The Cross In Christian Tradition

Author : Elizabeth Dreyer
Publisher : Paulist Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0809140004

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The Cross in Christian Tradition by Elizabeth Dreyer Pdf

For the past two thousand years, the cross has been a powerful symbol of the Christian faith and an anchor of its symbol system. In this volume, a group of distinguished scholars delves into the theologies and spiritualities of the cross at select moments in the tradition. They examine biblical texts and commentaries, lectionaries, liturgical poetry, sermons, and theological spiritual treatises in: Paul, the early liturgy, Origen, Augustine and Bonaventure. Each chapter provides a window into how particular contexts influenced the interpretation of the cross and how the cross functioned in each unique historical moment. Originally presented at Saint Mary's College, these papers offer a fresh and distinctive approach to the literature on the cross. The authors' historical perspective points to the tradition as a transforming agent for theology and spirituality today. Contributors: - Elizabeth A. Dreyer - Jerome Murphy-O'Connor - Nathan D. Mitchell - Peter J. Gorday - John Cavadini Here is a book that will interest liturgists and Christian educators, university and seminary students and members of religious orders. Although scholarly in tone, can be read with profit by adult educated Christians as well. +

Author : William Wood Seymour
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Christian art and symbolism
ISBN : HARVARD:FL4ZP4

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The Cross in Tradition, History, and Art by William Wood Seymour Pdf

"This work discusses the cross throughout history, from prehistoric times to modern day. Found within are chapters entitled: cross before the Christian Era and in prehistoric times; types of the cross; early form and use of the cross; legends of the cross; true cross and its traditionary history; title of the cross; doctrinal teaching of the crucifixion; cross and crucifix in early Christian art; various types of crosses; varieties of the cross; objects with the cross on them; sign of the cross; Puritan objections to the cross; and miscellaneous crosses."--B & N.

Author : Judith Couchman
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2010-03-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830879175

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The Mystery of the Cross by Judith Couchman Pdf

"Christianity is a religion founded on the mystery of the cross of Christ." --Leo the Great At the center of Christianity sits the cross of Christ. From the beginning, Christ's followers celebrated the cross as a symbol of their faith. It was honored in church worship, carved into rough tombstones, pressed onto loaves of bread and set out as a sign of sanctuary. The cross represented what Christians believed, who they hoped for and how they approached life. In this thoughtful book Judith Couchman takes up forty images of the cross from early Christianity. As we discover the meaning and significance of each of these uses, we learn a little more about the early church. More than that, she helps us focus on the meaning of the cross and the Savior's sacrifice. Ideal for Lenten devotional reading and appropriate for any season of the church calendar, this book includes original illustrations of each cross image. The Mystery of the Cross will enrich your understanding of Christian tradition and draw you into Christ's presence.

Author : Andreas Andreopoulos
Publisher : Paraclete Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781557258762

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The Sign of the Cross by Andreas Andreopoulos Pdf

“This book is a little masterpiece: it informs and it explores, it recounts history and it provokes a religious quest. It is a personal book, yet it explores the great questions of theology; it is full of learning, but not ponderous; it is written from the perspective of faith, but is not off-putting to the inquirer.” -Thomas O’Loughlin, Professor of Historical Theology University of Wales Lampeter “Andreopoulos explains the gesture and meaning and history of why Christianity has needed symbols and signs through the ages. Throughout, his writing is as inspiriting as a restorative benediction.” -ALA Booklist “The book succeeds at translating the significance of the sign of the Cross into something personal and immediate.” -Publishers Weekly “The Christian of today grows quickly from the innocent child into adulthood and demands understanding of any simple behavior. ‘Why to sign with the crossing? Where did this practice begin? When and how?’ Andreas Andreopoulos, with his book, helps to answer these questions.... [H]e immerses us into the illuminating obscurity of the Holy Tradition.” -Protopresbyter Kyrillos Leret-Aldir, Orthodox Christian Comment

Author : Arnfríður Guðmundsdóttir
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780195397963

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Meeting God on the Cross by Arnfríður Guðmundsdóttir Pdf

Gudmundsdottir argues that a feminist theology of the cross serves a dual purpose in feminist hristology: it discloses the patriarchal distortion of traditional christology, and can also reveal lost dimensions in the understanding of the person and work of Jesus Christ.

Author : Hans-Ruedi Weber
Publisher : S.P.C.K.
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015001527434

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The Cross by Hans-Ruedi Weber Pdf

Author : Bert Ghezzi
Publisher : Loyola Press
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Cross, Sign of the
ISBN : 9780829416190

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The Sign of the Cross by Bert Ghezzi Pdf

In The Sign of the Cross, author Bert Ghezzi shows how this potent prayer engages the Holy Spirit and affirms Christian identity. With insights derived from Scripture, church teachings, and personal experience, Ghezzi inspires people to utilize the sign of the cross in their daily lives. Drawing on the fascinating history of the sign of the cross, Ghezzi reveals six dynamic truths of the spiritual life and encourages Christians to see the sign of the cross as a simple yet powerful way to grow in their relationship with God.

Author : Robin M. Jensen
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780674088801

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The Cross by Robin M. Jensen Pdf

The cross stirs intense feelings among Christians as well as non-Christians. Robin Jensen takes readers on an intellectual and spiritual journey through the two-thousand-year evolution of the cross as an idea and an artifact, illuminating the controversies—along with the forms of devotion—this central symbol of Christianity inspires. Jesus’s death on the cross posed a dilemma for Saint Paul and the early Church fathers. Crucifixion was a humiliating form of execution reserved for slaves and criminals. How could their messiah and savior have been subjected to such an ignominious death? Wrestling with this paradox, they reimagined the cross as a triumphant expression of Christ’s sacrificial love and miraculous resurrection. Over time, the symbol’s transformation raised myriad doctrinal questions, particularly about the crucifix—the cross with the figure of Christ—and whether it should emphasize Jesus’s suffering or his glorification. How should Jesus’s body be depicted: alive or dead, naked or dressed? Should it be shown at all? Jensen’s wide-ranging study focuses on the cross in painting and literature, the quest for the “true cross” in Jerusalem, and the symbol’s role in conflicts from the Crusades to wars of colonial conquest. The Cross also reveals how Jews and Muslims viewed the most sacred of all Christian emblems and explains its role in public life in the West today.

Author : William Wood Seymour
Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1497890810

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The Cross in Tradition, History and Art by William Wood Seymour Pdf

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1898 Edition.

Author : William Wood Seymour
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0332305880

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The Cross in Tradition, History, and Art (Classic Reprint) by William Wood Seymour Pdf

Excerpt from The Cross in Tradition, History, and Art From \vilson's fl'lcxico. F' From Twining's Simon/s of Early am/ 7 From Squier's Serpent Symbol in America. Christian. Art. 3 From Blake's T/ze Cross, Ancient and 7 From Lipsins's Dc Craco. 8 [from Bartholinns's Dc Crucc Clzristi. 4 l'rom Squier's Antiquitz'cs of 1vc'w York 9 From Veldener's T/zc cmdary History of midi/1c i'vcst. T/u' Cross, with Introduction by john 5 From Jameson's History of Our Lord. Ashton. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Hans Boersma
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2006-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780801031335

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Violence, Hospitality, and the Cross by Hans Boersma Pdf

Offers a new model for understanding the atonement, sensitive to both the Christian tradition and its postmodern critics.

Author : J. Warner Wallace
Publisher : David C Cook
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781434705464

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Cold-Case Christianity by J. Warner Wallace Pdf

Written by an L. A. County homicide detective and former atheist, Cold-Case Christianity examines the claims of the New Testament using the skills and strategies of a hard-to-convince criminal investigator. Christianity could be defined as a “cold case”: it makes a claim about an event from the distant past for which there is little forensic evidence. In Cold-Case Christianity, J. Warner Wallace uses his nationally recognized skills as a homicide detective to look at the evidence and eyewitnesses behind Christian beliefs. Including gripping stories from his career and the visual techniques he developed in the courtroom, Wallace uses illustration to examine the powerful evidence that validates the claims of Christianity. A unique apologetic that speaks to readers’ intense interest in detective stories, Cold-Case Christianity inspires readers to have confidence in Christ as it prepares them to articulate the case for Christianity.

Author : Thomas C. Oden
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 950 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2009-08-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780061897320

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Classic Christianity by Thomas C. Oden Pdf

For the first time, Thomas Oden's Systematic Theology classic series (individually titled The Living God, The Word of Life, and Life in the Spirit) is available in one complete volume. A renowned theologian, Oden provides a consensus view of the Christian faith, delving deeply into ancient Christian tradition and bringing to the contemporary church the best wisdom from its past. In this magisterial work, Oden tackles the central questions of Christian belief and the nature of the trinity. Written for clergy, Christian educators, religious scholars, and lay readers alike, Classic Christianity provides the best synthesis of the whole history of Christian thought. Part one explores the most intriguing questions of the study of God—Does God exist? Does Jesus reveal God? Is God personal, compassionate, free?—and presents answers that reflect the broad consensus culled from the breadth of the church's teachers. It is rooted deeply and deliberately in scripture but confronts the contemporary mind with the vitality of the Christian tradition. Part two addresses the perplexing Christological issues of whether God became flesh, whether God became Christ, and whether Christ is the source of salvation. Oden details the core beliefs concerning Jesus Christ that have been handed down for the last two hundred decades, namely, who he was, what he did, and what that means for us today. Part three examines how the work of God in creation and redemption is being brought to consummation by the Holy Spirit in persons, through communities, and in the fullness of human destiny. Oden's magisterial study not only treats the traditional elements of systematical theology but also highlights the foundational exegetes throughout history. Covering the ecumenical councils and early synods; the great teachers of the Eastern church tradition, including Athanasius and John Chrysostom; and the prominent Western figures such as Augustine, Ambrose, Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, and John Calvin, this book offers the reader the fullest understanding of the Christian faith available.

Author : René Guénon
Publisher : Sophia Perennis
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0900588659

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The Symbolism of the Cross by René Guénon Pdf

The Symbolism of the Cross is a major doctrinal study of the central symbol of Christianity from the standpoint of the universal metaphysical tradition, the 'perennial philosophy' as it is called in the West. As Guernon points out, the cross is one of the most universal of all symbols and is far from belonging to Christianity alone. Indeed, Christians have sometimes tended to lose sight of its symbolism of its symbolical significance and to regard it as no more than the sign of a historical event. By restoring to the full spiritual value as a symbol, but without in any way detracting from its historical importance for Christianity, Guenon has performed a task of inestimable importance which perhaps only he, with his unrivaled knowledge of the symbolic languages of both East and West, was qualified to perform.

Author : Richard Rohr
Publisher : Convergent Books
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781524762100

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The Universal Christ by Richard Rohr Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From one of the world’s most influential spiritual thinkers, a long-awaited book exploring what it means that Jesus was called “Christ,” and how this forgotten truth can restore hope and meaning to our lives. “Anyone who strives to put their faith into action will find encouragement and inspiration in the pages of this book.”—Melinda Gates In his decades as a globally recognized teacher, Richard Rohr has helped millions realize what is at stake in matters of faith and spirituality. Yet Rohr has never written on the most perennially talked about topic in Christianity: Jesus. Most know who Jesus was, but who was Christ? Is the word simply Jesus’s last name? Too often, Rohr writes, our understandings have been limited by culture, religious debate, and the human tendency to put ourselves at the center. Drawing on scripture, history, and spiritual practice, Rohr articulates a transformative view of Jesus Christ as a portrait of God’s constant, unfolding work in the world. “God loves things by becoming them,” he writes, and Jesus’s life was meant to declare that humanity has never been separate from God—except by its own negative choice. When we recover this fundamental truth, faith becomes less about proving Jesus was God, and more about learning to recognize the Creator’s presence all around us, and in everyone we meet. Thought-provoking, practical, and full of deep hope and vision, The Universal Christ is a landmark book from one of our most beloved spiritual writers, and an invitation to contemplate how God liberates and loves all that is.