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Auslegung Kolosser 1,21–2,5
Der Verfasser des Briefes warnt die Leser, im Glauben zu bleiben, die Hoffnung des Evangeliums fest zu behalten, so dass sie sich am Jüngsten Tag unbescholten vor Gott hinstellen können. Warum werden sie hinsichtlich der Danksagung gewarnt? Weil der Glaube der Gemeinde von der „Philosophie” der Irrlehrer auf die Probe gestellt wurde.
Invocation of biblical authority in a secular decision
The theocratic relevance of the Torda Edict (1568)
It is often argued that the sixteenth-century Reformation initiated a chain of events that ultimately led not only to religious pluralism within the body of the Western Christian Church, but also to the rise and dispersion of mutual acceptance among various religious groups. The fact, however, that these two things (i.e. religious pluralism and tolerance) did not emerge directly and immediately (almost as a matter of course) from the Reformation itself, is similarly undeniable.
The Passion of the Lord Jesus Christ in Early Christian Confessions
In this short paper I would like to provide a comparative analysis of the passages concerning the passion of the Lord Jesus Christ of the Early Christian confessions (among them the Apostolic Creed1 as well), because these passages are frequently the source of theological misunderstanding and debates. The main question which urged me to do this research had occurred in relation with the Apostolic Creed.