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The Church of Christ in early Bernicia: forerunners and foundation
No full textA firmly multidlsciplinary approach starts from a theological definition of the Church as the Body of Christ, and Christians as empowered by the Holy Spirit, the possibility of miracle, and the reality of warfare with demons are taken seriously, and scholarly belief in them defended. They are made the subject of excursuses. Hagiographic writings are treated with cautious respect. Bernicia, land and people, and its relationship to its neighbours are considered. In a demographic excursus the view that Dark Age life-span was short is rebuffed. Part two discusses the life and mission of the Church in sub-Roman Britain. In our area evidence for this proves to be largely limited to the shadowy activities of Ninian and Kentigern, therefore further evidence of the status of the British church in the fifth and sixth centuries is sought in Patrick’s Confession and Gildas's De Excidlo Britɸmniae. A new model for the latter - the sermon of the protomartyr Stephen - is proposed; as is a new exegesis of D. E. B. c.69, which may have Implications for our understanding of the persistence of Pelagian beliefs. An excursus considers the significance of white stones in association with Christian burial. The origins of the mission of Augustine are considered briefly. Part three considers the mission of Paulinus in detail, in particular the reasons for its collapse; in contrasting it with the Celtic mission misslological principles are cited. A reappraisal of Paulinus's retreat, more favourable to him than that normally held, is reached by invoking wartime experience. The discipline of obstetrics is involved to advance the theory that /Ethelburh's delivery was premature; also earlier to re-examine the Herbert Ian account of Kentigern's conception, where the 'something contrary to sound doctrine' is identified, against the hitherto standard view, as the apparent approval, by Servanus, of extramarital coitus. The final establishment of the Church in Bernicia is seen as occurring principally as the result of Aidan's mission, but with valid contributions from the British and Roman traditions. That Simeon of Durham gave the credit for this foundation to Oswald is found Justifiable. A new genealogical tree of Oswy has been constructed, and maps have been provided
From temple to house-church in Luke-Acts: a Lukan challenge to Korean Christianity
No full textThis dissertation examines the portrayals of the Temple, synagogue, and
house-churches in Luke-Acts to pose a Lukan challenge to the Korean church by using
a model of architectural space which is derived from social-scientific ideas originating
in anthropology, sociology and social psychology. The dissertation proposes the
relevance of the Lukan house-church to the Korean church today so as to transform
the latter's character in its architecture and use of space into the inclusive and
missionary one which is featured in Luke-Acts. The argument of the dissertation
begins with an exploration and defence of social-scientific method (Chapter 1).
Chapter 2 begins with a history and analysis of Korean Christianity which raises
problem surrounding its use of architectural space, before setting out a socialscientific
model of architectural space, which is then applied to contemporary Korean
church architecture. Challenging current understandings of a positive Lukan attitude
toward the Temple, this study proposes in Chapter 3 that Luke had a negative
understanding of the Temple in that it was an oppressive institution characterised by
segmented spaces which divided the people of God and thus showed its illegitimacy in
relation to the saving plan of God in Jesus. The dissertation next proposes in Chapter
4 that first-century synagogues were subsidiary Temple spaces which were extended
to most parts of Mediterranean world from the central sanctuary in Jerusalem, and that
Luke portrays the synagogues as similar to the Temple. Contrary to the Temple and
synagogue, the house in Luke-Acts expresses the inclusive salvation of the gospel
which incorporates a variety of people regardless of social status, gender, age and
ethnic origin (Chapter 5). In this interpretation, the house-church is represented as an
inclusive space accessible without institutional constraints. In the Gospel, it serves to
express the Kingdom of God into which sinners are invited to enter through meals and
to be incorporated into a fictive-kinship group created by Jesus. In Acts, the house is
not only a locus of Christian meetings in which the social relationships, characteristic
of family, are practised to enhance and legitimise the social identity of Jesus'
followers, but also the modus operandi of Christian mission through which the Christ-movement
spreads throughout the Mediterranean world. This study concludes with an
Epilogue containing brief suggestions for changes in Korean church architecture and
use of space based on these Lukan insights, which have the potential radically to
transform Korean Protestant Christianity
A Critical Examination of the Ecclesiology of John Nelson Darby
No full textThis thesis examines the ecclesiology, or doctrine of the church, of John Nelson
Darby (1800-1882), who was one of the leading and most prominent members of the
Plymouth Brethren in the nineteenth century.
The thesis systematically outlines the structure of Darby's thought on the subject of
ecclesiology. It explains how Darby defined the church and understood its nature.
His ecclesiology is shown to be foundational to the system of Dispensationalist
theology in that the church is seen in occupying a period of time unforeseen in
biblical prophecy. Darby's ecclesiology is also shown to be an ecclesiology of crisis
in that he believed that the church had fallen into such a state of ruin that no bodies
existed that could truly be described as churches.
The thesis considers Darby's solution to the ruin or failure of the church found in
'meeting in the name of the Lord.' It examines how Darby's view of how the church
should meet successfully synthesized the conflicting concepts of unity and separation.
It suggests that other writers have not always recognized how Darby distinguished
between separation from individuals and separation from institutions. Nevertheless
while arguing that Darby's ecclesiology achieved a stable synthesis between unity and
separation, it presents a number of practical problems with Darby's ecclesiology.
Attention is given to Darby's teaching on discipline, ministry, church government and
sacraments.
The thesis considers his ecclesiology within a number of contexts. First, its place
within the development of ecclesiology in theological history and in relation
specifically to modem ecclesiologies. Second, in his life and involvement with the
Brethren movement. Third, his role in the development of American fundamentalism,
a major proportion of which has adopted significant aspects of his theology,
particularly Dispensationalism, a form of millennial theology that makes a strong
distinction between the church and the nation of Israel within salvation history. This
thesis argues that while some American fundamentalists adopted Darby's
dispensational views, they found very different practical applications for them in their
ecclesiastical activity. A number of reasons are considered as to why they did not
adopt Darby's ecclesiology in its entirety. Fourthly, the thesis considers the place of
Darby's ecclesiology in relation to other ecclesiastical movements in nineteenth
century Britain. It argues that Darby's ecclesiology shared similar themes to three
ecclesiastical movements
Self-compression of 4.9 µm pulses to sub-40 fs with 2 mJ energy in Zinc Sulfide
No full textNonlinear self-compression of few-cycle multi-mJ pulses at 4.9 µm in ZnS is presented. 80 fs input pulses are compressed to 37 fs with 2.1 mJ energy at a 1 kHz repetition rate. © 2024 The Author(s
Small-Scale Sampling at Tràigh an Teampuill (Temple Bay), Toe Head Peninsula, Northton, Harris, 2012; Data Structure Report
No full textThe third Mesolithic site in the Western Isles of Scotland at Tràigh an Teampuill (Temple Bay), Toe Head peninsula, Harris (NGR NF9734 9132) was identified in 2011 as part of a wider research project into the Mesolithic of this region, led by Mike Church and a team from Durham University. The preliminary investigation indicated this site had excellent preservation and the team returned to conduct further sampling and assessment of the site in 2012, in advance of on-going coastal erosion (Blake et al. 2012a:6; Church et al. 2011a). The deposits consist of several buried ground surfaces mixed with anthropogenic midden material, which probably form part of the early to mid-Holocene buried landscape identified through coring in 2001 and during the excavation of Northton in 2010 (Bishop et al. 2010; 2011a; 2011b; Gregory et al. 2005; Simpson et al. 2006). A scoop was cut through the buried ground surface deposits and was subsequently filled with shell-rich midden deposits and an ash spread. Charred hazel nutshell fragments recovered from the site have been dated to c. 5700-5400 cal. BC
Correction to: Chamoun et al., Bacterial pathogenesis and interleukin-17: interconnecting mechanisms of immune regulation, host genetics, and microbial virulence that influence severity of infection
No full textChamoun MN, Blumenthal A, Sullivan MJ, Schembri MA, Ulett GC. 2018. Bacterial pathogenesis and interleukin-17: interconnecting mechanisms of immune regulation, host genetics, and microbial virulence that influence severity of infection. Critical Reviews in Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1080/1040841X.2018.1426556.
When the above article was first published online, the below three corrections were missed.
The author ‘Antje Blumenthal’ was wrongly affiliated to the affiliation “cSchool of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, and Australian Infectious Disease Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia”. Now this affiliation has been removed for this author.
The affiliation ‘bTranslational Research Institute, The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Woolloongabba, Australia’ of the author ‘Antje Blumenthal’ should read ‘bThe University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia’.
In Table 3, the sentence ‘Benefit of manipulating IL-17 levels to improve immunization strategies M. tuberculosis’ should read “Benefit of manipulating IL-17 levels to improve immunization strategies against M. tuberculosis”.No Full Tex
Generation of 22-mJ, 2.0-ps Pulses from a 1-kHz Ho:YLF Regenerative Chirped Pulse Amplifier
No full textWe report a CW-pumped Ho:YLF regenerative amplifier (RA) delivering pulses with 22.5-mJ energy and 2.0-ps duration at 1 kHz. The RA emitting at 2051 nm is broadband-seeded and implemented in a chirped pulse amplification system. © 2024 The Author(s
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