The Philosophy of Christian Perfection
Author : Merritt Caldwell
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Page : 184 pages
File Size : 31,21 MB
Release : 1848
Category : Perfection
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The Philosophy of Christian Perfection: Embracing a Psychological Statement of Some of the Principles of Christianity on which this Doctrine Rests, Etc. [By Merritt Caldwell.]
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Page : 184 pages
File Size : 43,84 MB
Release : 1848
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Spiritual Theology
Author : Jordan Aumann
Publisher : Bloomsbury Continuum
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,60 MB
Release : 2019-11-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781472975393
Book Description
The first part of Prof Jordan Aumann's magisterialSpiritual Theology is concerned with the theological principles of Christian holiness, while the second and major part derives from those principles' practical directives for the individual Christian's 'growth in holiness'. Based firmly on the work of three classical masters - St Thomas Aquinas, St John of the Cross, and St Teresa of Avila - this text has already proved of great benefit to contemporary students and general readers seeking to inform and develop their own spiritual lives.
A Plain Account of Christian Perfection
Author : John Wesley
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 22,90 MB
Release : 2023-11-17
Category : Religion
ISBN :
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A Plain Account of Christian Perfection by John Wesley is about the theory of perfection according to Christian theology. Excerpt: "1. WHAT I purpose in the following pages is, to give a plain and distinct account of the steps by which I was led, during the course of many years, to embrace the doctrine of Christian Perfection. This I owe to the serious part of mankind; those who desire to know all the truth as it is in Jesus. And these only are concerned with questions of this kind. To these I would nakedly declare the thing as it is, endeavoring all along to show, from one period to another, both what I thought, and why I thought so."
The Question of God's Perfection
Author : Yoram Hazony
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 25,40 MB
Release : 2018-11-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004387986
Book Description
Philosophers have often described theism as the belief in the existence of a “perfect being”—a being that is said to possess all possible perfections, so that it is all-powerful, all-knowing, immutable, perfectly good, perfectly simple, and necessarily existent, among other qualities. But such a theology is difficult to reconcile with the God we find in the Bible and Talmud. The Question of God’s Perfection brings together leading scholars from the Jewish and Christian traditions to critically examine the theology of perfect being in light of the Hebrew Bible and classical rabbinic sources. Contributors are James A. Diamond, Lenn E. Goodman, Edward C. Halper, Yoram Hazony, Dru Johnson, Brian Leftow, Berel Dov Lerner, Alan L. Mittleman, Heather C. Ohaneson, Randy Ramal, Eleonore Stump, Alex Sztuden, and Joshua I. Weinstein.
The Severity of God
Author : Paul K. Moser
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 50,69 MB
Release : 2013-02-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1107023572
Book Description
Explores what role severity plays in God's character, and how difficulties in life relate to the concept of divine salvation.
The Philosophy of Early Christianity
Author : George E. Karamanolis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 15,21 MB
Release : 2014-09-03
Category : History
ISBN : 131754708X
Book Description
First published in 2014. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Clement of Alexandria
Author : Piotr Ashwin-Siejkowski
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 28,75 MB
Release : 2008-06-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0567032876
Book Description
An examination of the patristic idea of 'perfection' in relation to Clement's project on the ethical, intellectual and spiritual development of a Christian.
Divine Bodies
Author : Candida R. Moss
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 36,54 MB
Release : 2019-04-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0300179766
Book Description
A path-breaking scholar's insightful reexamination of the resurrection of the body and the construction of the self When people talk about the resurrection they often assume that the bodies in the afterlife will be perfect. But which version of our bodies gets resurrected--young or old, healthy or sick, real-to-life or idealized? What bodily qualities must be recast in heaven for a body to qualify as both ours and heavenly? The resurrection is one of the foundational statements of Christian theology, but when it comes to the New Testament only a handful of passages helps us answer the question "What will those bodies be like?" More problematically, the selection and interpretation of these texts are grounded in assumptions about the kinds of earthly bodies that are most desirable. Drawing upon previously unexplored evidence in ancient medicine, philosophy, and culture, this illuminating book both revisits central texts--such as the resurrection of Jesus--and mines virtually ignored passages in the Gospels to show how the resurrection of the body addresses larger questions about identity and the self.
The Untamed God
Author : Jay W. Richards
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 29,46 MB
Release : 2009-09-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0830877436
Book Description
God is sovereign. God is perfect. God is immutable. God created everything. God is triune. The Son of God was incarnate in Jesus Christ. The essential tenets of classical theism regarding the doctrine of God can be stated fairly easily. However, questions have been raised regarding the coherence of these beliefs taken as a whole. Some have seen fit to abandon classical theism. Others have acknowledged tensions in the traditional concept of God and have sought to resolve them by means of making significant concessions. Jay Wesley Richards believes that classical theism with its biblical norm can and ought to be maintained. He shows how a philosophical defense, using the analytical tools of modal logic, can be mounted that preserves traditional Christian beliefs. Richards astutely defends essentialism, arguing that it is both intrinsic to the Christian understanding of God and preserves the contingency of creation and the God-world relation. To further clarify and defend his proposal he engages appreciatively and critically the thought of Karl Barth and Charles Hartshorne as well as addressing the related and currently debated matters of divine simplicity and immutability.
