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  CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Dogmatic Theology
If the theologian is content with deriving the dogmas from the sources of faith and with explaining them, he is occupied with "positive" theology.
In his character as historian, the theologian must not lay aside his belief in the supernatural origin of Christianity and in the Divine institution of the Church, if he is to give a true and objective account of tradition, of the history of dogma, and of patrology.
In treating of the Divine will, theologians insist on God's freedom in His external activity, and when discussing the problem of evil, they prove that God can intend sin neither as an end nor as a means to an end, but merely permits it for reasons both holy and wise.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/14580a.htm   (9018 words)

  
 Return to The Remnant’s Main Page
The Community of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal (CFR) was established in May 1999 as a Diocesan Institute in the Archdiocese of New York.
Groeschel is attempting to put a face-lift on the public image of the renewal movement known for its spiritual excesses and extremism.
And by succeeding in avoiding the appearance of a sect, Charismatic Renewal has gained the approval of many Church officials, whose zeal in supporting and directing the movement is excelled only by their abhorrence for Catholic Tradition.
ourworld.compuserve.com /HOMEPAGES/REMNANT/slain.htm   (4037 words)

  
 Regent News
According to Horton-Parker, Pentecostal theologians are studying Eastern Orthodoxy and conversing with Roman Catholics, non-liturgical churches are discovering the beauty of liturgy, and liturgical churches are discovering the freedom of worship in the Spirit.
Renewal theology also shows promise in defining the church’s nature and purpose in light of the challenges and spiritual hunger of postmodern culture.
Renewal theology not only focuses on doctrine, but also the “transforming glory of God.” According to Horton-Parker, “It provides a ‘witness of presence,’ the ‘always more’ element of the Holy Spirit.” Horton-Parker’s hope for the journal is a growth in awareness and scholarship pertaining to the revitalizing presence of the Holy Spirit in today’s church.
www.regent.edu /news/journaofrenewalstudies.html   (648 words)

  
 Theologians reflect on Pope Benedict XVI's theology | The-Tidings.com
Augustine of Hippo, one of the greatest theologians of the ancient church, is noted for his strong emphasis on the corruption of human nature by sin and the absolute necessity of grace for salvation.
Thomas Aquinas, one of the greatest medieval theologians, did not deny sin or the need for grace, but he placed greater emphasis on the goodness of nature, including human nature.
By all accounts the young Father Ratzinger was part of the progressive wing of the church before and during the Second Vatican Council, in which he participated as theological expert to German Cardinal Joseph Frings.
www.the-tidings.com /2005/0506/theologians.htm   (1527 words)

  
 THE CARMELITE MARIAN YEAR
Pope Paul VI invited theologians to study the relation between the Spirit of God and the Virgin of Nazareth, and “to give due prominence to his life-giving action” (Marialis cultus 27).
The Swiss theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar alerted the Church to the Marian principle of the Church, as a corrective to an over-emphasis on the Petrine or institutional dimension.
The description of it by the Irish theologian Gabriel Daly, OSA, has possibly never been bettered: “A piece of drastic surgery performed without anaesthetic on a patient who did not know he was sick.” The council itself was a surprise; its evolution unsuspected; its outcome still uncertain.
carmelites.ie /Spirituality/carmmaryear.htm   (4253 words)

  
 Non Renewable
Renews, Newfoundland and Labrador - Renews (now part of Renews-Cappahayden, Newfoundland and Labrador) is a small fishing village on the southern shore of Newfoundland 83 kilometres south of St. John's.
To enable managers to project renewal strategies likely to win in the future, Jeffrey Williams has constructed a dynamic road map of outcomes in what he calls "economic time, " based on a ten-year study of growth, decline, non renewable and renewal patterns of hundreds of companies in forty-five industries.
Renewable Advantage is not only essential reading but also will become a standard reference for senior non renewable and division managers, business scientists non renewable and strategists, non renewable and generalmanagers in all industries.
www.worldwindtech.com /nonrenewable.html   (914 words)

  
 The Confessing Theologians Commission
The ACR is an association representing the leadership of numerous confessing and renewing movements that have come into existence in most all of the mainline Protestant denominations in North America.
We note with thanksgiving the revival of Bible study, renewed interest in evangelization, fresh seasons of prayer, and renewed concern with the plight of the poor.
We note with joy how renewal movements in many churches have led to the discovery of a common bond in the faith of the church catholic and mutual encouragement in the Gospel.
www.confessingumc.org /conf_theolog_besteadfast.htm   (1597 words)

  
 Catholic Charismatic Renewal Movement
It is a renewal in the elements of the Gospel that are central, not optional: The covenant love of the Father, the Lordship of Jesus, the power of the Spirit, sacramental and community life, prayer, Charisms and the necessity of evangelization…
The Renewal caught the attention of the Church, and the leaders of the movement met Pope Paul VI (1975) as well as Pope John Paul II several times.
The obvious conclusion of the previous considerations is that the Charismatic Catholic Renewal is "in" the Church and "for" the Church, not alongside the Church.
www.religion-cults.com /spirit/charismatic.htm   (3088 words)

  
 EVANGELICAL THEOLOGIANS FACING THE FUTURE: AN ANCIENT AND A FUTURE PARADIGM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Theologians today (like Christians at large) are not as strongly attached to a single tradition or denomination as they once were.
Evangelical theologians are not insincere in their desire to retrieve past revelation, but they can be smug about the quality of their retrieval.
Though an ancient theme, the trinity doctrine fasci­nates contemporary theologians and philosophers because of the way it envisages loving relationality at the heart of the universe, the perfection of love in a God whose nature consists of three persons in communion.
wesley.nnu.edu /wesleyan_theology/theojrnl/31-35/33-2-01.htm   (8908 words)

  
 Journal of Scriptural Reasoning Forum
Divided among themselves, furthermore, the modern theologians tend to be dominated by advocates of autonomous reason over scriptural tradition, grace over law and ultimately, the epistemologies of the academy over those of the church denominations.
One need not be a theologian or even a Christian believer to suspect that the Christian communities which have the greatest chance of survival and success will in the long-run be those which understand themselves as Israel in continuity with the catholic tradition and in commitment to ecumenical unity.
Effort, will, and works are not sufficient for this renewal, but they are necessary elements: the work of reading and study, of contributing to the communal practice that makes such study possible, of attending prayerfully to our historical condition, and of awaiting the word through which this condition may be redeemed.
etext.lib.virginia.edu /journals/jsrforum/writings/OchLife.html   (9018 words)

  
 The Holy Spirit, the Church and Christian Unity
The subject of "The Holy Spirit and Ecumenism" was raised anew by an informal but influential conference of theologians who met October 14-20, 2002, at the Ecumenical Monastery of Bose, Italy.
Theologians from Europe, Africa and North America, from Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Reformed, Anglican, Mennonite, Quaker, Methodist and Pentecostal traditions, we met at the ecumenical monastery of Bose, Italy for the Second International Conference on the Holy Spirit and Ecumenism, October 14-20, 2002.
An ecclesiology of koinonia or communion appears to be one of the most promising theological themes for the renewal and reform of the Church.
www.ncccusa.org /about/holyspirit.html   (1163 words)

  
 A Charismatic Pentecostal Theology Site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Renewal Theology is used as a textbook in several colleges and seminaries.
Renewal Theology is in one sense an expression of revitalization.
A leading theologian in the renewal movement and the founding professor of theology at Regent University, J. Rodman Williams has been a friend and colleague for over two decades.
home.regent.edu /rodmwil/home2.html   (1356 words)

  
 SOME COMMENTS ON THE
Finally, there is the enthusiasm shown by a new generation of theologians in their training for and exercise of their vocation as moral theologians.
In a climate of intense intellectual activity, like that experienced by moral theology in the recent past and present, additional effort is required of theologians personally dedicated to this work: the effort not to lose either a sense of balance or the standard proper to their vocation.
As a result, moral theologians may tend to respond to old and new problems with answers that are more in agreement with the sensibilities and desires of the world than with the "mind of Christ" (cf.
www.ewtn.com /library/CURIA/CDFCMNOT.HTM   (2061 words)

  
 BioEthics
Spring is the season of renewal- from the Christian belief in the resurrection of Christ to the more secular appreciation of the earth's rebirth from the winter months.
Renewal is a driving force in medical research as well, particularly in the fields of tissue rejuvenation, regrowth and transplantation.
The question as to when a human being begins is strictly a scientific question, and should be answered by human embryologists-not by philosophers, bioethicists, theologians, politicians, x-ray technicians, movie stars, or obstetricians and gynecologists.
www.physiciansforlife.ca /html/life/bioethics/index.html   (93 words)

  
 ABOUT CHARISMATICS
The charismatic renewal is in some ways much like other church reform movements of the past.
As with any church renewal movement, especially any that would claim to have been started by the Holy Spirit, they have the task of showing the rest of the Church how what they do and teach are in keeping with the Christian faith.
Renewal of spiritual life of the church in local congregations.
members.aol.com /spirhead/charisma.html   (3536 words)

  
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Rodman Williams is recognized as one of the preeminent evangelical theologians.
His book, Renewal Theology, is a three-volumes-in-one book of systematic theology from a Charismatic/Pentecostal perspective.
An article about his life and teachings may be found in Handbook of Evangelical Theologians, ed.
www.cbn.com /spirituallife/BibleStudyAndTheology/DrWilliams   (270 words)

  
 More on Theologians
(For instance, a conservative theologian will tend to correlate the claims they find in their religious scriptures about particular events in the past with the kind of description of the past allowed by historical criticism, arguing at least for compatibility between the two descriptions and possibly for some stronger relationship.
To the extent that theology relies upon the religious practitioners' own terms, it is likely to be explored by those who have some kind of commitment to those terms: i.e., by those who are either practitioners of the religion, or sympathisers.
More generally, however, many theologians consider that, because the topics considered in theology touch on the theologians' deepest commitments and beliefs, it is impossible to study theology with complete detachment: the study of theology is "self-involving" in a way that makes some kinds of objectivity difficult.
www.artilifes.com /theologians.htm   (1529 words)

  
 Charismatic movement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the 1960s and 1970s there was a renewed interest in the supernatural "gifts of the Spirit" in mainstream churches such as the Episcopal, Lutheran and Catholic churches.
The Catholic Charismatic Renewal was focused in individuals like Kevin Ranaghan and others at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.
Eusebius Stephanou of the Greek Orthodox Orthodox Archdiocese of North America, founder of the Brotherhood of St. Symeon the New Theologian, Fr.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charismatic_movement   (1686 words)

  
 Theology Today - Vol 36, No. 1 - April 1979 - BOOK REVIEW - The Resilient Church: The Necessity and Limits of Adaptation
Dulles is conscious throughout of the ecumenical bearing of the renewal of Roman Catholic ecclesiology; in general his discussion moves from broad and fundamental issues in the early chapters to more narrowly defined questions that are more clearly related to ecumenical concerns in the latter chapters.
However, its simultaneous call for reform worked against the achievement of renewal because it rendered problematic the church's understanding of how it was to give witness to the presence of God in the world.
Dulles' willingness to name the theologians and cite the passages that he regards as exhibiting the influence of these destructive assumptions is what set off the controversies with Gilkey and Tracy.
theologytoday.ptsem.edu /apr1979/v36-1-bookreview6.htm   (928 words)

  
 Welcome to John Paul II Institute   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
These four theologians have significantly contributed to the renewal of moral theology advocated by Vatican II, each in his own way.
Each of these theologians is noted for his fidelity to the magisterium and for his commitment to the renewal of moral theology in the way desired by Vatican Council II and subsequently by Pope John Paul II.
But these four theologians differ significantly among themselves in the way that they have sought to renew moral theology; indeed, there are some substantive areas where these theologians disagree: e.g.
www.johnpaulii.edu /cour916.html   (105 words)

  
 Unity furthered by continual renewal August 9, 1995
The task of theologians must therefore be to explain the Catholic faith more profoundly and precisely.
With regard to this important point, theologians should be well trained and able to discern the relationship which the various positions and the articles of the Creed themselves have with the two fundamental truths of Christianity: the Trinity and the Incarnation of the Word, the Son of God "propter nos homines et propter nostram salutem".
Catholic theologians cannot set out on ways which oppose the apostolic faith as it has been taught by the Fathers and confirmed by the Councils.
www.miraclerosarymission.org /ga950809.htm   (1277 words)

  
 National Federation of Priests' Councils | Archives
This group would have to decide if the spiritual renewal of the American priesthood is a viable topic to pursue.
The aim of this gathering was three-fold: (1) to define issues and critical elements affecting the life of the American priest; (2) to arrive at a diagnosis of how to achieve equilibrium by making applications to life and (3) to utilize the results of this dialogue in the structuring of the second (next) colloquium.
Sterling was a member of the task force that oversees the development of the Spiritual Renewal Project.
www.nfpc.org /archives_spiritual_renewal.html   (1152 words)

  
 CYBERJOURNAL FOR PENTECOSTAL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
In the beginning of the Charismatic Renewal, only in the Catholic Church did theologians take the responsibility seriously of asking about the theological connotations of the charismatic experience as a natural dimension of Christianity.
My impression is that the Pentecostalism and the Charismatic Renewals should be examined more in terms of a continuity of a certain tradition in Church history and not as a newborn in the bosom of 19th century Christianity.
He justified the changes in the new edition by the fact that the situation of the charismatic renewal is totally different in Germany than in U.S.A. I would suggest that there are some theological reasons behind this decision as well.
ourworld-top.cs.com /cyberj1997/markku.html   (2899 words)

  
 The ordination of women in the Roman Catholic Church
Outside an era committed to the reform and renewal of the Church in general and the priesthood in particular, the issue of the ordination of women priests would likely remain an academic question.
It should be noted too that there are women theologians who see the women’s movement as a religious movement with religious values and goals.
A renewed priesthood within such structures would hardly be the traditionally “masculine” one that Dr. van der Meer rightly warned women today not to hanker after.
www.womenpriests.org /classic2/meer_aft.asp   (1245 words)

  
 Ave Maria University - Aquinas Center for Theological Renewal
Theologians from a wide variety of backgrounds can agree that the widely respected, timely encyclicals of Pope John Paul II brilliantly addressed a number of the most important aspects of the post-conciliar Church.
Building upon the documents of the Second Vatican Council, his encyclicals have touched upon the entire spectrum of theological themes, from Christ and the moral life, to the role of women in contemporary society, to the relationship of faith and reason.
Without neglecting Aquinas’s profound metaphysics, Thomistic theologians such as the Dominicans Jean-Pierre Torrell, a master of the historical milieu in which Thomas wrote, and Servais Pinckaers, who has reminded moral theologians of the centrality of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, have focused attention upon St. Thomas Aquinas’s spiritual, liturgical, patristic, and biblical sources.
www.aquinas.avemaria.edu /jpii_conference.asp   (396 words)

  
 Renewal Hindrances in the LCMS by Del Rossin
Perhaps this hindrance to renewal is closely tied to an abstracted and isolated insistence on correct doctrine.
The beliefs and practices that are attributed to Lutherans in renewal are often "straw men" which bear little resemblance to reality in the churches of those involved with RIM.
I sense that negative experiences with renewal, especially during its early formative and undisciplined days, has caused many in our Synod to have a stereotype that is difficult to remove.
home.comcast.net /~gracelife/rim/hindranc.htm   (1808 words)

  
 Faith and Culture: What Happened to the Tremendous Renewal Possibilities after the Second Vatican Council?
In that special time of renewal in the decades before the Council there was tremendous enthusiasm about ideas and ideals among clergy, religious and lay people.
There was a renewal in Thomistic theology a return to St. Thomas himself rather than neo-scholasticism, the rewriting of his work that had developed over the centuries.
Some theologians who helped to develop the ideas were under a cloud in the Church and forbidden to teach in the years before the Council.
www.cjd.org /paper/vatcounc.html   (7769 words)

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