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Alister McGrath
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Professor of Theology, Ministry and Education, and Head of the Center for Theology, Religion and Culture at King's College, London. McGrath has produced a wide range of publications to Christian theology and his engagement with contemporary culture, especially the New Atheism.
Termine usato per la sacra celebrazione conosciuta anche come "messa", "cena del Signore" e "santa Comunione".
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La dottrina di Dio peculiare del cristianesimo che riflette la complessità dell'esperienza cristiana di Dio. La dottrina viene spesso riassunta in massime come "un Dio in tre persone".
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A term used to refer to a tradition of theology which draws inspiration from the writings of John Calvin (1510-64) and his successors (see pp. 68-72). The term is generally used in preference to "Calvinist. "
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The scholastic philosophy associated with Duns Scotus.
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A term used to designate the general position of Karl Barth (1886-1968), especially the manner in which he drew upon the theological concerns of the period of Reformed orthodoxy.
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An approach to the doctrine of the atonement, especially associated with Calvinist writers, which holds that Christ's death is only effective for those who have been elected to salvation.
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A term relating to the doctrine of the Trinity, which affirms that while all three persons of the Trinity are active in all the outward actions of the Trinity, it is appropriate to think of each of those actions as being the particular work of one of the persons. Thus it is appropriate to think of creation as the work of the Father, or redemption as the work of the Son, despite the fact that all three persons are present and active in both these works.
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The term is used generally to refer to the thought of Huldrych Zwingli, but is often used to refer specifically to his views on the sacraments, especially on the "real presence" (which for Zwingli was more of a "real absence").
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Although the term could designate any theological movement laying emphasis upon the liberating impact of the gospel, it has come to refer to a movement which developed in Latin America in the late 1960s, which stressed the role of political action and oriented itself toward the goal of political liberation from poverty and oppression.
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The theory of the real presence, especially associated with Martin Luther, which holds that the substance of the eucharistic bread and wine are given together with the substance of the body and blood of Christ.
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