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9 results for “Councils”
Clear searchSamuel G. Green · Historical survey · 1904
…remarkably balanced guide to the first fifteen centuries. Apostolic Church Church Fathers Councils Doctrinal development Eastern and Western Churches Medieval Church Reform movements
View recommendation →The Venerable Bede · Ecclesiastical and national history · 731
Bede's foundational account of Britain and the growth of Christianity among the English, bringing together rulers and missionaries, monasteries and bishops, councils and controversies, conversions, conflicts, remembered miracles, and the formation of a Christian people.
View recommendation →How an openly transmitted text survived copying, criticism, and centuries of examination
…tament books, collections, quotations, and translations existed before the fourth-century councils commonly named in this claim. By then the evidence was already geographically dispersed. Councils could recognise books received and used among churches; they could not make earlier…
Read article →Eustathius of Antioch, the human soul of Christ and the pictures created by our words
…ts speaker. This is why precision matters. The point is not uniformity to confessions and councils as an end in itself. Technical formulas can be repeated without understanding, charity or worship. A person can pass an examination in Christology while remaining cold towards Chris…
Read article →R. V. Sellers · Theological biography and history of doctrine · 1928
…ian language about Christ was still being argued, tested, and refined. Sellers shows that councils, bishops, imperial favour, personal conflict, and genuine theological conviction were closely entangled. Eustathius himself emerges as a man of heart and zeal, determined to defend…
View recommendation →History, heresy, and the temptation of private Christianity
…that the final norm is the publicly accessible prophetic and apostolic word. Confessions, councils, traditions, and pastors carry real but ministerial authority. They serve the word; they do not become immune from its judgment. Lee's criticism is therefore most persuasive as a di…
Read article →Which Gospel does the Qur'an affirm?
…pia and regions connected with Arabia. Their churches disagreed sharply over Christology, councils, episcopal authority and imperial power. They used different liturgical languages. Some lived beyond Byzantine control. Yet the Gospel books identifiable among these divided Christi…
Read article →Christianity, Islam and the verdict of the evidence
…het to divine Son, transformed His rescue into crucifixion, developed the Trinity through councils, lost the original Gospel and mixed revelation with legend. God therefore sent the Qur’an as the final protected criterion, restoring Abrahamic monotheism, honouring Jesus properly…
Read article →Constantine, Arius, the Trinity, the biblical canon—and the myths that refuse to die
…ired to appoint another bishop; appeals against excommunication and twice-yearly regional councils; the customary regional responsibilities of the bishops of Alexandria, Rome and Antioch; the reconciliation of Novatian clergy and other separated groups; terms for restoring Christ…
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