probably in the first century A.D. at the beginning of the Roman Empire. It is probable that later the interest in these amulets gradually decreased, as in the first century a rather important Christian community arose in Ephesos. The gentiles who became Christians renounced the amulets with Ephesian formulas and burned them. This fact proves that together with metallic tesserae wooden and leat...

The story of the widow’s oˆering as found in Mark 12:41–44 has long provided the Church with an example of humble devotion to the Lord. Further, it speaks to the people of God about the true nature of giving. Calvin considered this account as providing “a highly useful doctrine, that whatever men oˆer to God ought to be estimated not by its apparent value, but only by the feeling of the heart, ...

Adenocarcinomas of the esophagogastric (AEG) junction show an alarming increase in incidence over the last decades in Western industrialized countries. This special volume with contributions from dedicated individuals and friends in the field tries to summarize our current understanding of the etiology, pathogenesis, classification, clinical staging, and state-of-the-art treatment of this moder...

The variation of the haptogIobins of human plasma was shown by Smithies (1955) and Smithies & Walker (1956, 1956) to be a Mendelian trait controlled by two alleles. These two alleles, Hpl and Hp2, co-exist generally in human populations, and their relative proportions exhibit geographic variation. Additional haptoglobin variants have been detected, but their genetic relationships to the first t...

Статья посвящена раскрытию темы Суда Божия на примере отрывка (Рим. 1, 18-32). Тема важна для изучения библейского богословия и христианского нравственного учения. Она является общей посланий апостола Павла, но особенно раскрывается в послании к Римлянам приобретает новый оттенок контексте всего Священного Писания иудейского богословия. Отрывок Рим. 18-32 первым представлением этом св. Павла. В...

В статье исследуется жизненный путь и педагогическая деятельность Андрея Ивановича Анастасиева. Особое внимание учителей он обращал на внутреннее усвоение учащимися православного учения не только умом, но сердцем, с пониманием смысла. Поэтому был сторонником обучения нерусского населения их родном языке. Для развития в детях искреннего религиозного чувства усвоения христианских правил жизни сов...

Dei Filius I:On God, Creation, and Providence Rudi A. Te Velde In this essay, I want to share my impressions of the first chapter dogmatic constitution Vatican I. It begins its declaration basic truths Christian faith in a language which is similar, probably intended be that solemn confession faith: "The holy, catholic, apostolic, Roman church believes acknowledges there one true living creator...