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  2. The Theology of the Council of Nicaea

    The Council of Nicaea in 325 was a critical theological and institutional watershed between the local and often diverse theologies of one God as Trinity in the second- and third-century Christian communities and the universal or catholic credal statements of the ancient imperial church th...
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    Rebecca Lyman
    Faith tradition
    Christianity
    Topics
    Theological movements

  3. Magisterial Teaching of John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Francis

    This chapter offers an overview of the magisterial teaching of the pontificates of John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Francis. This includes a summary of the content of their encyclicals and their other most significant magisterial documents. Summaries are also provided of the major theologica...
    Author
    Tracey Rowland
    Faith tradition
    Christianity
    Topics
    Theological movements

  4. Conciliar Christology

    This article presents the concept of Conciliar Christology, the Christology taught at the first seven ecumenical councils of the Christian Church. It then discusses the motivations for considering Conciliar Christology when theorizing about the incarnation. These motivations include the his...
    Author
    Timothy Pawl
    Faith tradition
    Christianity
    Topics
    Theological methods

  5. 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

  6. 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...
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    John St-Helier Gibaut
    Faith tradition
    Christianity
    Topics
    Spiritual life and practices

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