The Bride Of Christ A Metaphor For The Church
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Bride Of Christ A Metaphor For The Church
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Author : Norbert Schnell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
Bride Of Christ A Metaphor For The Church written by Norbert Schnell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with Church categories.
The Bride Of Christ A Metaphor For The Church
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Author : Norbert Schnell
language : en
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
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Lumen gentium, the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church of the Second Vatican Council, uses various images to speak about the Church. This study is about the Church as the Bride of Christ. Unlike the great images of the Church as the People of God and the Body of Christ, the image of the Church as the Bride of Christ has never been extensively examined since the Second Vatican Council. The current research is a biblical and systematic-theological study of this image. Its main question is what this metaphor can tell us about the essence of the Church, and what its consequences are for the life of the Church today.
The Bride Of Christ Goes To Hell
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Author : Dyan Elliott
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2011-11-16
The Bride Of Christ Goes To Hell written by Dyan Elliott and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-16 with History categories.
The early Christian writer Tertullian first applied the epithet "bride of Christ" to the uppity virgins of Carthage as a means of enforcing female obedience. Henceforth, the virgin as Christ's spouse was expected to manifest matronly modesty and due submission, hobbling virginity's ancient capacity to destabilize gender roles. In the early Middle Ages, the focus on virginity and the attendant anxiety over its possible loss reinforced the emphasis on claustration in female religious communities, while also profoundly disparaging the nonvirginal members of a given community. With the rising importance of intentionality in determining a person's spiritual profile in the high Middle Ages, the title of bride could be applied and appropriated to laywomen who were nonvirgins as well. Such instances of democratization coincided with the rise of bridal mysticism and a progressive somatization of female spirituality. These factors helped cultivate an increasingly literal and eroticized discourse: women began to undergo mystical enactments of their union with Christ, including ecstatic consummations and vivid phantom pregnancies. Female mystics also became increasingly intimate with their confessors and other clerical confidants, who were sometimes represented as stand-ins for the celestial bridegroom. The dramatic merging of the spiritual and physical in female expressions of religiosity made church authorities fearful, an anxiety that would coalesce around the figure of the witch and her carnal induction into the Sabbath.
The Bride Of Christ
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Author : Mark Fenison
language : en
Publisher: Challenge Press
Release Date : 2013-12-05
The Bride Of Christ written by Mark Fenison and has been published by Challenge Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-05 with Religion categories.
How many times have you heard that Baptists think they are the only ones going to heaven or they believe you must be a Baptist to be saved? Nothing could be further from the truth! The reason Baptists are charged with believing this is because other denominations confuse the church with salvation. Hence, when Baptists identify themselves as the only true church of Christ, the conclusion is wrongly drawn that one must be a member of a Baptist Church in order to be saved. Baptists, however, believe that the church has nothing to do with positional salvation in Christ. They also believe that God has left those who are saved here on earth to serve Him. In this book, Mr. Fenison presents the belief that just as there is but one way of salvation, there is but one way of service by one kind of church, and this church is the Bride of Christ.
The Moody Handbook Of Theology
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Author : Paul Enns
language : en
Publisher: Moody Publishers
Release Date : 2014-03-27
The Moody Handbook Of Theology written by Paul Enns and has been published by Moody Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-27 with Religion categories.
The study of God, His nature, and His Word are all essential to the Christian faith. Now those interested in Christian theology have a newly revised and updated reference tool in the 25th Anniversary Edition of The Moody Handbook of Theology. In this classic and timeless one-volume resource, Paul Enns offers a comprehensive overview of the five dimensions of theology: biblical, systematic, historical, dogmatic, and contemporary. Each section includes an introduction, chapters on key points, specific studies pertinent to that theology, books for further study, and summary evaluations of each dimension. Charts, graphs, glossary, and indexes add depth and breadth. Theology, once the domain of academicians and learned pastors, is now accessible to anyone interested in understanding the essentials of what Christians believe. The Moody Handbook of Theology is a concise doctrinal reference tool for newcomers and seasoned veterans alike.
Ecclesiology In Reformed Perspective
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Author : Billy Kristanto
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2022-07-11
Ecclesiology In Reformed Perspective written by Billy Kristanto and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-11 with Religion categories.
This ecclesiological study argues that Reformed ecclesiology cannot be separated from Reformed Christology. The christological foundation of Reformed doctrine of the church will be examined as Reformed theology portrays the important ecclesiological topics in the light of its christological thoughts. This book offers potential for the future of the church with her pastoral concern. It will serve as a stimulus against the erroneous paths of ecclesiocentrism on the one hand and church-forgetfulness on the other. Even though the chapters of the book deal with classical topics in ecclesiology, the work will try to analyze and answer contemporary challenges the church faces. This book is not a systematic treatment in the sense of an examination of the whole developed in terms of one principle (that is, Christology). Rather, the concern of this book is to expound the Holy Scripture realistically and to engage with the contemporary church in her concrete existence. The study will weave together insights from biblical, historical, confessional, philosophical, and contemporary studies in a fruitful way.
Bible Doctrine
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Author : Wayne A. Grudem
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins Christian Publishing
Release Date : 1999
Bible Doctrine written by Wayne A. Grudem and has been published by HarperCollins Christian Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Religion categories.
This is an abridgment of Grudem's highly commended Systematic Theology intended for laypeople and nonprofessionals.
Woman Mother And Bride
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Author : Felise Tavo
language : en
Publisher: Peeters Publishers
Release Date : 2007
Woman Mother And Bride written by Felise Tavo and has been published by Peeters Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Bible categories.
Over the past fifty years, studies pertaining to the reality of the church in the Apocalypse have, for the most part, tended to be either selective or sketchy in their treatment of the relevant material of the book. Yet in all fairness to the seer of Patmos, his portrayal of the church as a reality decidedly complex and at once profound can only be attained in a thoroughgoing study of the principal ecclesial narratives of his work, so as to allow for that indispensable 'synoptic' overview of such intentionally correlated material. Woman, Mother and Bride is such a study. It re-examines the relevant imagery of the Apocalypse but from the perspective of the seer's ecclesial 'thought-world' and on the basis of his overriding pastoral concerns for the 'seven churches' without which his work will continue to puzzle and trouble at every page. The ensuing outlook on the church is panoramic in its scope yet compelling in its appeal which further goes to confirm the Apocalypse as one of the most significant theological achievements of early Christianity.
Images Of The Church In The New Testament
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Author : Paul Sevier Minear
language : en
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Release Date : 2004-01-01
Images Of The Church In The New Testament written by Paul Sevier Minear and has been published by Westminster John Knox Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-01-01 with Religion categories.
First published in 1960, Paul Minear's classic work identifies and explicates ninety-six images for the church found in the New Testament. Comprehensive and accessibly written, it has been used in seminary classes for over thirty years. Its range of reach and incredibly rich discussions of the many images and metaphors make this book a splendid resource for students and pastors. The New Testament Library offers authoritative commentary on every book and major aspect of the New Testament, as well as classic volumes of scholarship. The commentaries in this series provide fresh translations based on the best available ancient manuscripts, offer critical portrayals of the historical world in which the books were created, pay careful attention to their literary design, and present a theologically perceptive exposition of the text.
Covenant And The Metaphor Of Divine Marriage In Biblical Thought
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Author : Sebastian R. Smolarz
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2010-10-14
Covenant And The Metaphor Of Divine Marriage In Biblical Thought written by Sebastian R. Smolarz and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-14 with Religion categories.
This volume deals with the varied forms of shame reflected in biblical, theological, psychological and anthropological sources. Although traditional theology and church practice concentrate on providing forgiveness for shameful behavior, recent scholarship has discovered the crucial relevance of social shame evoked by mental status, adversity, slavery, abuse, illness, grief and defeat. Anthropologists, sociologists, and psychologists have discovered that unresolved social shame is related to racial and social prejudice, to bullying, crime, genocide, narcissism, post-traumatic stress and other forms of toxic behavior. Eleven leaders in this research participated in a conference on The Shame Factor, sponsored by St. Mark's United Methodist Church in Lincoln, NE in October 2010. Their essays explore the impact and the transformation of shame in a variety of arenas, comprising in this volume a unique and innovative resource for contemporary religion, therapy, ethics, and social analysis.