While most Christian denominations were condemning or openly demonizing movies when this form of artistic expression was still in its infancy, many them today embrace film and use it for pastoral purposes. Orthodox Church is not an exception: while at the end 19th century Holy Synod Russian officially opposed because their potential to lead faithful astray, modern filmmakers produce with blessi...

Тема церковного единства с давних пор является одной из самых актуальных проблем, ко- торые присутствуют в земном бытии Церкви Христовой. В настоящее время данная проблема остаётся насущной, так как до сих не существует строго установленных норм, которые бы являлись некоторым ориентиром определении границ диалога инославными христианами. Цель данной стати состоит том, чтобы на основе церковно­з...

one of the most controversial issues in the history of church has been the debate about the ‘true nature’ of christ and his function in christianity. while the position of orthodox christianity regarding christology revolves mainly around the divine-human nature (known as the two natures) of christ, modern christian theology with its scientific orientation approaches the traditional doctrines o...

Creationism implies that God imbued each category with a unique nature and purpose. These implications closely correspond to what some cognitive psychologists define as an essentialistic and teleological stance towards categories. This study assessed to what extent the belief in God as creator of categories is related to the mappings of these stances to categories in different domains. Israeli ...