Kategoria BISAC: Religion >> Christian Theology - Ecclesiology

Die Epistula ad Afros, ein Schreiben an die Bischofe der Diozese Africa, das wahrscheinlich um 366/67 abgefasst wurde, ist ein wichtiges Zeugnis fur die theologische Position des Athanasius in der bisher wenig beachteten Zeit nach der Ruckkehr aus seinem letzten Exil. In Auseinandersetzung mit der Synodalgeschichte seit Mitte der 50er Jahre des 4. Jahrhunderts stellt er nachdrucklich das Nizanum als einzig orthodoxes und katholisches Glaubensbekenntnis in den Vordergrund seiner Darlegungen.

Der vorliegende Band bietet eine Ubersetzung und Einzelkommentierung des Schreibens...

This volume commences a complete edition of the writings of Nilus of Ancyra (+ ca. 430). It presents the first attempt to reconstruct the lost text of the commentary on the Song of Songs from the catenae sources. The introduction details the principles and methods used in the reconstruction, and comprehensive indexes provide access to the text. The commentary can definitely be attributed to Nilus; the edition is of fundamental importance for this reason too, as this is not the case for various other writings appearing under his name.

The death of the church, however, will not destroy the church, but will allow it to rise to new life in Christ.

This is not only because of the universal principle that death precedes resurrection, but also because the church has adopted certain Satanic values and goals and the only way to break free from our enslavement to these values is to die.

But death will not be the end of the church, just as death was not the end of Jesus. If the church follows Jesus into...

A text-critical edition of the third speech against the Arians (in Greek) within the Berlin edition of Athanasius Werke.

The edition presents the third speech against the Arians, which the Alexandrian bishop Athanaius composed probably between 342-345 CE. The new critical edition of this writing, which because of its dogmatic statements on Christology was often later cited in secondary sources, takes the place of Bernard de Montfaucon's edition of 1698 and the various reprints of it.

The series is devoted to Christian texts from the Greek-speaking parts of the ancient Roman Empire. Published since 1897 (first in Leipzig, then in Berlin) by the Royal Prussian Academy under the project Griechische Christliche Schriftsteller, which was continued by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy, the series offers large critical editions accompanied by historical introductions and indices of those works that have not been included in other major editions. When complete, the series will provide complete coverage of the first three centuries.

The volume Church as Politeia comprises fifteen papers which were presented at a German-British Research Colloquium of the Becket Institute in Oxford. In these papers the political self-understanding of Christianity is analyzed in its historical development from various denominational perspectives. The authors of these contributions are theologians, lawyers, philosophers and historians from Germany and Great Britain.

If you've ever wondered what the churches of the New Testament looked like - how they functioned, how they were governed, how they conducted their evangelistic and missionary enterprises, what ordinances they observed, what their liturgy consisted of, how decisions were made, how discipline was administered; if you've ever wondered how far modern churches have drifted from the New Testament pattern; if you've ever wondered what it would take for your church, and others like it, to return to the New Testament model, or if such a thing is even possible or desirable - then this book is for...

Today the word church provokes wide-ranging reactions and generates discussion on a variety of issues among Christians and non-Christians alike. In order to sort through this maze of responses and topics, a biblical and theological foundation must be laid that provides a clear vision of the church of the Lord Jesus Christ and its significance in God's eternal purpose.

With extensive pastoral, teaching, missions,...