scholarly journals Real presence. Outline of an ecumenical review

2016 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Werner Klän
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Lord's Supper ◽  
Adequate Description ◽  
Joint Declaration ◽  
Real Presence ◽  
The Gift ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
Ancient Times ◽  
Conceptual Formulation

The issue of an adequate description, a conceptual formulation and a theological interpretationof the gift of the Lord’s Supper, has been a concern of Christianity since ancient times. Thecircumspect observation in the Charta Oecumenica (2001) reads: ‘Fundamental differences infaith are still barriers to visible unity’. In the light of those difficulties, attempts have beenmade in recent years to work on a ‘Joint Declaration on the Lord’s Supper’. All churches anddenominations face the challenge to bring that which they learn of Jesus Christ’s sacramentalpresence from the New Testament. Some rapprochements have been achieved in the lastdecades. Some of those results are discussed in this essay.

The Eunuch and the Baldhead: Sexuality in Early Jewish-Christian Polemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-206
Author(s):  
Israel Netanel Rubin
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Literal Interpretation ◽  
Church Father ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
Liberal Attitude ◽  
Ancient Times ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Jewish Writers

Abstract Defining appropriate attitudes towards sexuality has always been an issue in Jewish-Christian polemic. Contemporary Jewish writers tend to boast of Judaism’s liberal attitude toward sexuality, while medieval Jewish polemicists were defensive when confronting Christian attacks on this matter. In ancient times, when sexual puritanism was less popular, Jewish theologians did not refrain from showing their contempt for the Christian value ​​of celibacy. This article proposes a new reading of the Talmudic legend about an argument between Joshua b. Karhah and a Christian eunuch. In this reading, the Christian figure stands for Origen, a Church father described in Christian sources as having castrated himself owing to a literal interpretation of the New Testament. In this reading, the debate summarizes the Talmudic rabbis’ perspective on the difference between Jewish and Christian views of sexuality.

scholarly journals AS CARTAS CATÓLICAS NO CÂNON DO NOVO TESTAMENTO

2017 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 421
Author(s):  
Waldecir Gonzaga
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
Ancient Times

RESUMO: Nossa intenção, neste artigo, é oferecer um estudo acerca deste conjunto das cartas do Novo Testamento intituladas Cartas Católicas, que desde a antiguidade têm enfrentado não poucos ou indiferentes problemas, seja na aceitação seja no estudo de seu corpus, como o grupo de cartas do Novo Testamento menos estudado ou explorado, mesmo em nossos seminários, faculdades e universidades religiosas em geral, sejam eles católicos ou protestantes; também cremos não ser exagero afirmar que os trabalhos neste campo são mais comuns em meios católicos que em meios protestantes, visto as dificuldades que alguns Pais da Reforma levantaram no que tange à canonicidade de algumas destas cartas e ao fato de que no meio protestante o domínio maior realmente é dos textos paulinos e não dos textos não paulinos do Novo Testamento, como Evangelhos, Cartas Católicas, Hebreus e Apo­calipse. Visto a escassez de material nesta área, cremos que um artigo ilustrativo venha nos ajudar a avançar um pouco mais neste campo e produção de material na área, a fim de ajudar a avançar em nossos estudos acadêmicos bíblico-teológicos.ABSTRACT: Our intention in this article is to provide a study into this set of letters of the New Testament titled Catholic Letters, which, since the ancient times, has faced considerable issues in the acceptance and in the study of its corpus, and which constitute the group of letters of the New Testament that are the least studied or explored, even in our seminaries, colleges and religious universities in general, either Catholic or Protestant; we also believe that it would not be an exaggeration to say that the researches in this field are more common in the Catholic circles than in the Protestant ones, given the difficulties that the Fathers of the Reformation raised regarding the canonicity of some of these letters and the fact that, in the Protestant circles, the domain really belongs to the Pauline texts and not to the non-Pauline texts of the New Testament, such as Gospels, Catholic Letters, Hebrews and Revelation. Given the scarcity of documentation in this area, we believe that an illustrative article will help us go further in this field and extend the production of material in this area, in order to help advance our biblical and theological studies.

Theological and Pragmatic Aspects of the Divine Gift of Discernment in the Epistles of St. Paul

2019 ◽  
pp. 231-253
Author(s):  
Филофей Артюшин
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Holy Trinity ◽  
Cultural Phenomenon ◽  
The Gift ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
In Christ ◽  
Love Of God ◽  
Human Responsibility ◽  
Mystery Of God ◽  
Pragmatic Aspects

Среди новозаветных писаний послания ап. Павла являются глубочайшим богословским источником для разработки библейского учения «о рассудительности (διάκρισις)». Благодаря разнообразию и чередованию греческих терминов, обозначающих этот духовный и одновременно культурный феномен, проясняется прагматический замысел Апостола, постоянно имеющего в виду «тайну» Божию (μυστήριον), явленную во Христе. «Евангелие» ап. Павла сосредотачивается на неизъяснимости плана Божия, то есть на апофатическом измерении рассудительности, а также на необычайной открытости этого плана в апокалиптическом контексте, на фоне которого рельефно выступают такие важные темы, как человеческая ответственность, бодрствование, стойкость, разделения (κρίσις). Между этими двумя полюсами (имманентность и трансцендентность, «уже» и «ещё нет») вращается диалектика рассудительности. Дар, а вместе с ним и искусство рассудительности в синтетическом виде заключаются в русской иконографии «Троицы Живоначальной» прп. Андрея Рублёва. В духовном богатстве и богословской глубине этого образа звучит призыв к укреплению братских взаимоотношений между христианами и раскрывается глубинное содержание суда Божия, заключающегося в троической любви Бога к человеку. Among the New Testament writings the Epistles of St. Paul serve as the deepest theological source for elaborating the biblical doctrine of «discernment» (διάκρισις). Due to the variety and interrelation of the Greek terms representing this spiritual as well as cultural phenomenon, pragmatic intention of the Apostle is clear. Referring an appeal directly to the man, he constantly has in mind the mystery of God (μυστήριον), that was revealed in Christ. The «Gospel» of St. Paul focuses properly on an unexplicability of Godʼs plan: i.e. on the apophatic dimension of discernment as well as on an extreme openness of this plan in the apocalyptic context. On this background such important themes are stressed as: human responsibility, vigilance, perseverance, divisions (κρίσις). Between these two poles (immanence and transcendence, «already» and «not yet») dialectics of discernment is developing. The gift as well as the art of discernment is condensed in the Russian iconography of the «Holy Trinity» of Andrej Rublev. Within spiritual richness of this unique image resounds an appeal to strengthen brotherly relationships among Christians. It also discloses a deep dimension of the Godʼs judgment whose essence is expressed by the Trinitarian love of God towards a man.

scholarly journals The Lukan Tradition of the Lord's Supper

1912 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 322-348
Author(s):  
Benjamin Wisner Bacon
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Lord's Supper ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Other ◽  
Historical Jesus ◽  
Parallel Lines ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
To Come

In its effort to determine the historic sense of the New Testament records, and thus to understand them genetically, modern criticism has developed no instrument more effective than the method of comparison. In former days the aim was harmonization, because the interpreter started with the assumption of a mechanical agreement among the witnesses. Today the aim is distinction, because mechanical coincidence is neither assumed nor desired. On the contrary the broader the contrast in point of view, the surer the ultimate inference. Stars so remote that they give no parallax, their rays seeming to come at precisely the same angle no matter from what point of the earth's orbit the observer takes his measurements, afford small hope of determining their real position. There must be difference of angle when the earth has swung round half its orbit, or there is no basis for measurement. Fortunately for the problem of the historical Jesus, the rays which come to us from him do not travel along precisely parallel lines. On the other hand the problem is enormously complicated by the process of mixture; for the testimony of one witness has visibly affected that of another, detracting from its independent value.

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