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Browsing Theology by UP Author "Van Oort, Johannes (Hans)"
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Van Oort, Johannes (Hans) (Brill Academic Publishers, 2016)The article focuses on a neglected passage in Cyril of Jerusalem's Catechesis VI in which he speaks of the curious Manichaean 'ceremony of the fig'. After providing the Greek text and a fresh translation of Cat. VI,33, an ...
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Augustine and Hermes Trismegistus : an inquiry into the spirituality of Augustine’s ‘hidden years’ Van Oort, Johannes (Hans) (Routledge, 2016-12)This paper draws attention to the possible role of Hermetic writings in the spiritual development of Augustine (354–430). It first places his knowledge of Hermetica within the context of both ‘orthodox’ African Christianity ...
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Van Oort, Johannes (Hans) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2006)The subject 'Augustine and Manichaeism' is a very extensive one. In this article the author confines himself to some main lines and argues that the subject is of central importance in the history of Christianity. He shows ...
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Van Oort, Johannes (Hans) (Brill, 2011)This article describes the study of ‘Augustine and Manichaeism’ in context, mainly focusing on the recent book on the theme (the first one of a projected trilogy) by Jason David BeDuhn.
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Van Oort, Johannes (Hans) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)Augustine’s sermons provide a unique source in explaining his influence from the 5th century onwards as a theologian and pastor, a minister of the Word preached and celebrated in the sacrament. Of particular value in this ...
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Van Oort, Johannes (Hans) (AOSIS Open Journals, 2013-04-10)The article describes in broad outline Augustine’s baptism in Milan (386) and stresses its significance for Augustine’s transition from Manichaean Christianity to Nicene Catholic Christianity.
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Vuntarde, P.C.V. (Paul Chamunorwa Virimayi); Van Oort, Johannes (Hans) (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2013-04-10)The aim of this article is twofold. The first is to describe Augustine’s ecclesiology and its development between his birth (354) and baptism (387). Secondly, it will show that the defining features of Augustine’s later ...
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Van Oort, Johannes (Hans) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)The article explores how Augustine of Hippo (354-430) deals with the Jews and Judaism. First it investigates the occurrence and meaning of the word “Iudaeus” in Augustine’s works. It turns out that Augustine, unlike many ...
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Van Oort, Johannes (Hans) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-06)The aim of the article is to present an introduction to the main themes of Augustine’s City of God. The key issues concerning the inception and contents of the work are highlighted. The article emphasises that Biblical ...
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Van Oort, Johannes (Hans) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2012-05-04)This article dealt with the church father Augustine’s view on history and eschatology. After analysing the relevant material (especially his City of God and the correspondence with a certain Hesyschius) it was concluded ...
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Van Oort, Johannes (Hans) (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007)This article introduces the reader to the newly discovered Gospel of Judas (Codex Tchacos, pp 33-58): It discusses its sensational (and evidently sensationalized) discovery, its place in the context of a number of other ...
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Van Oort, Johannes (Hans) (AOSIS Open Journals, 2013-04-10)The article first sketches some main trends in the recent study of Augustine’s Confessions as a work aimed at Manichaean readers. It then detects and analyses the Manichaean-inspired parts in Book X of the Confessions. ...
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Van Oort, Johannes (Hans) (Department of Ancient Languages, University of Pretoria, 2010)The first testimony we have to the newly discovered Gospel of Judas is in Irenaeus, Adv. haer. I, 31, 1. Here it is said that certain Gnostics adduce a confictio which they call ‘the Gospel of Judas’. The question is: ...
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Van Oort, Johannes (Hans) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-11-04)This article firstly investigates in what way various main theological figures in the first centuries of the Christian era spoke about the Trinity and thus, also, about the Holy Spirit. Secondly, it investigates how the ...
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Van Oort, Johannes (Hans) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2012-03-14)Firstly, the present article explored the occurrence of special gifts of the Holy Spirit (charismata) both in the New Testament and in a number of early Christian writers (e.g. Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, Tertullian and ...
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Van Oort, Johannes (Hans) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-08-19)The earliest Christians – all of whom were Jews – spoke of the Holy Spirit as a feminine figure. The present article discusses the main proof texts, ranging from the ‘Gospel according to the Hebrews’ to a number of ...
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Van Oort, Johannes (Hans) (Brill Academic Publishers, 2016-02)Starting from his De haeresibus 46,9-10, the present article examines Augustine’s contention that, among the Manichaeans, there was a certain ceremony in which human semen (i.e., sperma and menstrual fluid) was collected ...
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Irenaeus’s knowledge of the gospel of Judas : real or false? an analysis of the evidence in context Van Oort, Johannes (Hans) (AOSIS Open Journals, 2013-05-06)This study discusses Irenaeus of Lyon’s testimony of the famous Gospel of Judas, offering both a historical and, in particular, linguistic analysis and retranslation of Against Heresies 1.31.1. On the basis of a detailed ...
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Van Oort, Johannes (Hans) (Unisa Press, 2015)This article, for the first time, analyses one of Augustine’s sermons in order to find out to what extent he was acquainted with Mani and his teachings. Once again, it turns out that the former Manichaean auditor was ...
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Van Oort, Johannes (Hans) (Brill, 2010)The article aims to give an overall overview of St Augustine’s attitude towards the Gnostic- Christian Manichaeans. First, a historical overview, mainly based on his Confessions, outlines Augustine’s acquaintance with the ...
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