly useful as a model as Paul himself provides firstly an insight into a man of bi-cultural heritage yet someone who was empire-conscious. Paul was able to uphold both the cultural distinctive or uniqueness of both the Greek and Jew (noting Paul’s use of both Hebraic and Hellenistic styles of the diatribe for example) as well as the universal, in that he was empire-conscious which played into his Kingdom perspective. Secondly he provides a reasonable grounds for understanding that if the belief system of the individual is changed on one of its most fundamental levels – allegiance – then given time the macro-cultural identity of a nation, even empire can be significantly altered. He was able to do this primarily because the Graeco-Roman Empire had a common linguafranca in Greek, and the Christian community – as the followers of the Way became known as – had an ethos of reconciliation, enhancing the multicultural and one also of inclusivity (for example a worship style that encompasses both Jewish and local expressions) enhancing the particular. In declaring the One God of Israel and Jesus Christ – Messiah, as the only true Kyrios, Paul replaced the Emperor and the whole Greek pantheon of the Gods with the one true God and Father of us all, and his one and only Son.< /p> The three political leaders – Moshoeshoe, Smuts and Mandela – and the three Christian leaders – Mutendi, Cassidy and Tutu – are investigated in terms of the five elements (structures, styles, values etc.) that comprise the model of leadership. Each of these leaders in turn made a lasting contribution to national and/or tribal change. After looking at the six leadership models an initial conceptual framework for a multicultural model of leadership is outlined. However, in order to bring significant current postmodern/neo-African/tribal/multicultural paradigms of thought and the associated socio-political forces and philosophies of the day, to bear on the evolving model, these were specifically highlighted and brought into the process of synthesizing a model. Lastly once all these inputs are brought together in a tabulated framework, and the evolving multicultural model is screened against three known working scenarios, and further synthesized such that the refined model was then called a strategic transcultural model of leadership. Before this can be achieved however, various North American multicultural models posited were looked at in a literary review, which served to reinforce the understanding of the need to balance the universal and the particular aspects of culture. In refining a strategic transcultural model, the thesis next attempted to address the problem of developing a national macro-cultural identity. A strict delineation in a postmodern era between Church and State was considered to be not only unnecessary but a modern myth, also noting that the State mirrors the Church in many of the problems of community and identity. Thus the meso-level of the Church provided key insights into the macro-level of the State. An argument all along was posed for not just orchestrating a macro-culture based on multiculturalism, nor in just upholding the micro-cultural individual identities at the expense of participation in a national framework and beyond this the global village, but an argument was made for a both/and scenario. In doing this the thesis sought to address both the macro-cultural and individual cultural identities at every level and in every element of the model of leadership. The plausibility of the argument for today was based on the prevalence of a language of choice – in most cases English – and an ethos of reconciliation and inclusivity for which Madiba and Tutu among others have set the standard. A final picture of a community based on both was posited for reflection, a picture that John paints where the great heavenly host (mirroring the macro-level of the Kingdom) is contrasted with the micro-level of a people made up “from every tribe and language and people and nation” (Rev 5:9).Thesis (PhD (Science of Religion and Missiology))--University of Pretoria, 2007.
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Nivoit, Maryvonne. "Les différends anthropologiques dans la séparation entre catholiques et protestants : approches historique, systématique et oecuménique." Thesis, Strasbourg, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015STRAK009/document.
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Une question demeure récurrente : les divisions qui subsistent depuis le XVIè siècle entre Catholiques, Luthériens et Réformés sont-elles autant d’ordre anthropologique que théologique ? Cette problématique paraissant pouvoir être soutenue, il convenait alors de déterminer les différends anthropologiques, de les analyser et de se demander s’ils sont une entrave à la Κοινωνία. L’étude de la situation au XVIè siècle a permis de conclure que les concepts anthropologiques portés par une philosophie existentielle ont joué un rôle important dans la rupture au sein de l’Église d’Occident. Le retour sur la pensée de Pannenberg, Moltmann, Rahner, théologiens de trois confessions différentes, autorise à dire qu’au XXè siècle la vision de l’homme a toujours une incidence sur les concepts théologiques, mais les différences sont de moins en moins séparatrices et deviennent souvent des dons à partager. L’analyse de dialogues œcuméniques a mis en évidence que les différends anthropothéologiques ont été partiellement réconciliés et font l’objet d’accords, voire d’une déclaration commune sur la Doctrine de la Justification. Aujourd’hui, un défi reste à relever celui d’une déclaration sur le Ministère en vue du partage à la même table eucharistique. Une démarche de consensus différencié serait une aide à la recherche d’une pleine communionAn issue has been ever recurring : are the discords which have been going on since sixteenth century between Catholics, Lutherans, Calvinists as much anthropological as theological ? As this question can be supported it seems suitable to determine these anthropological disagreements, analyse them and wonder whether or not they are obstacle to the Κοινωνία. A study concerning the situation during the XVIth century has allowed to conclude that the anthropological concepts conveyed by an existential philosophy have played a mojor role in the severing within the Western Church. The return on the thoughts developed by Pannenberg, Moltmann and Rahner, theologians of three different confessions, allows us to tell that in the XXth. century man’s vision has always an incidence on the theological concepts but are less and less separative and are often gifts to be shared. The analysis of ecumenical dialogues have clearly shown that theanthropological disagreements have been partly reconciled and are now subject to consensus, even a joint declaration on the doctrine of justification. Today we have to take up a challenge about a declaration on the ministry in order to share the body of Christ at the same table. A differing consensus method could be a help to find a complete communion
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BIANCHI, ANDREA. "HETERODOXY AND RATIONAL THEOLOGY: JEAN LE CLERC AND ORIGEN." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/73305.
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L’elaborato analizza la ricezione del pensiero di Origene di Alessandria (c. 184-c.253) nell’opera del teologo arminiano Jean Le Clerc (1657-1736), soffermandosi in particolare sulla concezione origeniana della libertà e sulle questioni che vi sono annesse. Tale analisi consente anche di chiarire alcune pratiche argomentative e dinamiche intellettuali, soprattutto riguardanti i dibattiti religiosi ed interconfessionali, nella seconda metà del XVII secolo. L’elaborato è diviso in tre sezioni. La prima, di carattere introduttivo, mira ad indagare le premesse epistemologiche di Le Clerc, nonché la sua relazione con le auctoritates religiose ed intellettuali del passato. La seconda sezione prende in esame le citazioni dirette di Origene presenti nella vasta produzione di Le Clerc, come pure i suoi rimandi all’opera dell’Alessandrino e al suo pensiero, consentendo in questo modo di delineare un quadro preciso dell’Origene letto e reinterpretato da Le Clerc. La terza sezione restringe infine il campo d’indagine allo sguardo che Le Clerc porta sulla dimensione più propriamente teologica di Origene ed in particolar modo su quel nodo di concetti che ruota attorno al tema della libertà umana (peccato originale, grazia e predestinazione, il problema del male). Questo studio mostra come, malgrado l’indubbia, e talvolta malcelata, simpatia per Origene, Le Clerc non possa essere definito tout court un ‘origenista’, dal momento che la sua visione epistemologica, scritturale e teologica lo distanzia da una acritica e piena adesione al pensiero dell’Alessandrino.The present thesis analyses the reception of the thought of Origen of Alexandria (c. 184-c. 253) in Jean Le Clerc (1657-1736). Its particular focus is on Origen's conception of freedom and the theological doctrines related to it. The goal of this thesis is to uncover, through Le Clerc's use of Origen, some of the argumentative practices and the intellectual dynamics of the time, in particular in religious, especially inter-confessional, debates. This thesis is divided into three main parts. The first part has mainly an introductory character and looks at the epistemological assumptions of Le Clerc and his relationship with intellectual and religious authorities of the past. The second part reviews the various ways in which Le Clerc quoted, referred to or otherwise made use of the thought or the name of Origen in his vast production. This part provides a first result in that it frames, in general, Le Clerc's reception of Origen. This step is, at the same time, also preparatory for the material contained in part three. In the third part, only the material is considered which is strictly related to Origen's idea of freedom and the related theological doctrines of original sin, grace/predestination, and the problem of evil. The result of this analysis, as it appears form the examination of argumentative practices in the previous sections, is that Le Clerc was no simple "Origenist" but neither was he was fully uncommitted to the Origenian cause. A full commitment to Origen, despite this strong sympathy, was still hindered by Le Clerc's epistemological, scriptural and theological outlook.
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BIANCHI, ANDREA. "HETERODOXY AND RATIONAL THEOLOGY: JEAN LE CLERC AND ORIGEN." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/73305.
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L’elaborato analizza la ricezione del pensiero di Origene di Alessandria (c. 184-c.253) nell’opera del teologo arminiano Jean Le Clerc (1657-1736), soffermandosi in particolare sulla concezione origeniana della libertà e sulle questioni che vi sono annesse. Tale analisi consente anche di chiarire alcune pratiche argomentative e dinamiche intellettuali, soprattutto riguardanti i dibattiti religiosi ed interconfessionali, nella seconda metà del XVII secolo. L’elaborato è diviso in tre sezioni. La prima, di carattere introduttivo, mira ad indagare le premesse epistemologiche di Le Clerc, nonché la sua relazione con le auctoritates religiose ed intellettuali del passato. La seconda sezione prende in esame le citazioni dirette di Origene presenti nella vasta produzione di Le Clerc, come pure i suoi rimandi all’opera dell’Alessandrino e al suo pensiero, consentendo in questo modo di delineare un quadro preciso dell’Origene letto e reinterpretato da Le Clerc. La terza sezione restringe infine il campo d’indagine allo sguardo che Le Clerc porta sulla dimensione più propriamente teologica di Origene ed in particolar modo su quel nodo di concetti che ruota attorno al tema della libertà umana (peccato originale, grazia e predestinazione, il problema del male). Questo studio mostra come, malgrado l’indubbia, e talvolta malcelata, simpatia per Origene, Le Clerc non possa essere definito tout court un ‘origenista’, dal momento che la sua visione epistemologica, scritturale e teologica lo distanzia da una acritica e piena adesione al pensiero dell’Alessandrino.The present thesis analyses the reception of the thought of Origen of Alexandria (c. 184-c. 253) in Jean Le Clerc (1657-1736). Its particular focus is on Origen's conception of freedom and the theological doctrines related to it. The goal of this thesis is to uncover, through Le Clerc's use of Origen, some of the argumentative practices and the intellectual dynamics of the time, in particular in religious, especially inter-confessional, debates. This thesis is divided into three main parts. The first part has mainly an introductory character and looks at the epistemological assumptions of Le Clerc and his relationship with intellectual and religious authorities of the past. The second part reviews the various ways in which Le Clerc quoted, referred to or otherwise made use of the thought or the name of Origen in his vast production. This part provides a first result in that it frames, in general, Le Clerc's reception of Origen. This step is, at the same time, also preparatory for the material contained in part three. In the third part, only the material is considered which is strictly related to Origen's idea of freedom and the related theological doctrines of original sin, grace/predestination, and the problem of evil. The result of this analysis, as it appears form the examination of argumentative practices in the previous sections, is that Le Clerc was no simple "Origenist" but neither was he was fully uncommitted to the Origenian cause. A full commitment to Origen, despite this strong sympathy, was still hindered by Le Clerc's epistemological, scriptural and theological outlook.
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RIU, EMMANUELE. "Dante, Pietro Lombardo e le "Sententiae". Un dibattito intorno a natura, peccato originale, grazia, libertà e predestinazione nella "Commedia"." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Genova, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11567/1006856.
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La mia tesi di Dottorato mira a indagare i legami tra la Commedia di Dante, le Sententiae di Pietro Lombardo (il più celebre manuale di teologia del Basso Medioevo) e i commenti duecenteschi al testo del Magister sententiarum. Il primo capitolo raccoglie tutte le indicazioni che la critica dantesca e i commentari alle opere di Dante hanno offerto riguardo a quali argomenti del poema possano essere utilmente interpretati attraverso le Sententiae. Il secondo e il terzo capitolo prendono in esame alcuni argomenti specifici: da un lato, il tema del peccato originale, della natura umana prima della Caduta di Adamo ed Eva, e le dinamiche della Redenzione dell’uomo mediante l’Incarnazione di Cristo (Purg. xxvii-xxxiii e Par. vii); dall’altro, i complessi rapporti fra grazia e libertà nel poema, la possibilità (o meno) di salvezza per coloro che, per motivi geografici e/o cronologici, si situano fuori dal circolo della Rivelazione, e il dibattutissimo tema della predestinazione divina (Par. xix-xx e xxxii). Il ricorso alle Sententiae e ai relativi commenti permette sia, in alcuni casi, di rilevare possibili influenze dirette dell’opera teologica sul poema dantesca; sia, in altri, di ricostruire il background teoretico relativo alle questioni elencate, così da comprendere e apprezzare meglio la posizione di Dante in merito.
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Huang, Jen Chun, and 黃仁俊. "The Change of Christian Addictive Behavior from thePerspective of Calvinistic Predestination." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/5nn36e.
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Sinners confess their sins and ask for forgiveness from God. These are Christian basics. But can a Christian lose his salvation in a repeated sin-repenance cycle? The research problem of this thesis is that “Will an addictive Christian lose his salvation, when struggling in a sin-repenance cycle?” This thesis first surveyed addiction from the viewpoint of behavioral sciences, and then from that of the Bible. The main teaching of Calvinistic predestination was surveyed in view of addiction. Finally real cases from Taiwan Operation Dawn and Rainbow7 Taiwan were studied. Through these studies, this thesis suggests that addictive Christians that may be benefited from a viewpoint of behavior change based on Calvinistic predestination. This study of Calvinistic predestinaiton shows that the eternal security of salvation guarantees addictive Christians will not lose their salvation. However, Calvin also mentioned the objective of predestination is holiness rather than lasciviousness. Furthermore, Calvinistic predestination was then addressed for providing partoral care, comforting communities in suffering. Therefore the practice of Calvinistic predestination should be in faith groups. In cases from Taiwan Operation Dawn and Rainbow7 Taiwan, faith group members help one another by prayer, teaching, and learning of life skills. In conclusion, addictive Christians can gradually get rid of addiction in a faith group and be strengthened by Calvinistic predestination.
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Lin, Sian-Chun, and 林籼君. "The impact of appearance and predestination on horror films viewing experience." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/79164543612793191046.
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In resent years, the horror film productions gradually rises in Taiwan. Horror film is a text which can bring excitement, fearful and entertainment. It plays an important role in M-form market. By box office and discussion on the Internet, we can find that the horror film can induce audience different levels of pleasure and satisfaction, so the emotion is a key point to judge the films’ value. These different emotion and reaction are due to the text content, so we analysis the modern horror film to find out their traits, appearance and predestination, at the first. Then, examine the effects of these two traits on audience’s entertainment experience. Also, this research test some variables which may influence the reactions, including fear and perceived realism to make the experiment more comprehensive. The experimental method was used to know their immediate fear, enjoyment, appreciation, and some variables. Also sent questionnaire to the subjects to get the meta-emotion after two days. According to the results, the “karma” of predestination induced more appreciation, and the effects can be maintained for two days. The “horror” of appearance and “karma” of predestination can induce audience’s appreciation. Fear can’t mediate between the horror film and entertainment experience. The perceived realism moderate the predestination and appreciation. Also, we found that the more perceived realism, the more appreciation. Over all, fear of horror films will decrease over time. In contrast, enjoyment and appreciation will increase.
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Biunno, Diane Enrica. "The pilgrim's journey home grace, free will, and predestination in the Commedia /." 2009. http://hdl.rutgers.edu/1782.2/rucore10001600001.ETD.000051179.
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Mienie, Johannes Diederick. "God kies nie só nie : 'n dogmaties-historiese ondersoek op die tradisionele uitverkiesingsleer." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4974.
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Afrikaans textDie uitverkiesingsleer is vanaf die vroeë Kerkgeskiedenis aan stryd gekenmerk, wat sedertdien geakkumuleer het. Die vername vrug hiervan is twee teenpole, naamlik Calvinisme teenoor Arminianisme. Hierdie entiteite blyk onversoenbaar te wees en impliseer twee groot vrae wat `n derde vraag (of moontlikheid) antisipeer, naamlik dat daar oor beide gevra moet word: Kies God só? `n Verdere vraag onstaan, naamlik of die Christelike gemeenskap met hierdie toestand tevrede kan wees, veral terwyl blyk dat hierdie stryd intensiveer. In hierdie dogmaties-historiese ondersoek blyk dit dat die antwoord op hierdie vraag negatief is: God kies nie só nie. Die bedoeling is nie om met harde beslistheid `n oordeel te fel nie, maar is dit deel van die soeke na `n beter begrip van hierdie leerstuk wat soveel energie in beslag geneem het en tot verdeeldheid binne die Christendom gelei het. Derhalwe word voorgestel dat daar in hierdie doolhoof `n moontlike middeweg tussen die twee ongenaakbare sienings, óf `n alternatief, weg van die tradisionele is. Die doel hiervan is egter nie om die tradisionele uitverkiesingsleer met `n absolute alternatief te vervang nie, maar eerder bydraend in die soeke na `n oplossing te wees. Derhalwe is die bedoeling hiervan nie om enige tradisionele siening op `n destruktiewe manier te kritiseer, of deur `n eulogie te kanoniseer as eksklusief-waaragtig nie. In hierdie literêre ondersoek word die ganse uitverkiesingsleer nie hanteer nie. Daar word as verteenwoordigende model veral op die probleem binne Protestantse kringe gekonsentreer – spesifiek op die probleem onder fundamentele evangelies-gesindes. Die klem of fokus word vernou om langs die tradisionele hoofmomente van Augustinus/Pelagius en Calvinisme/Arminianisme by die sogenaamde „Evangelicals‟ uit te kom. Hierdie stuk bepaal sigself dus by die evangeliese stroom binne die Protestantisme. Behalwe vir `n historiese oorsig, word kritiek op die tradisionele uitverkiesingsleer gelewer. Daar word ook op die Vyf Punte van Calvinisme gefokus, aangesien dit redelik verteenwoordigend van dié leer is. Besondere probleme, wat steeds heersend is, word uitgewys, waarna alternatiewe in die soeke na `n oplossing hanteer word. Uiteindelik word `n voortgesette, volgehoue en gemeenskaplike soeke na `n antwoord op die vraag: “Hoe kies God?”, voorgestel.
The doctrine of predestination is since the early beginnings of Church History featured by strife which is currently accumulating. A prominent result hereof is the entity of Calvinism, with its antipole, Arminianism. These entities seem to be irreconcilable and imply two major questions with the anticipation of a third, namely that it should be asked of both: Does God choose in this manner? A further question arises, namely if the Christian community is satisfied with this condition, especially when it seems that this strife is intensifying. In this dogmatic-historical enquiry it seems that the answer is negative: God does not choose in this manner. The intention is not to pass decisive judgement, but rather to obtain a better understanding of this doctrine which led to division and discord within Christianity. Consequently a possible middle course is proposed between these two entities, or an alternative, away from the traditional tendentiousness. The purpose hereof is not to replace the traditional doctrine of predestination with an absolute alternative, but rather contributing in search for a solution. Therefore the intention is not to criticize any traditional view in a destructive manner nor, on the other hand, canonize it as exclusively veracious. This literary study will not cover all aspects of the doctrine of predestination. The problem with this doctrine under fundamental, evangelicals will be taken as a model and the focus of this study. The focus will be further narrowed to the traditional momentums of Augustine/Pelagius and Calvinism/Arminianism which culminates in the evangelical movement. This study confines itself basically to Protestantism. Except for the historical review, criticism will be provided on the traditional doctrine of predestination. This will also focus on the Five Points of Calvinism, seeing that it is representative of this doctrine. Particular prevailing problems will be pointed out where after proposals for a solution will be suggested. Finally a continued, sustained and common search for an answer to the question: “In which manner does God choose?”, will be proposed.
Systematic Theology & Theological Ethics
D. Th. (Sistematiese Teologie)
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Mienie, Johannes Diederick. "God kies nie so nie : 'n dogmaties-historiese ondersoek op die tradisionele uitverkiesingsleer." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4974.
Full textAbstract:
Afrikaans textDie uitverkiesingsleer is vanaf die vroeë Kerkgeskiedenis aan stryd gekenmerk, wat sedertdien geakkumuleer het. Die vername vrug hiervan is twee teenpole, naamlik Calvinisme teenoor Arminianisme. Hierdie entiteite blyk onversoenbaar te wees en impliseer twee groot vrae wat `n derde vraag (of moontlikheid) antisipeer, naamlik dat daar oor beide gevra moet word: Kies God só? `n Verdere vraag onstaan, naamlik of die Christelike gemeenskap met hierdie toestand tevrede kan wees, veral terwyl blyk dat hierdie stryd intensiveer. In hierdie dogmaties-historiese ondersoek blyk dit dat die antwoord op hierdie vraag negatief is: God kies nie só nie. Die bedoeling is nie om met harde beslistheid `n oordeel te fel nie, maar is dit deel van die soeke na `n beter begrip van hierdie leerstuk wat soveel energie in beslag geneem het en tot verdeeldheid binne die Christendom gelei het. Derhalwe word voorgestel dat daar in hierdie doolhoof `n moontlike middeweg tussen die twee ongenaakbare sienings, óf `n alternatief, weg van die tradisionele is. Die doel hiervan is egter nie om die tradisionele uitverkiesingsleer met `n absolute alternatief te vervang nie, maar eerder bydraend in die soeke na `n oplossing te wees. Derhalwe is die bedoeling hiervan nie om enige tradisionele siening op `n destruktiewe manier te kritiseer, of deur `n eulogie te kanoniseer as eksklusief-waaragtig nie. In hierdie literêre ondersoek word die ganse uitverkiesingsleer nie hanteer nie. Daar word as verteenwoordigende model veral op die probleem binne Protestantse kringe gekonsentreer – spesifiek op die probleem onder fundamentele evangelies-gesindes. Die klem of fokus word vernou om langs die tradisionele hoofmomente van Augustinus/Pelagius en Calvinisme/Arminianisme by die sogenaamde „Evangelicals‟ uit te kom. Hierdie stuk bepaal sigself dus by die evangeliese stroom binne die Protestantisme. Behalwe vir `n historiese oorsig, word kritiek op die tradisionele uitverkiesingsleer gelewer. Daar word ook op die Vyf Punte van Calvinisme gefokus, aangesien dit redelik verteenwoordigend van dié leer is. Besondere probleme, wat steeds heersend is, word uitgewys, waarna alternatiewe in die soeke na `n oplossing hanteer word. Uiteindelik word `n voortgesette, volgehoue en gemeenskaplike soeke na `n antwoord op die vraag: “Hoe kies God?”, voorgestel.
The doctrine of predestination is since the early beginnings of Church History featured by strife which is currently accumulating. A prominent result hereof is the entity of Calvinism, with its antipole, Arminianism. These entities seem to be irreconcilable and imply two major questions with the anticipation of a third, namely that it should be asked of both: Does God choose in this manner? A further question arises, namely if the Christian community is satisfied with this condition, especially when it seems that this strife is intensifying. In this dogmatic-historical enquiry it seems that the answer is negative: God does not choose in this manner. The intention is not to pass decisive judgement, but rather to obtain a better understanding of this doctrine which led to division and discord within Christianity. Consequently a possible middle course is proposed between these two entities, or an alternative, away from the traditional tendentiousness. The purpose hereof is not to replace the traditional doctrine of predestination with an absolute alternative, but rather contributing in search for a solution. Therefore the intention is not to criticize any traditional view in a destructive manner nor, on the other hand, canonize it as exclusively veracious. This literary study will not cover all aspects of the doctrine of predestination. The problem with this doctrine under fundamental, evangelicals will be taken as a model and the focus of this study. The focus will be further narrowed to the traditional momentums of Augustine/Pelagius and Calvinism/Arminianism which culminates in the evangelical movement. This study confines itself basically to Protestantism. Except for the historical review, criticism will be provided on the traditional doctrine of predestination. This will also focus on the Five Points of Calvinism, seeing that it is representative of this doctrine. Particular prevailing problems will be pointed out where after proposals for a solution will be suggested. Finally a continued, sustained and common search for an answer to the question: “In which manner does God choose?”, will be proposed.
Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology
D. Th. (Sistematiese Teologie)