Communal discernment in the early church by Pieter G. R. de Villiers

“…It analyses how discernment takes place mostly in times of ambiguity and crisis in which a faith community is challenged to seek the divine will. The article then investigates the way in which discernment takes place: it is first and foremost a communal matter which brings together all parties in order to participate in intense debate and weighing of possibilities. …”
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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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Truth and Error of Conscience According to the Magisterium of the Church by Josef Spindelböck

“…A focus is laid on the dimension of virtue education since this helps the persons involved not only to grasp the truth of relevant moral values but also to realise morally good acts with the help of Divine grace. Even in situations of personal limitation, there is always a light of God telling the person how to know and do the good. …”
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Człowiek i przyroda w nauce chrześcijańskiego Wschodu by Janusz Aptacy

“…Man created in the "image and likeness" of God is marked by divinity and participates in the divine intellect and, by means of his body, is in relation to the material world. …”
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Grafiti: exposición de la religiosidad de las pandillas de San Luis Potosí by Jaime Bernal Boyzo

“…This leads to the conclusion that these gangs, through this religious connection, try to cleanse their criminal actions in order to find a kind of divine acceptance that contrasts with the rejection they receive by the society around them. …”
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THE AESTHETICS OF COVID-19 WITHIN THE PANDEMIC OF THE CORONA CRISIS. by D.J. Louw

“…In this regard, the God-image of divine companionship, as framed by the ugliness of a “suffering God”, is discussed within the parameters of the praxis of hope care in pastoral ministry. …”
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Stuart Cloete's construction of Voortrekker religion in Turning Wheels by F. Hale

“…Among the thematic elements are belief in divine purpose and providence, postfigurative uses of the Pentateuchal characters Moses and Abraham, the image of the clergy, the failure of religious belief to maintain ethical norms among the Voortrekkers and the contribution of an ethnocentric distortion of Christianity to disharmonious relations with black Africans. …”
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Newman’s Poetry: The Heart of a Victorian Renaissance Project  by Dampi Somoko

“…This is particularly true of the poetic dream in The Dream of Gerontius, which borrows characteristics from both the anonymous Old English poem The Dream of the Rood and Dante’s Divine Comedy. This creative recourse to old literary and aesthetic sources as an inspiration is marked by porosity, hybridity, and subversion when the mutation of the character takes place in a gradual process from de-personification to kenosis. …”
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Coda: The War of Poetry: Duncan’s Heresies by Michael Heller

“…This essay focuses on Duncan’s Tribunals: Passages 31-35, originally published as a separate chapbook in 1970, and the prose surrounding it, such as the earlier “The Sweetness and Greatness of Dante’s Divine Comedy” of 1964, as a central focus of the struggle of Duncan’s war with and for form, the site of risk, undoing and resolution. …”
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El Greco's representation of mystical ecstasy by Estelle Alma Maré

“…These figures, merging themselves in a divine vision, are depicted with distinctive vertical forms, gesturing heavenwards in a specific way. …”
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Faire connaissance avec une mulier religiosa dans les Pays-Bas méridionaux du xiiie siècle by Anne-Laure Méril-Bellini delle Stelle

“…Thus, behind the topoi of the reputation of holiness and the divine intercession exerted through them, a range of social practices and of specific relationship emerge as a watermark of these scenes.…”
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The beauty of sorrow: by V. Tendenan

“…It argues that dance transcends a mere reflection of the soul, positing that sorrow in the Ma’badong danceis a manifestation of divine presence. This dance, still practiced today, embodies a theological aesthetic of “the beauty of sorrow,” examined through several dimensions. …”
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Saints et Sainteté dans le mormonisme de Joseph Smith et celui de l'Église de Jésus-Christ des Saints des Derniers Jours by Chrystal Vanel

“…Thus, Mormonism takes the idea of saintliness even further, a word often considered to be a divine attribute.…”
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From desperation to adoration: Reading Psalm 107 as a transforming spatial journey by G.T.M. Prinsloo

“…Psalm 107 hints at a continuous transforming spatial journey between present realities and the longed-for eschatological establishment of a universal, divine kingdom. …”
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Vergifnis in die gebed van Daniël (Dan. 9:4-19) by D. F. O'Kennedy

“…In this article the understanding of divine forgiveness is studied and the following important elements are emphasised: (1) Forgiveness cannot be limited to one specific historical context; (2) The motivation for forgiveness does not lie in the people’s obedience, but in God’s grace and mercy; (3) The structure and content of the prayer implies that confession of guilt is an important element in the process of forgiveness. …”
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On the Edge of Space and Time: Evangelical Missionaries in the Post-Soviet Arctic by Laur Vallikivi

“…I suggest that the Baptists’ agenda is shaped, on the one hand, by the literal reading of the Bible, which allows them to be the divine instruments at the end times and, on the other hand, by the idea of Russia’s special role in God’s salvation plan. …”
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Klaagliedere 3:42: vergifnis of nie-vergifnis? by D. F. O'Kennedy

“…Does Lamentations 3 only speak about punishment and judgement or do we find references to divine forgiveness? Lamentations 3 speaks about punishment, but not rejection or unwillingness to forgive. …”
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Religious experience and sacred text by A. Holder

“…But the Book of Revelation implies that the sacred text will no longer be needed, only because its promises have been fulfilled by direct experience of the divine presence. …”
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Calvyn oor die leiding van die Heilige Gees in die verklaring van die Skrif by P. C. Potgieter

“…While he firmly believed in the divine inspiration and clarity (claritas) of the Bible, he also recognised the total depravity of mankind. …”
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Die geheim van die prediking: om mondig te word by J. Cilliers

“…The main thrust of the argument is that preaching is constituted simultaneously by a deeply human and profoundly divine activity in the life of the church. …”
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