An Evaluation on Church Fathers’ Commentaries on the Book of Revelation: Focused on Victorinus and Oecemenius

2021 ◽  
Vol 50 ◽  
pp. 130-188
Author(s):  
Young Mog Song
Keyword(s):  
Church Fathers ◽  
Book Of Revelation

scholarly journals Penafsiran Amilenialisme & Teologi Kovenan Dalam Memahami Alkitab

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Philip Suciadi Chia ◽  
Juanda Juanda
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Covenant Theology ◽  
Church Fathers ◽  
Book Of Revelation ◽  
Garden Of Eden ◽  
The Bible ◽  
God's People ◽  
Theological Understanding ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Church

There are various choices in understanding the Bible to become dogma in a church. Whether it was built based on a guide from the Bible and the traditions of the apostles or church fathers, to those who only focus on the Bible. Those based only on the Bible also have their own uniqueness. Amillennialism believes that the church is in the entire Old Testament. Paul, for example, uses the church that leads to Israel (Gal. 6:16). In addition, the remnants of the Israelites in the OT were said to be the church (Acts 7:38). The church is already in the OT with the election of the nation of Israel to be God's people. Even further, followers of amillennialism believe that the church existed in the garden of Eden. Covenant theology bases its theological understanding and the study of the Bible is based on three covenants namely the work agreement, redemption and grace. Covenant theology can be said to be a new theology, not even in the days of the church fathers. Even so, Augustine did mention the relationship of Adam, who at first, stood before God as a covenant. The exposition of the book of Revelation, according to the Covenant Theologian, is based on the method of progressive parallelism which is divided into seven parts. The seven parts are parallel with each other. Each section also reveals a certain progression in the process of eschatology. Although the book of Revelation is divided into seven parts, it should not only pay attention or focus on one part, but should appreciate all parts of the book of Revelation as a whole. Abstrak Indonesia Ada aneka pilihan di dalam memahami Alkitab untuk bisa menjadi dogma dalam sebuah gereja. Entah yang dibangun berdasar perpanduan dari Alkitab dan tradisi para rasul atau bapa gereja, hingga yang hanya fokus kepada Alkitab semata. Yang mendasarkan pada Alkitab saja, juga memiliki keunikannya masing-masing. Kaum amilenialisme meyakini bahwa gereja sudah ada di dalam seluruh Perjanjian Lama. Paulus, contohnya, memakai gereja yang mengarah kepada Israel (Gal. 6:16). Di samping itu, sisa-sisa orang Israel di dalam PL dikatakan sebagai gereja (Kis. 7:38). Gereja sudah ada di dalam PL dengan pemilihan bangsa Israel menjadi umat Allah. Bahkan lebih jauh lagi, penganut amilenialisme percaya bahwa gereja sudah ada ketika di taman Eden. Teologi kovenan mendasarkan pemahaman teologis maupun penelahaan Alkitabnya berdasarkan dari tiga perjanjian yaitu perjanjian kerja, penebusan dan anugerah. Teologi perjanjian dapat dikatakan suatu teologi yang baru, bahkan belum ada pada masa bapa-bapa gereja. Meskipun demikian, Agustinus memang pernah menyinggung hubungan Adam, yang pada mulanya, berdiri di hadapan Allah sebagai perjanjian. Eksposisi kitab Wahyu, menurut Teolog Kovenan, didasarkan pada metode paralelisme progresif yang terbagi menjadi tujuh bagian. Ketujuh bagian tersebut bersifat paralel satu dengan lainnya. Masing-masing bagian juga menyingkapkan akan progresivitas tertentu dalam proses eskatologi. Meskipun kitab Wahyu terbagi atas tujuh bagian, namun tidak boleh hanya memperhatikan atau terfokus pada satu bagian saja, tetapi hendaknya menghargai semua bagian dalam kitab Wahyu sebagai keseluruhan.

Narrative and Drama in the Book of Revelation

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lourdes García Ureña
Keyword(s):  
Book Of Revelation

Petrarch's Defense of Secular Letters, the Latin Fathers, and Ancient Roman Rhetoric

1993 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-134
Author(s):  
Brenda Deen Schildgen
Keyword(s):  
Classical Rhetoric ◽  
Church Fathers ◽  
Rhetorical Situations ◽  
Epistolary Form ◽  
The Church ◽  
Roman Rhetoric

Abstract: Like the Church Fathers before him, Petrarch was forced to defend secular learning against its detractors, and his defenses draw on many of the same arguments that Augustine and Jerome had used. In these defenses he blends classical rhetoric and Christian values, and his procedures also follow the traditions of classical rhetoric, relying on the epistolary form and utilizing the Ciceronian manner of debating all topics from opposite standpoints. Perhaps, however, because his indecisiveness complemented the classical rhetorical premise that many issues present many possible resolutions, Petrarch also rejects secular learning in some of his writings. His arguments are therefore conclusive only within their unique rhetorical situations.

The Missing Rhetorical History Between Quintilian and Augustine

2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 349-376
Author(s):  
Mike Duncan
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Early Christianity ◽  
Classical Rhetoric ◽  
Rhetorical History ◽  
Church Fathers ◽  
Early Christian ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
Christian Thought ◽  
Rhetorical Force ◽  
Apostolic Church

Current histories of rhetoric neglect the early Christian period (ca. 30–430 CE) in several crucial ways–Augustine is overemphasized and made to serve as a summary of Christian thought rather than an endpoint, the texts of church fathers before 300 CE are neglected or lumped together, and the texts of the New Testament are left unexamined. An alternative outline of early Christian rhetoric is offered, explored through the angles of political self-invention, doctrinal ghostwriting, apologetics, and fractured sermonization. Early Christianity was not a monolithic religion that eventually made peace with classical rhetoric, but as a rhetorical force in its own right, and comprised of more factions early on than just the apostolic church.

Christus Virgo

2012 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 22-27
Author(s):  
Sissel Undheim
Keyword(s):  
Moral Status ◽  
The Other ◽  
Late Antique ◽  
Church Fathers ◽  
Early Christian ◽  
Female Sex ◽  
The One ◽  
The Church

The description of Christ as a virgin, 'Christus virgo', does occur at rare occasions in Early Christian and late antique texts. Considering that 'virgo' was a term that most commonly described the sexual and moral status of a member of the female sex, such representations of Christ as a virgin may exemplify some of the complex negotiations over gender, salvation, sanctity and Christology that we find in the writings of the Church fathers. The article provides some suggestions as to how we can understand the notion of the virgin Christ within the context of early Christian and late antique theological debates on the one hand, and in light of the growing interest in sacred virginity on the other.

The Soteriology of the Book of Revelation

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 731-764
Author(s):  
송영목
Keyword(s):  
Book Of Revelation
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