Faith formation in the tension interplay of tools, processes and the course for social transformation by M Moyo, K.J. Pali

“…This calls for reconsidering the practice of forming faith among African churches. According to Astley (2018:16), in Christianity, faith formation is more than learning about Christ; it is about “learning” Christ. …”
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Verstedeliking: Riglyne vir 'n kerklike bediening by B. du T. Jackson

“…A functional building could be erected which could serve as a church and community center. In cooperation with other churches the extended christian witness should include diaconal services for the establishement of a stable community. …”
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Edward Stillingfleet and the 17th Century Episcopacy by Nigel SHARP

“…Edward Stillingfleet (1635-1699), ordained in 1658 before the Restoration of 1660, believed that Episcopal oversight was the best method of Church jurisdiction. He noted that neither Christ not the Apostles had decreed any specific of Church government. …”
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MISSION AS RECONCILIATION by A van de Beek

“…Renewal of humanity is only possible in the perspective of transcendence: God’s coming in Christ and resurrection to eternal life. In this article, it is argued that it will be a great challenge for scholarly missiology and for the churches to accept this new paradigm, which involves a reconsideration of the basic paradigm of Christianity. …”
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Romans 1:24–28 and Same-Sex Practice: Some Exegetical Remarks by Marius Nel

“…Few things can potentially divide (and are dividing) Christians like the LGBTIQ+ issue. Conservative churches argue that sexuality forms an integral part of the human being and, hence, that sexual sin falls in a category of its own in any catalogue of sins. …”
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Geen ander naam by J. du Preez

“… The increasing awareness that the church of Christ has to communicate its message of salvation in a religiously plural society, has contributed to the fact that in ecumenical circles the New Testament confessions about Christ as only Saviour of the world (e.g. in Acts 4:12) are being interpreted in a way that leaves room for other saviours as well. …”
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Matka naszego Pana czy Królowa Męczenników by Wojciech Życiński

“…The insertion of Our Lady’s Queenship into the context of the kingly office of the People of God, while not detaching the person of Mary from the ecclesial community, help us to understand the meaning of Marian Queenship and its challenges for contemporary Christians. In her quality as excelling member of the Church, Mary the Queen proclaims the royal character of the other human beings, which is founded on union with Christ. …”
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Os cem olhos do pavão by Marcelo Amato Cardoso

“…This article tries to show how the symbolism of the peacock was transmitted and adapted from Ancient India to Medieval Europe, where the bird figured in the Christian creativity as an emblem of the immortality of Christ and the preachers of the Church, along with hagiographical narratives and biblical images.…”
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The crown of the Regina Scientiarum in South Africa by Erna Oliver, Willem H. Oliver

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The Popes as guardians of human dignity by Gerhard Ludwig Müller

“…It underscores the Church’s prophetic role, asserting that followers of Christ are called to uphold justice and oppose oppression. …”
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Car la Lettre tue mais l’Esprit vivifie : une relecture des textes bibliques selon Elizabeth Gaskell by Benjamine Toussaint-Thiriet

“…She was convinced that the Pharisees had not disappeared with the Advent of Christ and, in her novels, she used her own, sometimes unorthodox, interpretation and rewriting of the Gospels to convert the Pharisees of her own time to the true essence of Christianity. …”
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Wiara w Kościele, lecz dla świata. Rekonstrukcja interpretacji nauczania Vaticanum II by Andrzej Napiórkowski

“…The Council opened the Church for people thanks to the call of enlarging the faith in Jesus Christ.…”
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Contextualisation of the gospel among Muslims by M. Coleman, P. Verster

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Pietism and War by Krzysztof Gładkowski

“…This seemingly historical movement within the Lutheran Church and other Protestant denominations pointed to the message of the Gospel of Christ and continues to evolve. …”
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Komunia z Bogiem istotą chrześcijańskiego powołania by Jerzy Wiesław Gogola

“…Union with God constitutes the essence of the Christian calling for holiness. Only God is holy. If one wants to be holy, there is no other way from that to unite with God. …”
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‘O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: let the whole earth tremble before him’ (Psalm 96:9)

“… My main question in this article is: Is there a place and a future for persons who still hold to the centrality of Christ, or of Jesus of Nazareth, in their lives, but who are agnostic about what traditional Christianity would hold to be central points of dogma or even about the existence of what Cupitt and others have called an ‘objective God’? …”
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"And Africa will be saved!"? Nadenke oor die kerk, die sending en die nood van Sub-Sahara-Afrika by P. Verster

“… Livingstone (1813-1873) with his emphasis on “Christianity, civilisation, commerce” had high expectations that Western influence would lead to total new conditions in Africa and the end of slave trade. …”
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Poszanowanie wolności religijnej w prawodawstwie kościelnym by Dariusz Mazurkiewicz

“…The answer to this question varied depending on the period in the history of the Church and human societies. It is true that the church authorities tried to remember the style of Christ, who only invites people to friendship with himself, but, often resembling the state authorities, for which the use of coercion is a way of exercising power, sometimes the church legislator introduced regulations allowing for people to be forced to accept the faith. …”
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Stosunek religii do nauki. Punkt widzenia prawosławnego by Henryk Paprocki

“…The Earth was treated as a mystical centre of the universe because of the Incarnation of Christ, which did not mean that it was also the real centre of the empirical universe. …”
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