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The study aims to clarify how widespread and to what depth Scheeben's dogmatic-theological legacy affected Czech Catholic theologians from 1861 to the present day. The research indicates that there was a widespread awareness of both the person and the work of the German professor among clergy as well as laity from 1861 till 1948. The most accentuated themes were the Holy Spirit and grace, Mariology and the Eucharist. Czech theologians highly appreciated Scheeben's linking dogmatics and spirituality, e. g. Christians' life as a participation in the Trinitarian life. From 1948 on, the knowledge of Scheeben's work diminished due to restrictions on the theological reflection during the Communist regime (till 1989), even though some Czech authors who lived and published in exile considered the Cologne professor in certain aspects as a predecessor of Vatican II. In the recent decades, Scheeben's legacy has been highlighted only by a few Czech authors and is becoming known more through translations of foreign publications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

T. C. Chao (1888–1979) was a leading Chinese Protestant theologian renowned for his creative works of Chinese theology. Although scholars have traced significant changes and shifts in Chao's theology in the 1940s, a particular formal aspect of his mature thinking has not received the attention it deserves. Chao began to emphasise and practise a particular form of Chinese theology in the 1940s and early 1950s, namely, doctrinal or dogmatic theology. This paper traces the development of Chao's dogmatic theology and examines one representative dogmatic locus in his thinking, the doctrine of the Trinity. It argues that Chao's turn to dogmatics not only richly illuminates a crucial aspect of his mature life and thought, but also sheds light on the legacy of Andrew Walls, whose work highlights Christianity's cross-cultural diffusion and the gospel's encounter with the cultural worlds it takes root within. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The fourth part of the “Suggestions for Refining Theological Terminology in Slovak” project deals with the incorrect wording and translation of the terms ‘ľudskosť’ (humanity – virtue) and ‘ľudstvo’ (human race) in Slovak. It presents several examples from theological literature in which both incorrect terms are given. It points out their correct wording on the basis of official texts of the Catholic Church in Christology. It also looks for the causes of this phenomenon. One of them is the basic study of Christology abroad and the publication of theological articles or the translation of documents of the Catholic Church in Slovak, despite the fact that they did not master the terminology in the field of dogmatic theology in Slovak after returning from their studies. The second one is the similarity of the words ‘humanitas’ and ‘natúra humána’ in Latin and other languages, especially Romance languages, but also in Czech. Finally, it adds that the use of incorrect terms causes a distorted, even erroneous, phrasing of the text about the person of Jesus Christ. This unwanted phenomenon can be prevented by studying the available theological literature in Slovak. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study aims to clarify how widespread and to what depth Scheeben’s dogmatic‑theologian legacy affected Czech Catholic theologians from 1948 up until the present. The research reveals that awareness of the person and the work of the German professor has declined. We make reference to a decade of authors who referred to Scheeben’s books. A novum represents four translations of parts of his work into Czech and Slovak. The most frequent themes were the Holy Spirit and grace, Sacramentology, while some authors touch on Trinitology, especially connected to spirituality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article is devoted to the library of the Orenburg Theological Seminary, which was lost in 1918. It was based on the books of spiritual and religious content. The purpose of the library reconstruction is to create its approximate catalog at the time of the seminary closure. The article describes only that sections of the catalog that reflect physically preserved books: Holy Scripture, Dogmatic Theology, Homiletics, Pastoral Theology, Moral Theology, Asceticism, Ecumenism, Christian apologetics, Schismatic studies, history of non-Christian religions, history of the Russian Orthodox Church, etc. Only 35 copies have been survived to this day. All of them are monuments of book culture and give an idea of both the representativeness of the lost library itself and the preparation of clergymen for missionary activity in the Orenburg Orthodox Diocese.

The study aims to clarify how widespread and to what depth Scheeben's dogmatic-theologian legacy affected Czech Catholic Theologians between the years 1918 and 1948. The research indicates that there was a wide awareness of both the person and the work of the German Professor among clergy as well as laity. We name nearly thirty authors who referred to Scheeben's books. The most frequent themes were Ecclesiology, the Holy Spirit and grace, Sacramentology, and some authors touch on Trinitology, especially connected to spirituality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The goal of this article is to analyse the means by which the philokalic spirituality had influenced and shaped Dumitru Stăniloae' theological discourse, whose personality is regarded as defining an epoch within Romanian theology, and also to emphasize the implications of this philokalic theology upon the models of human existence in the contemporary world. The fact that he is considered one of the greatest theologian of the 20th centrury by some of the authors belonging to various Christian confessions is due to his very ability to be involved in the contemporary, modern man's existence, as a true witness and confessor of his epoch. This involvement does not mean that he identifies or abandons to the modernity structures, but he remains a real, original creator, that continues to be the spokesperson, deeply anchored within the patristic discourse, thus outlining that the Orthodox philokalic spirituality has something to say to the contemporary world and to provide original solutions to its challenges. Dumitru Stăniloae offered a model consisting in a living "alive" theology, experiated throughout his own life, theology that, although maintaining the philosophical means of exposure, has a philocalic content, his writing being a conversation with God rather than a talk about God. Therefore, he frantically revised the traditonal theology, that was blocked within an abstract scholastic discourse, emphasizing that the role of theology resides in extracting from the divine revelation the patterns of thought and existence characterizing every age/epoch. The Christological foundation and structure of the Philokalia have entitled Father Stăniloae to ensure a philokalic basis to his dogmatic theology, thus providing one of his most important contributions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

There are words in the Catholic doctrine where the meaning is not unambiguous, but ambiguous or polysemous. Ideally, there should be more monosemic and less polysemic expressions. This cannot be prevented in many cases. There are several options, however, where ambiguity or polysemy can be eliminated. This may help to refine Catholic doctrine. The aim of my study is not the pastoral aspect as a matter of priority, consisting in the gradual introduction of new terms into homilies, catechisms or prayer books, but a theological view, whereby the task is to argue from the aspect of the content of the doctrine and correctness of the Slovak language. This viewpoint should help those in charge of the Church to consider the validity of these suggestions and, accordingly, apply at least some of them in pastoral and liturgical practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study is the critical analysis of the Trinitarian Theology and Pneumatology of František Žak SJ (1862–1934) who is the author of the many theological books and articles, romances, stories, stage plays, spiritual songs… In the introduction the author explains the reasons of this study and presents the basic hermeneutical points of view of his analysis. Then he introduces the work and the life of František Žak and finds two texts of this author which deal with the Trinitarian Theology and Pneumatology. The life of Žak is more interesting than his theological work which suffers from the same deficiencies which were typical for Dogmatic Theology of his era, but in Žak’s work there are some elements which are actual up to these days.

The topic of this study is the relationship between dogmatic and moral theology. In the fi rst part of this paper the author defi nes this relationship as a hermeneutic circle and as an analogy of the trinitarian perichoresis. The second short chapter of this article is concerned with the issue of the natural and supernatural in the moral theology. In the third part the writer considers the relationship between Christ and the Torah. In the following paragraph we can see the relationship between the image of God and requests of moral theology. In the fi fth short chapter we can fi nd some inspirations of how to conceive of a new trinitarian moral theology. In the last point the author presents the thinking of Saint Bonaventura about theology of Sapientia that creates harmony between intellectus, affectus, contemplation and ethics.

In the introduction of this study the author presents the most important personalities of the history the Czech Trinitarian Theology, who had written before Josef Pospišil started. The author explains the reasons of this study and presents the basic hermeneutical points of view of his analysis. Then he introduces the life and Josef Pospišil’s work, who was very important Czech Christian thinker of this period 1845–1926. Author aimed to two Pospišil’s texts which deal with the Trinitarian Theology. The work of Pospišil is characterized by methodological discipline, knowledge the co-temporary literature and very good language level. At the same time it is obvious that his thinking suffers from the same deficiencies which were typical for Dogmatic Theology of his era, but in Pospišil’s work there are some elements which are actual up to these days.

According to the general concepts of modern era, scientific-critical exegesis aims to rationalize the learning process of biblical texts and deal with it on the same level with other literary works of the ancient. The attitude to modern biblical hermeneutics varies from radically negative to carefully positive in the theological and academic world of the 20th century. The philosophic hermeneutics of the 20th century (in particular, Paul Ricoeur) questioned the adequacy and prospects of the fundamental principles of the modern biblical studies and its encroachment on non-distorted objectivity in its researches.

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The aim of this article is to briefly introduce and to examine the views of the founders of the four Sunni schools of Islamic jurisprudence (namely, Abū Hanīfa Nuʻmān ibn Thābit, Mālik ibn Anas, Muhammad ibn Idrīs al-Shāfʻī, and Ahmad ibn Hanbal) and that of their renowned students and followers, regarding the legitimacy of engaging in the study of Islamic doctrinal beliefs or Kalām. Different, and often conflicting, views have been postulated on this matter. Some Sunni thinkers have condemned the pursuit of theology as an act of heresy and denounced its practitioners as apostates. Other Sunni thinkers have extolled this discipline as the noblest of sciences whose learning and teaching are, at least under certain circumstances, incumbent. This fundamental dispute regarding the legitimacy of the discipline of theology has resulted in a rather contentious and opaque scholarly environment. In addition to the inherent importance of the discipline of theology as such, the significance of this dispute is compounded by the impact that the attitude one adopts toward this discipline can have on the development of the intellectual and rational aspects of Islam. A negative attitude toward theology, for example, can hamper the application of rational elements to Islamic doctrine. Our focus in this article is on analysing the views of the leading thinkers and jurists of the Sunni school and investigating the most authoritative sources of doctrinal tradition within this major denomination of Islam. Our study leads us to conclude that the disapproving views of the preeminent Sunni figures should be construed, not as a denunciation of the discipline of theology per se, but as a refutation of certain theological principles and persuasions that are viewed as incompatible with orthodox Islamic faith. In addition to and preceding that conclusion, this article provides a survey of the literature concerning the views of Muslim scholars on the legitimacy of Kalām. After categorising these views into the two opposite camps of Kalam’s legitimacy and illegitimacy, the article then proceeds to evaluate and critically analyse them, and to resolve some of their initial incompatibilities. Contribution: The article sheds new light on the historical development of the discipline of theology within the Sunni schools of Islam. This is a little-studied and often overlooked subject that can help in attaining a better understanding of how this critical field within religious studies has emerged into its present form.

Gratia supponit naturam represents a possible solution to the understanding of the two orders. Taking into consideration the results of Bernhard Stoeckle's work allows us to further investigate the contribution offered by the axiom about understanding the relationship between the two orders. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This essay reflects on the specific dogmatic character of Christology that not only constitutes the heart of Catholic Moral Theology, but is decisive for faith’s judgment on any possible moral arbitrariness present in the “emergencies” that characterizes human life today. The transforming effect of faith discernment which the other can recognize and share is a gift of God made visible in the human-divine trait of the Person of Jesus Christ. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A renewal of the theological method in the spirit of the II. Vatican Council represented a significant change in dogmatic theology. It was not just a question of technical nature, but rather a change of the way of thinking and approach. The main purpose of this article is to point out how Marcello Bordoni – an important Italian theologian faced the challenges of the II. Vatican Council. In the first part the article presents the personality and theological works of M. Bordoni. In the second part, it points out the difficulties which the post-conciliar theologian had to face, and consequently discusses the methodological bases that Bordoni considered to be a necessary premise for any authentic theological reflection. Presentation of the Italian theologian and his effort to grasp the theological method is important not only for the theory. The question of the method also reflects the spirituality of the theologian.

The following research areas of dogmatic theology were developed in the publications that appear in "Collectanea Theologica": the theology of the Divine Mercy, the reflection on time which enriched Christology, the anthropological expression of Marian theology, the concept of personalism as a possible way of theological renewal, and Christian solidarity. Theologians proposed the hypothesis of the baptism of the Church, the theology of the icon, and the concept of a universal Eucharist. Among other questions they discussed the notion of the suffering of God. We can also find an original expression of theology of space, human freedom, and the theology of rest as well as a valuable perspective on the charisma of the theologian. Already in the interwar period, the journal was a place of encounter between the theology of the Christian West and that of the East. Some dogmatists, who published the results of their research in the journal, made the effort of confronting the theological topics with the problems and solutions from other branches of scholarship. Attempts were undertaken to explore thoroughly and interpret specific Christian elements in literature. History was treated as a dynamic reality and a source of inspiration for the contemporary world. The Second Vatican Council had a profound influence on the publications, as it provided a challenge to the adequately understood renewal of Catholic theology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Today, there are different understandings of the first article on the content of the Christian faith, for which an analysis from a theological perspective is necessary. This research sought to reveal the meaning of the first article on the content of the Christian faith in recent theological works that have been produced, through the use of a hermeneutic exercise, conducting a bibliometric and categorical analysis and using NVivo software to analyse the qualitative data. We concluded that the recent theological literature addresses the meaning of the first article of the Christian faith based on the existence, concept and definition of God and his attributes, as well as his power, behaviour, creation, revelation and reign. Although there is little extant material compared to other topics or areas of knowledge that can be explored using these tools, this fact is explained because, normally, theologians are not interested in publishing in high-impact journals. The way of approaching God in contemporary literature can be enriched by taking into account specific contexts, such as poverty, discrimination, suffering, violence, human trafficking, immigration and political realities, in such a way that it is not only a metaphysical reflection of God but also a historical and immanent and even an interreligious research that broadens the concept of the Christian God and answers questions that contemporary society asks in daily life.

Urgency of the research. In the 20th century the postmodern intellectual context challenged the rational discourse of modern era, as well as it questioned not only those approaches which had been used before that in philosophy and natural sciences, but also in the field of theology and exegetics. In the new intellectual and cultural conditions of the present, historicalcritical exegesis needs careful rethinking from the prospect of the most powerful biblical studies of the 20th and 21st centuries, with its encroachment on absolute objectivity and solid impartiality, Target setting. Popularity of the historical biblical studies in the scientific and church communities are focused on absolutization of historical and critical approaches towards bible texts. Thus, it requires some balanced and serious evaluation by means of alternative approaches that had been developed in the 20th century, but nowadays are being forced out on margins of western academic biblical studies. Actual scientific researches and issues analysis. PhD thesis of Richard Burnett, as well as other works of J. Webster, M. Wallace, G. Bromiley, H. Hartwell, G. Hunsinger and others are devoted to the review of Karl Bart's attitude to historical critical exegesis and his own theological. The orthodox view on this issue was worked out by J. Breck, T. Stilianopulos and J. Karavidopulos. The research objective. In respect of the attempts to absolutize the historical-critical discourse in modern biblical studies and thus to relativize the centuriesold experience of conceptual perception of the Bible as the Word of God, the researchers are tasked with carrying out of the apology for holistic theological exegesis of biblical texts. The aim of this article is to make a creative and critical rethinking of the role of historicaloriented exegesis in the modern context and to try to adapt the positive achievements of this methodology to the modern requirements. The statement of basic materials. According to the general concepts of modern era, scientific-critical exegesis aims to rationalize the learning process of biblical texts and deal with it on the same level with other literary works of the ancient. The attitude to modern biblical hermeneutics varies from radically negative to carefully positive in the theological and academic world of the 20th century. The philosophic hermeneutics of the 20th century (in particular, Paul Ricoeur) questioned the adequacy and prospects of the fundamental principles of the modern biblical studies and its encroachment on non-distorted objectivity in its researches Conclusions. The methods of the historical-critical analysis of the Bible are characterized by some creativity potential and the ability to make the deep contextual approach possible towards biblical texts. At the same time the poststructural criticism and deconstructivism deprived the historical-critical exegesis of its monopolistic status in the market of intellectual ideas. Historical critical exegesis with its hermetic impermeability for any other approaches turns inevitably into some kind of rationalistic, idealistic or historical theology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In modern descriptions of biblical theology, attempts to distinguish it from dogmatic or systematic theology have often focused on the latter's use of extrabiblical or "philosophical" concepts and categories in expounding Christian doctrine. In his recent volume entitled Biblical Theology: The God of the Christian Scriptures , John Goldingay initially affirms this method of distinguishing between the disciplines, but his subsequent treatment of the Bible's teaching about God affords an excellent opportunity to discuss whether this approach to the distinction is in fact practicable. Through an appreciative engagement of Goldingay's work, this essay will discuss (1) the need for an alternative way of distinguishing biblical theology from dogmatic theology and (2) how Goldingay's treatment of scriptural teaching on God in particular might help to address perceived tensions between the Bible's portrayal of God and classical accounts of God that are frequently viewed with suspicion in modern biblical scholarship. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study aims to reproduce and analyze two letters that Mircea Eliade addressed to Metropolitan Bishop Vasile Suciu in 1928, shortly before Eliade went to study in India. We will try to answer some questions raised by the material at hand: the motivation of this epistolary exchange, its purpose (we do not have Suciu's answer), the nature of the relationship between Mircea Eliade and Vasile Suciu and their theological common objectives. At the same time, this paper also highlights Eliade's interest in Christian mysticism on the one hand and the importance of Vasile Suciu as a dogmatist on the other hand. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The term 'dogmatic theology' entered Orthodox usage in the nineteenth century as a scholastic concept. A fresh approach, treating dogmatics as fundamentally an aspect of mystical theology, began with Bulgakov and Evdokimov in the mid-twentieth century. Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) builds on this, producing in his first book (The Orthodox Church of 1963) what was in effect a dogmatic theology 'in a new key'. What the West takes to be dogmatic theology is included in the Orthodox understanding of Tradition, which comprises the Bible, the Creeds, the decrees of the Ecumenical Councils and the writings of the Fathers. The full range of Orthodox dogmatic theology thus covers the Trinity (with the Filioque considered unacceptable because it relates the divine unity to the essence, not the persons), the Church (not primarily a hierarchical structure but a mystical body), the Liturgy (which is a better guide to Orthodoxy than any theological treatises), the Last Things, and personal communion with God in prayer. The personal aspect is important: the metropolitan comes to agree with Khomiakov that the Councils do not establish their authority automatically but need to be 'received' by the faithful, and he has reservations about the eucharistic ecclesiology of Zizioulas because it has little to say about the personal appropriation of grace in Holy Communion. His chief characteristics as a dogmatic theologian are judged to be his lack of dogmatism, his irenic stance, and his apophatic approach. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper argues that Western theology has lost a certain intellectual unity by becoming divided between dogmatic theology (or doctrine) and moral theology (or ethics). The history of theological reflection on Mary illustrates this, because it has become confined to dogmatic theology and has hardly ever been discussed in the context of morals. However, mariology can help us to understand the doctrinal foundations that must support any adequate moral theology. By helping us to see how morals depend on dogma, mariology can help us to recover the unity of theology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A renewal of the theological method in the spirit of the II. Vatican Council represented a significant change in dogmatic theology. It was not just a question of technical nature, but rather a change of the way of thinking and approach. The main purpose of this article is to point out how Marcello Bordoni - an important Italian theologian faced the challenges of the II. Vatican Council. In the first part the article presents the personality and theological works of M. Bordoni. In the second part, it points out the difficulties which the post-conciliar theologian had to face, and consequently discusses the methodological bases that Bordoni considered to be a necessary premise for any authentic theological reflection. Presentation of the Italian theologian and his effort to grasp the theological method is important not only for the theory. The question of the method also reflects the spirituality of the theologian. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Gianluca Mori's book analyzes atheistic thought in the historical period between the second half of the 1600s and the second half of the 1700s. Spinoza and D'Holbach are set respectively as the initial and final point of this path articulating through the figures of Cudworth and Bayle, the clandestine atheists (Meslier, Boulanvillier, Du Marsais and Fréret), Toland, Collins, Hume, Voltaire and Diderot. A complex vision of the concept of atheism in modern age is sketched in the text. In the Author's perspective, the individuation of the path of modern atheism marks its progressive emancipation from its intellectually and morally negative connotation and, more generally, underlies the overcoming of a further stage in the uneven route towards the affirmation of an open society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Theology as 'critical dogmatics' points to a way forward between naturalism and constructivism in thought 'after modernity.' It urges neither pre-critical dogmatics nor modern systematizing, but a proposal for a pragmatic and hermeneutical theology making a single claim to truth about God as the One determined to redeem and fulfill the creation through the missions of God's Son and Spirit. This article clarifies the difference between Rudolph Bultmann's program of demythologization, and more generally, dialectical theology's antinomy of 'the word of God and the word of humans,' and the sense of 'deliteralization' in the strong trinitarian personalism of critical dogmatics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article relates Paul Hinlicky's project of critical dogmatics to the constructive work of two Reformed theologians, Jürgen Moltmann's The Crucified God (1972) and Mark Lewis Taylor's The Executed God (2001/2015). After highlighting central tenets of Hinlicky's paradigm I discuss and compare the monographs by Moltmann and Taylor, weighing their similarities and differences. I conclude by pointing out the shared interest of critical dogmatics and constructive theology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI states that “The true problem of our times is the «Crisis of God»”. In his scientific achievements and the proclaimed kerygma all the reasons for that phenomenon can be found. Moreover, he indicates the consequences of the changes and processes for the religious life, theology and contemporary culture. The retired Pope appears in his works not only as an astute observer of the modern world’s phenomena but also the one who warns against its negative effects. At the same time he formulates solutions to the emerging problems.

The author overviews and analyses selected Roman-Catholic theological texts deal-ing with the meaning of commemorative particles in the Protesis of the Byzantine rite dating back to the XV–XVIII centuries. Peter Arcudius is the key person because it was his theological doctrine that in 1720 brought on the Counsil decision about the trans-substantiation of particles. This work gives further development to the previous study of the particles’ conception in the Orthodox East carried out by the author in 2005 and published in this review (issue 14, 2005).

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The Sino-Christian theology movement consists of not only the translation and introduction of Western Christian classics and modern theological works, but also the dialogue between Chinese traditional culture and Western Christian tradition, with the purpose of the inculturation of Christian religion in Chinese-speaking regions. This article explores the importance of the translation of Western philosophy for the Sino-Christian theology movement and the potentiality of the dialogue between Chinese traditional philosophy and Christianity from the perspective of the interrelation between philosophy and theology in the history of Western Christianity, particularly with examples from the discussion of Thomas Aquinas and Wolfhart Pannenberg on the doctrine of Trinity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]