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Cyprian of Carthage (bishop 248–258) paved the way for the West to reject Arianism and accept the Creed of Nicaea (325) through ascribing divine language and work to Jesus Christ. Few studies have explored Cyprian’s Christology, even though he lived merely seventy-five years before the Council of Nicaea (325). Cyprian did not just hold a … Read more
This paper engages with the conceptual backdrop to the term “citizenship” which appears within the Pauline corpus in passages such as such as Philippians 3:20 or Ephesians 2:19. While a lexical study of the NT πολίτης and its various forms are engaged within this work, significant space is also devoted to elucidating the Old Testament … Read more
Two areas of theological research beginning to bloom in Protestant and Evangelical contexts are theological aesthetics and theology of the body. Some strong examples of the former can be found in Jonathan King’s work The Beauty of the Lord: Theology as Aesthetics and Samuel Parkinson’s Irresistible Beauty: Beholding Triune Glory in the Face of Jesus … Read more
Although for almost two centuries now scholars have marshaled endless texts to support their preferred reconstruction of the “Colossian heresy”, one pertinent parallel has not been included in the debate, namely Seneca’s Epistle 95. Nevertheless, enough similarities exist between this epistle and Colossians to pique the scholar’s interest. For instance, in his epistle, the Stoic … Read more
The Nicene Creed is best known for its develop of an orthodox formulation of the doctrine of the Trinity. Due to Trinitarian formulation the Creed has been accepted an “ecumenical creed.” Nevertheless, an under scrutinised aspect of the Creed is its statement on baptism. This paper will examine the Creed’s understanding of baptism. It will … Read more
In Matthew Bates’s influential Salvation by Allegiance Alone (2017) and Gospel Allegiance (2019), Bates seeks to define the gospel based on the NT’s own summary texts. He concludes that the content of the gospel consists of a series of 8 or 10 “Christ events” and is centered on Jesus’ kingship. Bates assumes and builds upon … Read more
In the proposed paper, I argue that ecclesial testimony—the church’s proclamation and embodiment of the gospel message—is a function of both its priestly and prophetic nature. My constructive account adds “priestly” to the predominantly prophetic understanding of ecclesial testimony, exemplified in the writing of Karl Barth. In service of this, I offer a Protestant appropriation … Read more
It is a well known idiom that those who are ignorant of history are doomed to repeat it. Creeds are not merely statements of faith from ancient churches. There were historical events that precipitated the need for each creed and shaped what select few doctrines were included. It is easy to look at historical creeds … Read more
The present paper demonstrates that the early American Methodists (1784-1830) followed John Wesley in affirming the Anglican doctrine of infant baptismal regeneration, which was rooted in their interpretation of the Nicene Creed. Like Wesley, the American Methodists maintained this sacramental emphasis of objective grace even while emphasizing the importance of evangelical conversion. Some, however, such … Read more
Matthew 9:18–26 recounts the stories of a bleeding woman and a young girl, and this narrative has become a focal point of homilies, sermons, religious art, songs, and social movements. Varying interpretations of this passage abound throughout church history, and although many of these interpretations typically express more than a simple correlation between faith and … Read more