The growth of the Christian church : a search for faith, form and freedom (a reader) / Robert Ignatius Letellier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Letellier, Robert Ignatius, author.

Series:

Religion and spirituality series.

Religion and spirituality

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--Doctrines--History.

Catholic Church.

Church history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (360 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2022]

Summary:

"This volume is the second of two devoted to the growth of the Christian Church over the two millennia of its existence. The volumes are meant to supplement each other--the first as history of the development of established faith in Jesus Christ; the second as a series of articles and citations that throw deeper light on the implications of the Church's development and beliefs. This Reader is intended to bring the themes incipient to the evolution of Christianity into closer focus. The chapters are designed to examine some of the major areas of the faith"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Figures

Introduction

Chapter 1

Conciliar Documents on Revelation

Dei Filius

Language and Terminology

Theocentiricty

Rationalism

Revelation

Signs of Revelation

Dei Verbum

Motivation

Use of the Bible

The Role of Christ

Anthropology

Models of Revelation

Human Experience and Revelation

Chapter 2

Trinitarian Structure in the Economy of Salvation

The Holy Trinity

The Roles of the Persons of the Trinity

The Action of God in the History of Salvation: Creating and Maintaining Creation

The Father and the Son

Incarnation and Redemption

Christ Incarnate and Christ Pre-Existent

The Mystery of the Phased Plan

The Meaning of the Humanity of Jesus

The Role of the Church, the Temple of the Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit in the Life of the Triune God

Bibliography

Chapter 3

The Scriptural Roots of Laudato Si'

Introduction: Historical Interest in the Natural Order

Pope Francis and Lautato Si'

The Foundational Role of Genesis

The Meaning of 'Dominion' (Gen 1:28)

The Primordial Chapters as Archetypes of the Human Condition

The Striking Use of the Torah

Creation, Law and Salvation in the Psalms

The Voice of the Prophets

The Babylonian Captivity and Discerning the Truth about Nature

The Uniqueness of All Living Creatures

A Renewed Sense of the Purpose and Destiny of Creation

The Supreme Example of Jesus

The Witness of the Saints

Conclusion

Chapter 4

Imperfection in Creation. Augustine of Hippo: The City of God Book 13: On Original Sin

Book Thirteenth

Argument

Chapter 5

The Incarnation: Why God Became Man?

Anselm of Canterbury: Cur Deus Homo?

Thomas Aquinas: Whether it was Necessary for Christ to Suffer?

Book First

Chapter I

Chapter II

Chapter III.

Chapter IV

Chapter V

Chapter VI

Thomas Aquinas

Summa Theologica Question IIIa Question 46

Chapter 6

The Nature of Jesus Christ. Logos Eikon Onoma Musterion: Interrelations in the Four Great Christological Hymns of the New Testament

John 1:1-18

Colossians 1: 1-12-23

Philippians 2:1-16

Ephesians 1:11-23

Chapter 7

Conversion and Discipleship: Paul of Tarsus and Aurelius Augustinus

Biblical Conversion

Saul of Tarsus to the Apostle Paul: "Saul, Saul, Why Are You Persecuting Me?"

Luke's Narrative in the Acts of the Apostles 9:1-43

Paul's Own Account of His Conversion in the Acts of the Apostles 22:1-30

Witness in the Early Church: Testimonies from the Early Historians

The Roman Martyrs and the Deaths of the Apostles Peter, Paul and John

1. The Neronian Persecution

2. The Death of Peter and Paul

3. The Death of the Apostle John

3. The Spread of the Faith in Britain

Spiritual Autobiography

Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis: "Take and Read!"

Confessions Books 6, 7, 8

Book 6

Book 7

Chapter 8

Scholasticism and Philosophy

Some Points on Scholasticism

Some Observation on Kant

Chapter 9

The Commingling of Philosophy and Revelation:

Augustine's Confessions and the City of God

Augustine's Two Books and Their Purpose

Augustine's Philosophy

The Philosophy of History

Augustine and Platonism

The Teleological Dynamic of Christianity

The Conversion Experience

The Moral Implications of the Two Cities

The Concerns of the Confessions

The Conversion Narrative and Spiritual Biography

The Complexity of Human Motivation

The Issue of Time

Books 11-13

Chapter 10

Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius and The Consolation of Philosophy

Book I.

Song I. Boethius' Complaint.

I

Song II. His Despondency

II

Song III. The Mists Dispelled

III

Song IV. Nothing can subdue Virtue

IV

Song V. Boethius's Prayer

Chapter 11

Pilgrimage: Public Worship and Private Spirituality

Itinerarium Egeriae, Chapters 24-49

[Daily Service at Jerusalem]

[The Lord's Day]

[Epiphany]

[Octave of Epiphany]

[The Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary]

[The Lenten Fast]

[Sunday]

[Monday]

[Tuesday]

[Wednesday]

[Thursday]

[Friday]

[Saturday]

[Fasting]

[Seventh Week]

[Palm Sunday]

[Holy Week]

[Monday before Easter]

[Tuesday before Easter]

[Wednesday before Easter]

[Thursday before Easter]

[Good Friday]

[Easter Eve]

[Easter]

[Sunday after Easter]

[Easter to Pentecost]

[Ascension Day]

[Pentecost]

Outline of Egeria's Pilgrimage

The Book of Margery Kempe

Chapter 12

Vision and Text in the Mysticism of the Late Middle Ages

1. Fourteenth-Century Contexts

2. Some Forms of Spiritual Response

Revelations of Divine Love

A Treatise of Prayer

3. Birgitta and the Pilgrim Way of Peace

4. Margery Kempe, the Fool for God

5. The Books of Bride and Margery

6. The Books: Prophecy, Passion and Spiritual Union

Appendix I

The Structure of St Bride's Book

Appendix II

The Structure of Margery Kempe's Book

Book I

Book II

Chapter 13

Papal Primacy: Three Documents

Isaiah 22

Matthew 16

John 21

Dictatus Papae

Pope Gregory VIII, 1075

Unam Sanctam

Pope Boniface VIII, 18 November 1302

Pastor Aeternus

Pope Pius IX, 18 July 1870

Dogmatic Constitution Pastor Aeternus of the Supreme Pontiff Pius IX

Bishop Pio, Servant of the Servants of God, with the Approval of the Sacred Council. A Perpetual Memory.

Chapter I - Establishment of Apostolic Primacy in Blessed Peter

Chapter II - Perpetuity of the Primacy of Blessed Peter in the Roman Pontiffs

Chapter III - Of the Strength and Nature of the Primacy of the Roman Pontiff

Chapter IV - Of the Infallible Magisterium of the Roman Pontiff

Chapter 14

Chronology of Major Historical, Theological and Philosophical Events: 4000 BC to 1900 AD

The Roman Empire and Dark Ages, 1-1000

1000(Early Mediaeval Period 1000-1150

1150(High Mediaeval Period 1150-1300

1300(Late Mediaeval Period 1300-1500

1400(15th Century of Dissent: Emergence of the Renaissance and the Concomitant Decline of the Medieval World

1500(16th Century: A Century of Division

1600(17th Century: A Century of Conflict

1700(18th Century: A Century of New Scientific, Philosophical and Political Solutions

1800(19th Century: A Century of More Scientific, Philosophical and Political Solutions

1900(The 20th Century: The Modern Age

References

About the Author

Index of Names

Index of Terms

Blank Page.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Print version: Letellier, Robert I. The Growth of the Christian Church: a Search for Faith, Form and Freedom (a Reader)

ISBN:

9781685078539