N one of the historic creeds and confessions and none of today’s theologies stress adequately five critical points concerning the Spirit of God: the Spirit who was “not yet” before the Lord Jesus was glorified (John 7:39); the last Adam (the incarnate Christ) becoming a life-giving Spirit (1 Cor. 15:45b); the compound Spirit typified by the anointing ointment (Exo. 30:23-25); the Spirit of life...

This article proceeds along three primary lines. First, through an examination of the writings Roy and Alice Eckardt Franklin Littell, it demonstrates that categorizing ancient modern Christian thinkers under umbrella “supersessionism” (along with label for its proponent, “supersessionist”) originated not in scholarly works theological history or systematic theology, where concepts now most fre...

In the past few decades there has been a growing controversy in society and in the Church over evolution and the age of the earth. Some Christians accept the idea of billions of years, as taught by the scientific establishment, while others contend that Scripture requires that we believe that creation is only a few thousand years old. Systematic theology texts are influential in this debate as ...

ONE IMPORTANT BUT OFTEN NEGLECTED CONSEQUENCE OF THE FERMENT IN ROman Catholic moral theology since the close of the Second Vatican Council (1965) has been the gradual displacement of the traditional categories for distinguishing Roman Catholic from protestant approaches to moral matters. While obvious differences still divide “moral theology” and “Christian ethics” (the traditional terms of th...

The purpose of this paper will be to compare the sense development doctrine based in Bernard Lonergan and Avery Dulles. An explanation thought Frederick Crowe, SJ, William Loewe represent an application position. Particularly, Crowe explored from his Theology Christian Word explained essay, “Jesus Savior: Soteriology Stages Meaning.” Dulles analyzed on work, Craft Theology: From Symbol System.

This essay argues that New Testament Theology (NTT) is an indispensable mediating discipline between historical exegesis and systematic theology. It defends NTT against claims that: (1) should be replaced by the study of early Christian religion; (2) The NT too diverse disparate to sustain any unifying theology; (3) has been over-done so there nothing new said. proceeds defense contending theol...

one of the most important doctrines in christianity is original sin. it has a key role in christian theology and was the concern of many christian thinkers during the history of christianity. the debates and disputes of christian theologians about it, especially in early history of christianity lead to take a formal position about it by the church. in sacred texts of muslims, especially in holy...