feast is the kingship of Christ, and the theologicalimplicationis that the Ascension was the final redemptive act conferring participation in the divine life on all who are members of Christ. In other words, Christ “was lifted up into heaven so that he might make us partakers of his God...
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the word Deism was used by some theologians in contradistinction totheism, the belief in an immanent God who actively intervenes in the affairs of men. In this sense, Deism was represented as the view of those who reduced the role of God to a mere...
anathematized, in the name of a “both/and” doctrine of justification by both faith and works on the basis of the authority of both Scripture and tradition. By enjoining on bishops an obligation to reside in their respective sees, the church effectively abolished plurality of bishoprics. ...
TheDogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation (Dei Verbum; Latin: “Word of God”) attempts to relate the role ofScriptureand tradition (the postbiblical teaching of the church) to their common origin in the Word of God that has been committed to the church. The document affirms the value ...