‘Minimalism’ The Copenhagen School of Thought in Biblical Studies : —————————————————————————- —- The following is an edited transcript of a lecture given by George Athas to students at the University of Sydney in the first year course “Biblical Studies” on April 29th, 1999. Since this paper is a transcript note, it is not to be […]
On Fri, 16 Feb 2001 11:25:00 +1300, “Inquest” wrote: >Just a thought. When Jesus was born would it be more correct to say he was >truely God or fully God. As this is a question primarily asked of >Christians, atheists need not respond! 🙂 >Hey! Serious positive input required, O.K??? Paul, in Galatians 4:6ff (which […]
Rowland: And another point – from an excellent book ‘Who was Jesus?’ by N T Wright (Fellow / Tutor in Theology Worcester College Oxford): ‘There was… nothing particularly surprising in ordinary human beings thinking they might be the Messiah. That of itself certainly didn’t mean that the person in question was thinking of himself as […]
“Danny Yee” wrote in message . | Rowland Croucher wrote: | >Two questions on this one Danny: | > | >1. Who is this writer? Haven’t heard of him… | | Thompson is an academic from Copenhagen Uni (which is apparently a | hot-bed of people who think along the same lines). G’day Folks, T.L […]
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-034 (Theology) Living Words of the New Testament, by Rev Dr Leon Morris RECONCILIATION Reconciliation tells us clearly what Christ did for us on the cross. It is not used as often as some such words (for example, justification), but it does bring out an important aspect of Christ’s atoning work (see […]
On Fri, 16 Feb 2001 07:37:33 GMT, (Fr James Scully) wrote: >>Which of the Apostles do you think wrote Hebrews? > >St Paul of course 🙂 Question worded well and noted. :)) I am not interested in playing silly word games. You implied that Hebrews was apostolic, and that prompted my question. The answer I […]
Theology 911 * Final Exam 1. Summarize Thomas Aquinas’ Summa Theologiae in three succinct sentences. You may use your Bible. 2. St. Martin of Tours, Pope Clement VII and Karl Barth were not contemporaries. Had they known each other, how might the history of the Reformation have turned out differently? 3. Define a moral system […]
Peter, re icons, briefly. History: Orthodox tradition holds that St Luke the physician was the first iconographer and his first icon was that of St Mary and the baby Jesus in the well known and popular child sitting on the lap type icon. We do not hold that he conducted a ‘sitting’ with the Virgin […]
Friend 1 wrote: >>This illustrates my point. Your position has nothing at all in >>common with reasonable scientific skepticism. There are no >>credible scientists who have a general rejection of radiometric >>dating for reasons you mention. Individual dates can, in some >>limited cases, be inaccurate due to various effects; but over >>all radiometric dating is […]
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-023 (Theology) Living Words of the New Testament, by Rev Dr Leon Morris PARACLETE Some words are very hard to translate, for example, the one that is used to describe the Holy Spirit in John 14:16 and some other passages. It is translated ‘Counselor’ in RSV and NIV, ‘Advocate’ in NEB, ‘Helper’ […]