Writing The Third Draft Of A Primer Of The Christian Faith

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark V. ELLIOTT
Keyword(s):  
Christian Faith ◽  
The Third

scholarly journals A confident call to faith: Rediscovering the relevance of Christian catechisms

2013 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Raymond Potgieter
Keyword(s):  
Christian Faith ◽  
Historical Approach ◽  
The Third ◽  
Confessing Church

Protestant heritage is synonymous with the traditional employment of catechisms and catechetical teaching of both young and old. Many denominations have shifted from this historical approach, not least because of the challenges of so-called catechetical vacuums when facing third-millennial issues. The Heidelberg, Anglican and Westminster Catechisms allow for express distinctions peculiar to each unique Protestant faith constituency, but serve acceptably within the wider ecumenical tradition. A rediscovery of the historical contexts of these historical formulations will illustrate traditional denominational Protestant flexibility accompanying its Christian creedal fixity. This study will refer to confessional content in the main without resorting to particular content. The intention is to show how these polarities could dynamically serve the confessing church in meeting present-day challenges to the Christian faith in a manner that once again will inspire confidence in its catholic witness in the third millennium.Die protestantse erfenis is sinoniem met die tradisionele gebruik van die kategismusse en die kategetiese onderrig van oud en jonk. Baie kerkgenootskappe neig weg van hierdie historiese benadering hoofsaaklik as gevolg van die uitdagings van die sogenaamde kategetiese leemtes in die hantering van derde millenniumkwessies. Die Heidelbergse, Anglikaanse en Westminsterse Kategismusse laat ruimte vir spesifieke onderskeidings wat eie is aan elke unieke protestantse geloofsgemeenskap, maar wat nogtans binne die breër ekumeniese tradisie aanvaar word. ’n Herontdekking van die historiese konteks van hierdie tradisionele formulerings sal tradisioneel kerklik-protestantse buigsaamheid illustreer wat met konfessionele vastheid gepaard gaan. Hierdie artikel verwys na konfessionele inhoud oor die algemeen sonder om spesifieke inhoud aan te toon. Die doel is dus om aan te toon hoedanig hierdie polariteite die belydende kerk daadwerklik kan help om die daaglikse uitdagings van die Christelike geloof op so ’n wyse te hanteer dat daar weer vertroue in die algemene getuienis van die kerk in die derde millennium sal wees.

2 Clement

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wilhelm Pratscher
Keyword(s):  
Christian Faith ◽  
Greek Text ◽  
Linguistic Differences ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Future ◽  
Future Version ◽  
The Church ◽  
Definite Proof

The text of 2 Clement has only survived in three manuscripts. The oldest one, the Codex Alexandrinus (A), ends at 12.5, the complete Greek text can be found in the Codex Hierosolymitanus (H), which dates back to 1056 ce. The third version can be found in a Syrian translation from 1170 ce. In all three documents, 2 Clem has come down to us in connection with 1 Clem, although it is not a letter but a sermon, more precisely: it is a hortatory address. The whole text deals with parenesis. Chapters 1–3 are dominated by Christological argumentation, in chapters 4–18 the eschatological argumentation has priority. Chapters 19f are a secondary supplement, which probably served as an introduction to chapters 1–18, the original sermon. This can be concluded from linguistic and factual aspects. The author is unknown. He is definitely not the author of 1 Clem, which can be concluded from numerous linguistic differences as well as from different theological views. The assumed opponents are most probably to be found in the context of the emergent Gnosticism, but the author does not focus on a direct confrontation with these opponents. Possible places of origin are Rome, Corinth, Antioch, and Alexandria. In the recent research, Alexandria seems to gain more and more acceptance, based especially on the fact that the author is familiar with Egyptian traditions of his time. It is highly probable that the text was written around 150 ce, and 2 Clem shows that the author is acquainted with the traditions of the Old and New Testaments. Concerning Christian traditions, it can be assumed that he was familiar with the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, but there is no definite proof of this. In addition to texts, which can later be found in canonical documents, 2 Clem also makes use of apocryphal traditions or texts. The formation of the canon was not yet finished at this time. The basic aim of 2 Clem is parenesis. The focus is on the goal to organize life in Christian faith appropriately. Theological topics are oriented toward this goal. God is a creator and a saviour. In his Christology, the author holds the opinion that Jesus is preexistent. It may strike us as remarkable that the author, who is obviously anti-Gnostic, does not estimate pneumatology as important to his audience. The connection between Christ and the church is expressed with the help of syzygies; and interestingly, in this connection the author pleads for the preexistence of the church. In his eschatology, the future version is predominant. Realized eschatological statements can only be found implicitly.

scholarly journals Roman Faith and Christian Faith

2018 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 243-247
Author(s):  
Francis Watson
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
General Meeting ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
The Third

These three short papers were delivered at the 72nd General Meeting of the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas, held in Pretoria, South Africa, on 8–11 August 2017. The ‘Quaestiones disputatae’ session was chaired by the President of the Society, Professor Michael Wolter. The first two papers engage with Teresa Morgan's book, Roman Faith and Christian Faith, and Professor Morgan responds to them in the third.

Christopher Beeley, The Unity of Christ

2015 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 351-355
Author(s):  
Brian E. Daley
Keyword(s):  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Early Life ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Careers ◽  
Defining Moments ◽  
The Third ◽  
History Of ◽  
Christian Understanding ◽  
New Form

It is always exciting to read the retelling of a familiar narrative, whether it is of the early life of Shakespeare, the political careers of Washington and Jefferson, or the story of the development of the classic Christian understanding of the person of Jesus Christ during the first seven or eight centuries of Christianity. In this last case, the reader feels liberated from the weight of inherited pieties, invited to look again at the existing documentation with fresh eyes, urged to reconceive what he imagines to be the implied agenda of the main actors, and their significance for the later history of Christian faith. Christopher Beeley's new book from Yale certainly has this effect on those trained by earlier tellings of the story of early Christology, from Newman to Harnack and Loofs, to Sellers and Grillmeier and Kelly. The heroes and villains, characteristic phrases and defining moments of heresy and orthodoxy, all take on a slightly new form in Christopher's reconstruction – a form centred on the question of how the personal and ontological unity of the Saviour is conceived and emphasised by key Christian authors and principal church synods from the third to the eighth centuries.

scholarly journals Een theologische faculteit als huis van vele woningen: Over de institutionalisering van de theologie in de pluralistische, seculiere samenleving

2008 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 562-585
Author(s):  
H Vroom
Keyword(s):  
Religious Pluralism ◽  
World View ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Western World ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Third ◽  
Religious Dialogue

A theological faculty as a house with many rooms: On the institutionalisation of theology in a pluralistic, secular society.Religious pluralism is changing the Western world. The transmission of Christian faith is less a matter of course than it has been. People are free to form their own opinions and ‘choose’ their way of life. Because pluralism affects the basic values of society that have to be supported by world view traditions, religious pluralism is one of the main political problems of the ‘secular’ state as well. Faculties of Theology can be organised better as apartments buildings for religions with common rooms, exchange and debates, instead of gradually becoming departments of descriptive religious studies. A public inter-religious dialogue on values and political issues will be supported by such an institution, and prevent accountability for views of life to disappear from the public arena into privacy and hidden places. Students can be educated in plural theological faculties of universities that reflect societal realities, in an atmosphere of respect, integrity, dialogue and accountability.The first section of this contribution describes the changing situation in the European (EU) culture; the second the consequences of pluralism for churches; the third the crisis of traditional theology; and the fourth points out the perspective of a plural but confessional institutionalisation of theology/ies.

The Staff of Jesus in Early Christian Art

2010 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 221-251
Author(s):  
Jefferson Lee M.
Keyword(s):  
Late Antiquity ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Early Christian ◽  
The Third ◽  
Reasonable Explanation ◽  
Christian Art ◽  
Art Historians ◽  
Christian Influence

AbstractWhen surveying examples from Christian art of the third and fourth centuries, a viewer will invariably encounter the puzzling image of Jesus performing miracles holding a staff or wand. Theologians, art historians, and even the current pope have interpreted Christ’s miracle-working implement as a symbol denoting Jesus as a philosopher or a magician. However, the most reasonable explanation of the staff can be discovered by examining the only other two staff-bearers featured in the corpus of early Christian art: Moses and Peter. Miracles and the figures who wrought them were the primary currency of faith in late antiquity. Such an emphasis is readily apparent in early Christian texts. This article will demonstrate the emphasis on miracles in early Christian art by focusing on the peculiar iconographic feature of the staff. The staff in Christian art of the third and fourth centuries is not evocative of magic, philosophy, or any other non-Christian influence. Instead, the staff is meant to recall the miracle worker Moses and to characterize Jesus and Peter as the “New Moses” of the Christian faith.

scholarly journals Uma Igreja a partir do pobre. Interpelações teológicas e pastorais

2018 ◽  
Vol 76 (304) ◽  
pp. 844-860
Author(s):  
Cesar Kuzma
Keyword(s):  
Christian Faith ◽  
Pope Francis ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Poor ◽  
In Christ ◽  
The Church

Síntese: O trabalho de pesquisa que aqui apresentamos busca oferecer interpelações teológicas e pastorais daquilo que se pode definir e compreender de uma Igreja que se configura a partir do pobre. Temos por base que esta argumentação não se dá por um viés sociológico, mas teológico, pois vai ao encontro do princípio maior da fé cristã, que é a encarnação: Deus que se faz humano o faz na totalidade e se revela em magnitude na vulnerabilidade de toda a existência, assumindo e vivendo a nossa pobreza. Ele assume toda a nossa condição e esperança, caminhando aos limites da vida e da história. De frente a este fato é que se pode contemplar a amplitude do mistério que em Cristo se revela e de onde nasce a Igreja, de sua pessoa e de sua missão. Este trabalho está dividido em quatro partes, sendo que as duas primeiras têm a intenção de fundamentar a nossa intenção, e as duas últimas num caráter mais conclusivo: na primeira traremos algumas perguntas que nos interpelam na fé, é onde aparecerão as inquietações e as fundamentações do tema que estamos apresentando. Na segunda parte, destacaremos os apontamentos que estão sendo realizados pelo Papa Francisco que, em seus discursos e atitudes tem conclamado a Igreja a ser a casa dos pobres. Já na terceira e na última parte, traremos algumas teses que nos conduzem a refletir sobre o tema proposto e uma breve conclusão, declarando bem-aventurados os que têm fome e sede de justiça.Palavras-chave: Igreja. Pobres. Igreja dos Pobres. Papa Francisco.Abstract: The research which we present here intends to provide theological and pastoral interpellations of what may be defined and understood from a Church that configures itself out of the poor. We believe this argumentation does not take place through a sociological bias, but through a theological one. For it corresponds to the major principle of the Christian faith, which is the incarnation: God who became human performs it in its fullness, and reveals himself mightily in the vulnerability of the entire existence. He lives our poverty and assumes our poverty. He assumes our condition and our hope completely, walking until the limits of life and history. It is through this vision that we can contemplate the breadth of the mystery which in Christ reveals itself and from where the Church was born, from his person and mission. This work is divided into four parts: the first two intend to support our goal, and the last two have a more conclusive character. At the first part, we are going to bring some questions that challenge us in faith; it is where the uneasinesses and the groundings of the issue that we present are going to appear. In the second part, we are going to highlight the indications which Pope Francis has been doing. Through his speeches and attitudes, he has been calling the Church to be the house of the poor. In the third and last part, we are going to bring some arguments that lead us to reflect on the proposed theme and a brief conclusion, declaring blessed those who are hunger and thirst for justice.Keywords: Church. Poor. Church of the Poor. Pope Francis.

scholarly journals Roman Faith and Christian Faith

2018 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 255-261
Author(s):  
Teresa Morgan
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
General Meeting ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
The Third

These three short papers were delivered at the 72nd General Meeting of the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas, held in Pretoria, South Africa, on 8–11 August 2017. The ‘Quaestiones disputatae’ session was chaired by the President of the Society, Professor Michael Wolter. The first two papers engage with Teresa Morgan's book, Roman Faith and Christian Faith, and Professor Morgan responds to them in the third.

scholarly journals Evangelizar ou humanizar?

2018 ◽  
Vol 74 (295) ◽  
pp. 519-548
Author(s):  
Mário De França Miranda
Keyword(s):  
Kingdom Of God ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Final Part ◽  
Pluralistic Society ◽  
The Third ◽  
Pastoral Response

O artigo aborda o desafio de uma linguagem evangelizadora numa sociedade complexa e pluralista. Na primeira parte, descrevemos as mudanças socioculturais que experimentamos e a possibilidade de uma modalidade de anúncio que seja universal e atinja a todos. Na segunda parte, oferecemos os pressupostos teológicos para esta modalidade: Jesus e o Reino de Deus, a distinção entre fé e religião e, ainda, a dimensão simbólica do cristianismo. Na terceira e última parte, abordamos o “humano cristão” como resposta pastoral aos desafios de hoje e, consequentemente, à missão atual do cristianismo, bem como às mudanças exigidas tanto de mentalidade quanto de estruturas.Abstract: This article addresses the challenge of finding an evangelizing language in a complex and pluralistic society. In the first part, we describe the sociocultural changes we have experienced and the possibility of a form of communication that is universal and reaches everyone. In the second part, we offer the theological presuppositions for this modality: Jesus and the Kingdom of God, the distinction between faith and religion and also the symbolic dimension of Christianity. In the third and final part, we discuss the “Christian human” as a pastoral response to the challenges of today and hence to the current mission of Christianity, as well as to the changes required both in mentality and in structures.Keywords: Evangelization. Kingdom of God. Christian faith. Christian human. Pastoral conversion.

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