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In the article for the first time in historiography the reviews of the diocesan bishops of the prospects of the reform of the parish council of trustees (prihodskie popechitel’stva) at Orthodox churches are analysed in details. These... more
In: Scritture, carismi, istituzioni: Percorsi di vita religiosa in età moderna. Studi per Gabriella Zarri, ed. Concetta Bianca and Anna Scattigno (Rome: Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, 2018), pp. 139-150.
L. Meddi, La conversione missionaria della pastorale. Contributo per la receptio di Evangelii gaudium, in «Urbaniana University Journal», 68 (2015) 2, 79-126. 1. Le innovazioni della pastorale missionaria nel post-concilio; 1.1 Le... more
Cette contribution explorera plutôt sur l'importance accordée à la conversion en tant que réponse à une crise. Tout d'abord, j'esquisserai la crise à laquelle Jean Hus faisait face au tournant des XIVe et XVe siècles. Ensuite,... more
A brief profile of Hans Kung in the context of the Church's climate of reform since the Second Vatican Council.
Monasticism as Model for Ecclesiastical Reform: Emulation and Opposition, ca. 1050–1200 During the central middle ages, the monastic mode of life was the object of wide admiration and emulation, and many fundamental aspects of the... more
This book examines John Calvin’s sense of vocation. 1) It begins with an analysis of thinking on prophecy in early, medieval, and Reformation theology. 2) It finds Calvin within a non-mystical, non-apocalyptic prophetic tradition... more
Solapa: Es la hora de pasar de la reforma de las mentalidades a la reforma estructural e institucional de la Iglesia, siguiendo lo que el Papa Francisco ha dicho: "el camino sinodal es el camino que Dios espera de la Iglesia del tercer... more
This PhD thesis examines the role and importance of numerical data for the Church of Scotland in relation to areas of mission and planning at a time when the Church of Scotland has experienced sustained numerical decline in formal... more
Analysis of Popes Benedict XVI and Francis' theological and pastoral approaches to ministerial priesthood. The paper sets the continuities and discontinuities between both Popes in the light of the ideals of Church Reform in the late XIX... more
L'elezione di Bergoglio come vescovo di Roma ha riportato al centro del dibattito ecclesiale la riforma della Chiesa, un tema divenuto non più discutibile negli ultimi trent'anni perché immediatamente sospettato di mettere in dubbio... more
"Church and state are one." "There is no state without church, and there is no church without state." These are statements made on two different occasions by Abuna Tewofilos, then acting patriarch, under the Haile Sellassie regime.... more
The paper is dealing with the mission of John of Capistrano in Central Europe and in particular in Bohemia and Moravia, including the sources that are available.
Symposium co-organized by the Croatian hagiography Society „Hagiotheca“, Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (University of Turku), Hagiographica Septentrionalia (University of Tampere) and the University of Zadar, (University of... more
I discuss in this essay published in the International Bulletin of Missionary Research, Catholic social teaching on poverty and economic justice as reflected in the teachings of Pope Francis.
Qui pubblichiamo insieme con Michele Zanardi la parte iniziale di una piccola opera – il cui titolo, tradotto, suona come Quattro omelie sull’Occidente – che raccoglie le trascrizioni degli interventi di Przywara in un piccolo - ma molto... more
El objetivo de este artículo es analizar la reforma monástica de Fernando II de Aragón durante su primera regencia castellana (1504-1507), tras el fallecimiento de su esposa Isabel. Se trata de un período poco conocido que pretendemos... more
The study shows that Jerome of Prague considered Scripture as the highest authority. Besides other, it reveals that the absolute majority of Jerome's frequent scriptural citations in support of his philosophical and theological views is... more
Was there a Russian Tradition of Church-State Relations?
Research on the RC dioceses in India which operated pastoral councils ten years after the Second Vatican Council which had recommended the institution of such councils.
in: Böhmen und das Deutsche Reich. Ideen- und Kulturtransfer im Vergleich (13.-16. Jahrhundert), hg. von Eva Schlotheuber und Hubertus Seibert (= Veröffentlichungen des Collegium Carolinum 116), München 2009, S. 235-264
This essay argues for a participatory synodal Church and the possible contributions of the African palaver as a model for participatory dialogue in the Roman Catholic Church. The African palaver is the art of conversation, dialogue, and... more
A reflection on the challenges and opportunities facing the Catholic Church in Igboland.
Under the People’s Republic of Poland, the Polish clergy often assumed the power to speak on behalf of ‘its’ laity. However, the Church’s foray into democratic politics in the 1990s opened up a profound moral and ideological divide... more
Im Rahmen der Bestandsaufnahme, in welchen Bereichen die Kirche auf ihren verschiedenen Ebenen synodale Elemente aufweist, und des Weiterdenkens, wie sich diese im Licht des Synodalitätsparadigmas weiterentwickeln lassen, ist mir die... more
Congreso Internacional "Agentes políticos y eclesiásticos en la(s) reforma(s) de las órdenes religiosas durante la Baja Edad Media (c. 1250-1500)"
"Church and state are one." "There is no state without church, and there is no church without state." In this second part, the article explores Ethiopian Orthodox Church and nationalism under the Italian occupation, its struggle for... more
The article (from Journal of European Baptist Studies 6 (2006), 5-19) summarises a contemporary state of Hus studies, it analyses the main themes in his theology, and rises a question concerning past and present non-doctrinal factors... more