Constantine’s arrival in the church profoundly altered its history. Armed with imperial authority, he reshaped the whole of the ecclesiastical structure — and among those changes the alliance between State and Church stands out above the rest. One consequence of that alliance was the end of the persecution that had long troubled the bride of…
In his account of the Gospel, Luke gives particular prominence to the action of the Spirit. Beginning from a setting in which the work of salvation was confined to Israel, he traces its extension to all other peoples through the Holy Spirit, manifested above all after the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The full…
Society is facing a marked rise in psychosomatic conditions and in the number of neurodivergent individuals, and the life of the church is no exception. Belief in divine healing notwithstanding, certain diagnoses describe conditions that are in fact lifelong, such as ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) and ADHD (Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder). This creates a need for deliberate…
Once, on the road of this life, I was a leper.Today I am clean — and I did not go spreading the news,except to speak of the grace that saves,and only when the moment was right. Like Peter, I have lived at the extremes:headlong one hour, holding back the next,full of faith, and a failed…
The human body has been a subject of reflection across the centuries, from antiquity to the present day, and no consensus has ever been reached about how to define it. Each culture, accordingly, holds its own understanding of what the body is. In Greco-Latin culture, the body is a kind of prison of the soul,…
The crucifixion of Jesus Christ for the salvation of humanity is the heart of all Holy Scripture. Through His blood shed on the cross of Calvary comes the redemption of sins for every human being who repents and, in consequence, confesses that Jesus is Lord. Salvation is an act of grace, and no one can…
The parousia is the most heavily emphasized event in both letters to the Thessalonians. Pressed by the urgency of the historical situation, the apostle to the Gentiles intervenes with precision, instructing the believers at Thessalonica about the second coming of Christ, since a mistaken grasp of the doctrine of last things (ἐσχατολογία) was causing disturbance…
The book of Ezra narrates the return of the Jewish people from the Babylonian exile and the consequent reconstruction of the temple in Jerusalem. The core of the narrative is Ezra’s leadership as priest and scribe, who played a crucial role in the spiritual reform of the people of Israel. The theology contained in this…
Faith is the starting point for theological work. It is through faith that the study of the eternal Queen of the sciences develops. When studying a Being who is infinite, finite and often limited resources are used. From the perspective of Pentecostal spirituality, which primarily emphasizes spiritual experience, a quite distinctive theology is adopted. Arising…
Contemporary society is intensely secular and pluralistic. Postmodernity places its emphasis on rationalism and on scientific progress, and as a result conservative values and Christian orthodoxy are regarded as outdated and obsolete. The Christian religion, however, remains an indispensable check on the disorders that arise from the destructive side of human nature. It acts as…
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