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Roman Catholic Canon Law
- The Canon Law of the Roman Catholic Church is contained in two Codes that legislate on the way the Church is organized and carries out its activities in the world. The Law is understood with reference to a renewed ecclesiology expressed in the texts of the Second Vatican Council, which deeply...
- Author
- Patrick Valdrini
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Law, Spiritual life and practices
Protestant Theology in Korea
- This article deals with the landscape of Korean Christianity, focusing on the development of Protestant theology in socio-cultural contexts and the main issues of theological discourse. This article consists of mainly three parts: first, it illustrates the dawn and rise of Korean Protestant C...
- Author
- Meehyun Chung
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Theological movements
Ecumenism and Church Relations
- Ecumenism refers to the wide and multifaceted movement to advance Christian fellowship and the unity of the church. The contemporary ecumenical movement was preceded by nineteenth-century missionary and youth movements mobilizing Christians from various church backgrounds. Ecumenical pray...
- Author
- Minna Hietamäki
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Theological movements
Anglican Theology
- Anglican theology is a distinct tradition which emerged within Western Catholicism during the sixteenth-century Reformation. This article provides an account of Anglican theology as an ecclesial movement formed in the context of the theological and political shifts of sixteenth-century Euro...
- Author
- Stephen Spencer and Joseph Galgalo
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Theological movements
Lutheran Ecclesiology
- Lutheran ecclesiology is an outgrowth of a reform movement within the Western church and shares scriptural underpinnings with this broader tradition. The Lutheran reformers’ convictions about the church and the basic contours of an ecclesiology found binding expression in the Lutheran confe...
- Author
- Jonathan Mumme
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Theological movements
Ordained Ministries
- This article treats ordained ministries in the historic church traditions, East and West, which engage the ecumenical conversations, explorations, and emerging consensus on church-dividing issues on Christian ministry. The topics in this article include the development of structures of orda...
- Author
- John St-Helier Gibaut
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Spiritual life and practices
Baptism
- Baptism (from the Greek baptizo: to immerse, to submerge) is a ritual that is practised in practically all Christian churches and communities. It involves a person being immersed in water – or having water poured over them – along with the spoken trinitarian formula. This article outlines the...
- Author
- Dagmar Heller
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Spiritual life and practices
Orthodox Political Theology
- This entry outlines the evolution of various political theologies in the Eastern Christian milieux, from the time of the apostles up until the present. It begins with the definitions of and distinctions between political and public theologies. Then it explores the dialectics of the relati...
- Author
- Cyril Hovorun
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Theological movements, Society and culture
Missio Dei
- Missio Dei represents a missiological attempt to articulate a theocentric concept of mission with reference to the missionary nature and act of the triune God. This attempt arose as a reaction to the ecclesiocentric understanding of mission which was predominant within the Western global ...
- Author
- Chung-Hyun Baik and Sinwoong Kim
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Theological methods
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