scholarly journals Latter-Day Saint Liturgy: The Administration of the Body and Blood of Jesus

Religions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 431
Author(s):  
James E. Faulconer
Keyword(s):  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Of Christ ◽  
Church Members ◽  
Weekly Administration ◽  
Family Of God ◽  
The Family ◽  
Born Again ◽  
The Temple

Latter-day Saint (“Mormon”) liturgy opens its participants to a world undefined by a stark border between the transcendent and immanent, with an emphasis on embodiment and relationality. The formal rites of the temple, and in particular that part of the rite called “the endowment”, act as a frame that erases the immanent–transcendent border. Within that frame, the more informal liturgy of the weekly administration of the blood and body of Christ, known as “the sacrament”, transforms otherwise mundane acts of living into acts of worship that sanctify life as a whole. I take a phenomenological approach, hoping that doing so will deepen interpretations that a more textually based approach might miss. Drawing on the works of Robert Orsi, Edward S. Casey, Paul Moyaert, and Nicola King, I argue that the Latter-day Saint sacrament is not merely a ritualized sign of Christ’s sacrifice. Instead, through the sacrament, Christ perdures with its participants in an act of communal memorialization by which church members incarnate the coming of the divine community of love and fellow suffering. Participants inhabit a hermeneutically transformed world as covenant children born again into the family of God.

Analogy or Homology? An Investigation of the Congruency of Systems Theory and Biblical Theology in Pastoral Leadership

1994 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 173-181
Author(s):  
R. Paul Stevens
Keyword(s):  
Systems Theory ◽  
Living System ◽  
Biblical Theology ◽  
Family Systems Theory ◽  
The Body ◽  
Bowen Theory ◽  
Body Of Christ ◽  
Family Of God ◽  
The Family ◽  
Theological Critique

Pastoral interventions have generally assumed a linear, cause-effect approach. General systems theory and family systems theory (Bowen Theory) provide a more sophisticated approach to the complexities of working with the congregation as a living system. This article explores the crucial question of biblical congruency by examining the biblical witness to the church as the family of God, the body of Christ, and the covenant community. In the context of affirming substantial congruency, a final theological critique of the assumptions of systems theory is offered.

scholarly journals Exegesis Integrative Review of Salvation Because The Love Of God Is The Basic of The Church As The Unity of The Body of Christ (Ephesians 2:11-22)

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-29
Author(s):  
Tonny Andrian
Keyword(s):  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Church History ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Of Christ ◽  
Shed Blood ◽  
Major Subject ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Temple ◽  
The Church

The subject of the unity of the church has appeared several times during the period of church history as a major subject. Even in the 20th century, differences of opinion on the subject of unity led to divisions. This point cannot be ignored. That is why the researcher conducted an integrated exegessa study on the meaning of the Church as the unity of the body of Christ Ephesians 2: 11-22. Ephesians 2: 11-22 is not a separate passage, but integrative, with other passages in the book of Ephesians. (this would be integrative both with Ephesians 2: 1-10 and Ephesians 4: 1-6) The conjunction "therefore" in Ephesians 2.11, describes the preceding verses that speak of grace. The suffering of Jesus Christ and His sacrifice on the cross, and His shed blood, are manifestations of grace that saves sinners. A demonstration of grace, which is free gift. It is the grace that saves people from sin. Thus Ephesians 2: 11-22 must be seen as a context that comes from grace. The saving or salvation based on the grace of God, as a building body of Christ, which is a union, which was previously "distant", ie those who are without Christ, not belonging to the citizens of Israel, become one body of Christ as intended by God. Ephesians 2: 11-22 explains that the unification of the body of Christ is a reflection of the journey of a Christian individual who has been saved by the grace of Christ God, is united or united with other Christian individuals to move towards the unity of building the body of Christ, as the Temple of God. the church as the unified Body of Christ, is built on the teachings of the Apostles and Prophets. Thus, the church, which has a government, a doctrine that may not be the same as one another, but the church is a unity in the bonds of the Spirit of peace, one faith, one Baptism, one god, one GOD the FATHER of all God, as salt and The light of the world, brings transformation and restoration for the world, through the carrying out of the task of the grace of Christ, namely the preaching of the gospel of the kingdom of heaven, so that all knees will kneel and all tongues confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of the heavenly Father.

scholarly journals Komunikasi Antarpribadi Antara Anggota Keluarga dalam Mendukung Penderita Autoimun (ODAMUN)

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 94
Author(s):  
Veronika Trimardhany
Keyword(s):  
Immune System ◽  
Autoimmune Disease ◽  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
The Body ◽  
Foreign Objects ◽  
Five Factors ◽  
The Family

ODAMUN stands for People with autoimmune patients. Autoimmune disease is a disease where the immune system that is formed incorrectly identifies foreign objects, where cells, tissues or organs of the human body are actually considered foreign objects so that they are damaged by antibodies. So the presence of autoimmune disease does not have an impact on increasing the body's resistance to a disease, but instead occurs damage to the body due to the formed immunity. Therefore, support from family members becomes very important for autoimmune sufferers. Communication in the family can also be interpreted as a readiness to talk openly about every problem in the family, both pleasant and sad, this is where members will be ready to solve the problems they face by talking to each other with patience, honesty and openness. Communication that occurs, among others, interpersonal communication between family members. The methodology in this study uses descriptive qualitative with a phenomenological approach by describing the experiences of four people with autoimmune disorders accompanied by their families. The results obtained are that they carry out interpersonal communication effectively with the following factors: openness, empathy, supportive attitude, positive attitude and equality. Of the five factors, the most prominent is the supportive attitude of the sufferer, this is what the sufferer always hopes to motivate to recover. Initial complaints from autoimmune sufferers are fever all over the body, canker sores, red rashes, but each sufferer has different complaints, but most of them are weak and powerless. The solution for sufferers is to go to the doctor, manage stress and always think positively in all situations, while family members provide support, namely accompanying when complaints come and immediately taking them to the hospital.

scholarly journals Theology disrupted: Doing theology with children in African contexts

2016 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elijah Mahlangu
Keyword(s):  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Vantage Point ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Of Christ ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The Family ◽  
New Development ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
African Context ◽  
The Church

The thrust of this article is an attempt to respond to the question whether we can read and interpret the bible in Africa from the child theology vantage point. The author’s answer is in the affirmative in two ways: Firstly, it is that the majority of children in Africa are facing abuses of unprecedented proportions. Historically and traditionally, African scholars always read and interpreted the bible with African lenses. The African bible critic and exegete should be part of the church, the body of Christ which ought to be a lotus of healing. Theologising in the context of the crisis of the ‘child’ in Africa is fairly a new development and needs to be aggressively pursued. The second aspect of this author’s response is that when Christianity entered the Graeco-Roman as well the Jewish milieu, it used the family symbolism such as father, brothers, love, house of God, children of God, and so on. The New Testament authors therefore used family as reality and metaphor to proclaim the gospel. The African theologian, critic and exegete, is therefore in this article challenged to make a significant contribution using the African context in that, ‘… the African concept of child, family and community appears to be closer to ecclesiology than the Western concepts’.

XXVI. Account of the Discovery and Interment of the Heart of Arthur Lord Capel. In a Letter from the Rev. Anthony Hamilton, F.R.S. V.P. S.A. to the Rev. John Brand, Secretary

Archaeologia ◽  
1806 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 300-301
Author(s):  
Anthony Hamilton
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
The Family ◽  
Oliver Cromwell ◽  
The Temple ◽  
Earl Of Essex

Soon after you communicated to me the anecdote relating to Lord Capel's wish, that his heart might be taken from his body, after his murder by Oliver Cromwell, and preserved for the purpose of its being interred with the body of Charles the First, when the restoration of the family to the crown should take place, I mentioned the circumstance to my friend Richard Stanley, Esq. of the Temple, one of the members of our Society, whose father was my immediate predecessor in the rectory of Hadham, Herts, and whose grandfather Dr. Stanley, Dean of St. Asaph, had possessed the same benefice from 1690 to 1722, when he resigned it to his second son, Francis, my immediate predecessor. Dean Stanley had, in the early parts of his life, been chaplain to the Earl of Essex, and during his whole life was very much in the confidence of the family.

scholarly journals TINJAUAN KESATUAN DARI KEPELBAGAIAN MENURUT KITAB-KITAB INJIL DAN SURAT-SURAT PAULUS

1970 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-36
Author(s):  
Waharman Waharman
Keyword(s):  
Social Organization ◽  
Social Institution ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Of Christ ◽  
Church Members ◽  
Historical Reality ◽  
Special Respect ◽  
The Church

The purpose of this writing is so that church officials and all church members truly realize that they are members of the body of Christ. Just as the limbs seem less important but are given special respect, they are not needed by beautiful members. Based on the analogy of the church as the body of Christ, the church division is something that is very absurd, something that does not make sense to happen. Where there are limbs that conflict with one another. It is very insane for members to hurt one another. But historical reality has not counted how many conflicts have caused disunity. Believers have failed to analogize themselves with the Body of Christ. The Church is not an earthly organization or social institution. The church is the body of Christ and should not be treated as a social organization. The church is beyond any organization because there is life in it. A deep awareness of the church as the body of Christ will lead to responsibility, humility to cooperate, avoiding the danger of division which often threatens the integrity of the church.

Pentecostal Ecclesiologies

2018 ◽  
pp. 334-358
Author(s):  
Amos Yong
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Of Christ ◽  
People Of God ◽  
Pentecostal Movement ◽  
The People ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
The Temple ◽  
Charismatic Christianity ◽  
The Church

What can be said about ‘pentecostal ecclesiology’ when there are arguably many ‘pentecostalisms’ and just as many ecclesial forms across the world of pentecostal-charismatic Christianity? This chapter provides a basic sketch of such phenomenological diversity and then moves to present as a viable candidate for pentecostal ecclesiological reflection a pneumatological framework of the church as renewed by the Spirit and always renewing. The first section provides some historical perspective on the classical pentecostal movement The second and third sections argue that pentecostal ecclesiological dynamism is inspired largely by its pneumatic spirituality; they map emerging ecclesiological tendencies under the rubrics ‘the church as the charismatic fellowship of the Spirit’ and ‘the church as the people of God, the body of Christ, and the temple of the Holy Spirit’. While the former reflects some of the renewal distinctives about pentecostal ecclesiological self-understanding, the latter situates the pentecostal understanding of the church within the mainstream of ecclesiological developments.

Double Affirmation: Medievalism as Christian Apologetic in the Arthurian Poetry of Charles Williams

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-96
Author(s):  
Sørina Higgins
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
The Body ◽  
European History ◽  
Body Of Christ ◽  
Female Figure ◽  
Century Poetry ◽  
Charles Williams ◽  
Embodied Theology

In his unfinished cycle of Arthurian poems, Charles Williams developed a totalizing mythology in which he fictionalized the Medieval. First, he employed chronological conflation, juxtaposing events and cultural references from a millennium of European history and aligning each with his doctrinal system. Second, following the Biblical metaphor of the body of Christ, Blake’s symbolism, and Rosicrucian sacramentalism, he embodied theology in the Medieval landscape via a superimposed female figure. Finally, Williams worked to show the validity of two Scholastic approaches to spirituality: the kataphatic and apophatic paths. His attempts to balance via negativa and via positiva led Williams to practical misapplication—but also to creation of a landmark work of twentieth century poetry. . . . the two great vocations, the Rejection of all images before the unimaged, the Affirmation of all images before the all-imaged, the Rejection affirming, the Affirmation rejecting. . . —from ‘The Departure of Dindrane’ —O Blessed, pardon affirmation!— —O Blessed, pardon negation!— —from ‘The Prayers of the Pope’

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