L’action créatrice par rapport à la Métaphysique de Thomas d’Aquin by Fernando Martin De Blassi

“…He attempts to capture the synthesis achieved by Thomas Aquinas about the divine essence as an active and creative power, to show that all the perfections dispersed in created beings pre-exist in it, since all that is, and that all perfection, are only ways of being, different forms of participation in being (esse), which are caused by one who is in essence.…”
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Faith, Politics and Eschatology in the Thought of Joseph Ratzinger by Tracey Rowland

“…Ratzinger emphasises that Christian faith destroyed the myth of the divine state and replaced it with a conception of the state governed by ‘the objectivity of reason’ and for Ratzinger ‘true human reason involves morality, which lives on God’s commandments’. …”
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The spirituality of the Letter to the Galatians by D. F. Tolmie

“…In terms of this approach, two issues are then investigated systematically, namely the divine-human relational process as reflected in the Letter to the Galatians and the transformation process as reflected in the Letter. …”
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The glory of the Son of Man in Revelation 1-3. Reflections on mysticism in the New Testament by P. G. R. de Villiers

“…The article concludes with an explanation of the function of this mystical picture of Christ and the way in which a mystical Christology illuminates the relationship of believers with the divine. …”
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A Sociopsychological Analysis of the Profiles of the Earliest Muslims and the Nature of the Islamic Call by Mücahit Yüksel, Hakan Temir

“…By “the end,” we mean that the divine will, which seeks to eradicate falsehoods, selects a new messenger to warn people about the corruption of previous beliefs and calls them to embrace a new religious formation. …”
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Goya: del absolutismo ilustrado a la libertad política by Antonio Elorza

“…«No dejes ninguno» / «Leave None of Them» is his response to the “divine reason” after 1812. The journey is long, but fundamentally constant, moving from tapestry cartoons showing illustrations supporting the Constitution, to its collapse in 1814, which opened the way for the Black Paintings.…”
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Everything Done with a Pure Intention is Perfect Love. Elements of Discernment of the Spirits in Santa Teresa de Jesús by Filip De Rycke

“…Discernment emerges as the core of Christian life and the genuine way in which the Divine Friend gives light for choices that make human persons grow in virtues and in inner freedom. …”
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ANTHROPOLOGICAL SEARCH FOR VALUE ORIENTATIONS OF A NEW CULTURE BY AURELIUS AUGUSTINE by V. V. Kuzmenko, V. O. Boniak, I. A. Serdіuk

“…The ethical ideal of the thinker is an eternal city that is not based on human nature, it is too volatile, therefore it is only to a small extent subject to research, but on a Divine basis – the Christian idea.…”
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No rasto da guerra by Iria Gonçalves

“…Convinced that the misfortunes that befell them were divine punishment for the sins committed, the "honourable" citizens of Lisbon listed the most nefarious of those sins, proscribed and punished with pecuniary penalties and a great series of religious ceremonies was planned in their favour. …”
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El tejido del cosmos. Tiempo, espacio y arte de la hamaca entre los ette (chimila) by Juan Camilo Niño Vargas

“…We show how this object materializes a complex set of cosmic notions: from the concave, bipolar and instable shape of the earth, to the tripartition between a human present located in the middle, an animal past placed below and, finally, a divine future situated above.…”
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Beauty and ugliness in Olmec monumental sculpture by Claude-François Baudez

“…Therefore they could not claim the divine patronage of the jaguar, and had to appear just as « plain », ugly people.…”
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Le sainct esprit a yci pourtrait au vif ... Calvin's understanding of the Holy Spirit's modus operandi in the life of believers in the light of the preface to his Commentary on the... by E. Kayayan

“…In the Preface, the Psalms are divinely inspired, life-giving words that enhance the experience of the readers similar to the experience lived and expressed by the authors.The testimonium internum Spiritu Sancti is the core of the Preface inasmuch as expressed by means of a necessary process of anatomy and dissection of all the affections of the soul. …”
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The (possible) function of the beatitude of the poor in the context of the struggle against poverty by Joachim Kügler

“…A possible function of the beatitude of the poor in the struggle against poverty can be seen in the spiritual empowerment it gives to the poor themselves: Poverty is against God’s will; it is no divine punishment and does not separate from God. …”
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Texte, trame, signe : les ficelles de l’art selon Dante Gabriel Rossetti by Laurence Roussillon-Constanty

“…The point is to show that beyond the personal context of its creation and through the model of Dante’s Divine Comedy, Rossetti is pushing the limits of both forms of art—painting and poetry—thereby creating a new aesthetics where text and image merge into a musical form, where the work of art is an endless dialogue of the soul with itself.…”
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The enthronement of compassion and care and the unseating of customary obligation in the parable of the Good Samaritan by F. Dagmang

“…Secondly, overcoming negative prejudices will free our minds for creative responses and lead us toward a better understanding of compassionate care as possessing a divine character. …”
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Discerning the mystical wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita and John of the Cross by C. Kourie

“…This leads to detachment from/lack of desire for and, finally, surrender to the Divine. …”
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The Angelology of Sergius Bulgakov by Maciej Raczyński-Rożek

“…Angels are also closely related to God because it is their nature to be filled with divine life. Thus, they constitute “Jacob’s ladder” — the reality that connects the world with God. …”
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Mysticism and the Reformation: a brief survey by B. McGinn

“… A number of influential theologians over the past two centuries have denied that Protestant Christianity has a place for mysticism understood as the mingling of the divine and human natures. Today a more adequate understanding of the mystical element of Christianity as a deeper awareness of God’s presence in the life of believers suggests a new evaluation of the relation of Protestantism and  mysticism, beginning Martin Luther, and continuing with figures like Johann Arndt, and a number of the “Spiritual Reformers,” such as Andreas Karlstadt, Sebastian Franck, Valentin Weigel, as well as the theosophical Lutheran Jacob Boehme. …”
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EINE BETRACHTUNG DER DARGESTELLTEN LEHRMETHODEN JESU IM MATTHÄUSEVANGELIUM AUS DER PERSPEKTIVE DER METHODEN DER ERLEBNISPÄDAGOGIK by M. Hagel

“…Jesus, the meaning of his life, and his divine mission constitute the central message of the Gospel of Matthew. …”
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A Pedagogy of Grace: Love and Care in Edith Stein’s Thought by Guido Cavalli

“…The primary foundation of this pedagogical paradigm, which encompasses the entire ontic framework of the person, lies in the relationship of Grace as a manifestation of divine love.…”
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