01
NOV
2018

Redemption-II. In-depth: “Non uscirai di là finché non avrai pagato fino all’ultimo spicciolo”. Esegesi di Mt 5, 25-26 e origini dell’idea di purgatorio (Milena Mariani)

Abstract “You will not be released until you have paid the last penny”. Exegesis of Mt: 5, 25-26 and origins of the idea of ​​purgatory Since the publication of J. Le Goff’s highly successful The Birth of Purgatory, in 1981, much research has been done, from various histor
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01
NOV
2018

Redemption-II. In-depth: “Sarete riscattati senza denaro” (Is 52,3). La redenzione nell’Antico Testamento tra metafora teologica e linguaggio giuridico ibrido (Gian Luigi Prato)

Abstract “Without money you shall be redeemed” (Is 52:3). Redemption in the Old Testament between theological metaphor and hybrid legal language Most Old Testament texts dealing with redemption and ransom use legal language, even when God is the redeemer, although in this
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01
NOV
2018

Redemption-II. In-depth: Il dogma della reversibilità. Colpa, supplizio e sofferenza in Joseph de Maistre (Andrea Aguti)

Abstract The dogma of “reversibility”. Guilt, torment and suffering in Joseph de Maistre’s works This paper connects Joseph de Maistre’s providentialist interpretation of the French Revolution in his Considerations on France (1796) with his thoughts on the problem of
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01
NOV
2018

Redemption-II. In-depth: Il mandato del redentore e i doveri dei redenti. Alle origini di un paradigma di legittimazione delle relazioni economiche e politiche (II – V sec.) (Paolo Evangelisti)

Abstract The mandate of  the redeemer and the duties of the redeemed. The origins of a paradigm of legitimization of economic and political relations (II – V century)  In this paper I present a wide range of patristic texts, which – through theological discussion of the “divine
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01
NOV
2018

Redemption-II. In-depth: La redemptio romana e la sua reinterpretazione cristiana. Un contributo alla storia del concetto di redenzione (Tiziana Faitini)

Abstract Roman redemptio and its Christian reinterpretation. A contribution to the history of the concept of “redemption” The paper deals with the concept of redemption developed by a number of Early Christian authors (Origen and Ambrose of Milan in particular). Special at
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01
NOV
2018

Redemption-II. In-depth: Politica e redenzione in “Paulinismus” di Otto Pfleiderer. Una nota sulla “Lettera ai Colossesi” (Francesco Ghia)

Abstract Politics and redemption in Otto Pfleiderer’s Paulinismus. A note on the Letter to the Colossians This paper discusses Otto Pfleiderer’s interpretation of the Letter to the Colossians in his Paulinismus. The cosmological-historical valence that Paul gives to Christ’s act
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01
NOV
2018

Redemption-II. In-depth: Redenzione e Riforma. Alcuni elementi di riflessione per una “teologia politica” autocritica (Alberto Bondolfi)

Abstract Redemption and Reformation: some elements of reflection for a self-critical “political theology” This paper provides some reflections on the concept of redemption in the Reformed Churches. First, the impact of previous theologies on the Reformation will be mention
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