Oor die inhoud en boodskap van die Heidelbergse Kategismus by D. Smit

“…A third section serves as reminder of Barth’s claim that Jesus Christ is the content of this comfort and therefore of the Heidelberg Catechism. …”
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Religious plurality in Africa: A challenge to the church

“…The Church has to communicate the gospel of Jesus Christ nonetheless, but leave the dispensing of salvation in terms of Christian eschatology to God. …”
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O Simbolismo das Cores no Livro de José de Arimateia by Pedro Chambel

“…The book is a narrative about the Holy Grail, the chalice that was supposed to contain the blood shed by Jesus Christ while crucified, collected by Joseph of Arimathea; and also the adventures of the characters that interact with the grail while it was taken from Jerusalem to Great Britain. …”
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Cyril of Alexandria's critique of the term Theotokos by Nestorius Constantinople by E. Artemi

“…He had the real human nature (body and soul), but without propensity to sin. Jesus Christ was the incarnate Word of God. He was born of the Virgin Mary and conceived by the Holy Spirit. …”
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Oor die teologiese inhoud van die Belydenis van Belhar by D. J. Smit

“…Regarding the Confession of Belhar, the theological content consists in three confessional claims (each including allusions to the false teaching that is implicitly thereby unmasked and rejected) within the broader framework of an introduction and conclusion, involving key theological claims as well, respectively about the nature of the church and the lordship of Jesus Christ. After some interpretive comments on all five of these structural aspects – the introduction and conclusion and the three claims – brief consideration is given to the nature of reception of confessional documents in the Reformed tradition and some implications for the reception of the theological content of the Confession of Belhar. …”
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Corruption: how should Christians respond? by P. M. Theron, G. A. Lotter

“…The golden rule of Jesus Christ can serve as a guiding principle for everyday life, namely do to others what you would have them do to you. …”
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Espace et art de la formule visuelle à Rome sous le pontificat de Pascal Ier (817-824) : l’exemple de la basilique Sainte-Praxède  by Raphaël Demès

“…In this decorated set, Pascal 1st was placed in a half-position between Roman founder martyrs, the apostles and Jesus-Christ.…”
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The promise of attending to literary context for contextual biblical hermeneutics in Africa by D.W. Ellington

“…Repercussions can include a limited role of Jesus Christ and a heightened role of material prosperity in some African expressions of Christian faith. …”
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Die belydenis van die kerk by J. Buitendag

“…The presupposition of all this is that God has revealed Himself in Jesus Christ. Scripture is therefore primarily not revelation as such, but testimony of the revelation in Christ. …”
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Zagadnienie nawrócenia i pokuty w dziełach Sulpicjusza Sewera by Józef Pochwat

“…Martin is in the first place, not the Son of God Jesus Christ. …”
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Brat – ojciec – matka. Specyfika braterstwa minoryckiego by Wiesław Block

“…The idea of Minorite brotherhood is not limited to the community of the Friars Minor only but also extends to the whole creation, though for the most part he focuses on the relationship that has the scope of uniting the brothers from the four corners of the earth into a fellowship following in the footsteps of the poor and humble Jesus Christ. Structurally, the work is divided into two parts, the first of which describes the maturation of Francis’ attitude of being a brother (awareness of being a “brother” to entire humankind), while the second dwells upon the figure of mother, which is the prototype of fraternal relationships, according to the mind of Francis. …”
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Deconstructing Theology or Prophetic Theology? A Comparative Protestant and Eastern Orthodox Christian Perspective by Nathanael Neacșu

“…Thus, Orthodox theology must deliver the eternal word and life of Jesus Christ, addressed to the contemporary context, in order to guide the Church and the Faithful toward the Kingdom of God. …”
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JUSTICE AS BEAUTY-IN-ACTION? INSIGHTS FROM HANS URS VON BALTHASAR’S AESTHETICS AND DRAMATICS by M.J. Havenga

“…It begins by giving an exposition of Balthasar’s theological aesthetics, as developed in his work The glory of the Lord, which shows how, for Von Balthasar, earthly beauty participates in, and expresses something of God’s divine glory and reaches its apex in the revelation of the beautiful form of Jesus Christ. This is then followed by an exposition of Von Balthasar’s theological dramatics, as developed in his work Theo-drama, which shows how, for Von Balthasar, this beautiful form of Christ is not merely a static image, icon, or artwork but, in fact, a dynamic event, a dramatic act, an embodied performance which reveals to us, along with God’s glory and beauty, God’s unbounded goodness. …”
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Wiara w Kościele, lecz dla świata. Rekonstrukcja interpretacji nauczania Vaticanum II by Andrzej Napiórkowski

“…The Council opened the Church for people thanks to the call of enlarging the faith in Jesus Christ.…”
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"Having fellowship with God" according to 1 John: dealing with the intermediation and invironment through which and in which it is constituted by D. G. van der Merwe

“…From the prooemium (1:1-4) of the epistle, which is used as the basic text in this research, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, has been designated to accomplish a fundamental revelatory-salvific act to enable believers to have fellowship with God and one another. …”
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Die sosiale konstruksie-model en die spanning tussen hoor en doen as reaksie op die prediking by DJB Kleynhans, JS Kellerman

“… Preaching is the occurrence of communication through which the gospel of Jesus Christ is made known to the world, in order to change people's lives. …”
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‘What makes you think Theology is a subject?’ by Trevor Williams

“…Thus Christians ‘confess Jesus Christ is Lord’, and Confessional Theology is the rational articulation of the Christian Faith from within the circle of Faith – the convictions, experiences, and hopes grounded in the story of Jesus and characterized by commitment and involvement. …”
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The truth about man and for man. Practical implications of John Paul II’s encyclical “Fides et ratio” by Ryszard Hajduk

“…The task of the Church is to transmit to people the truth revealed by Jesus Christ, which discloses the mystery of God and man, is accessible in faith, and appeals to the intellect to accept it. …”
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“WHO IS CHRIST FOR US TODAY?” BONHOEFFER’S QUESTION FOR THE CHURCH by Henco Van der Westhuizen

“… How can a theology thinking about the church learn from Bonhoeffer’s famous and oft repeated question of who Jesus Christ is for us today? The article attempts to answer this question by tracing Bonhoeffer’s theological concerns that led him to ask this question in what he called a religionless age. …”
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Liturgiese afleidings uit die kontinuïteit en diskontinuïteit van die Pasga en die Nagmaal by B. de Klerk

“… The Service of the Word constitutes the climax and junction of the liturgy during the service, and the Holy Communion is the crucial confirmation and appropriation of the core of Scripture, namely Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour. The question is whether liturgic deductions for the purpose of enriching the celebration of the Holy Communion can result from a consideration of the continuity and the discontinuity of Passover and the Holy Communion of our Lord. …”
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