La cristianización de Japón entre los siglos XVI y XVII: Desde la llegada de los primeros europeos hasta la ilegalización y persecución de la comunidad Kirishitan by Juan Romero Sánchez

“…In this monograph we will deal with the process of Christianization that occurred in Japan during the Modern Age or in what has traditionally been called the Christian century, and which in Japanese historiography covers from the end of the Sengoku period to the beginning of the Edo period. …”
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À la frontière de l’Europe et de l’Asie ? Le cas de Nagasaki aux XVIe-XVIIe siècles by Hélène Vu Thanh

“…This article examines the case of the town of Nagasaki at the time of Japan’s “Christian century” (16th-17th centuries). The Jesuits had been present in the country for more than 30 years when the town was donated to them by the Ômura daimyo (local lord), in the early 1580s. …”
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Mulatto Bodies and the Body of Christ by Nathaniel Jung-Chul Lee

“…Ten years ago, in an article for The Christian Century, theologian Jonathan Tran heralded the work of three black theologians J. …”
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Mulatto Bodies and the Body of Christ by Nathaniel Jung-Chul Lee

“…Ten years ago, in an article for The Christian Century, theologian Jonathan Tran heralded the work of three black theologians J. …”
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On Christian Martyrdom in Japan (1597-1658) by Cristina Osswald

“…This episode of collective martyrdom of Christians was the first of many such episodes that occurred to a great extent during the so-called Christian Century or Namban Era (1549-1639). The formation of communities of Kakure Kirishitan (Hidden Christians) or Sempoku Kirishitan (Underground Christians) was a main consequence of these episodes. …”
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Late antiquity: the twilight of mouldmade lamps by Ioannis Motsianos

“…The article examines clay lamp evolution in late antiquity and explores the probable reasons for the dominance of mouldmade lamps during the first Christian centuries and the possible causes which led to their disappearance at the close of late antiquity.…”
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La chiesa antica nella storiografia italiana recente by Marcella FORLIN PATRUCCO

“…The paper deals with the problems and the trends in the recent Italian historiography, with special attention to the main subjects of the research about the Church in the first Christian centuries.…”
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Rethinking adoptionism: an argument for dismantling a dubious category by Coogan, J

“…This article argues that adoptionism is an anachronistic category when used to describe texts from the first three Christian centuries, a mirage created by later theological controversies about the relationship between the Father and the Son. …”

Metamorfozy Platońskiej „metafory słońca” (Respublica 509b) w hetero- i ortodoksyjnej teologii (I-III w.): gnostycyzm, Klemens z Aleksandrii i Orygenes by Damian Mrugalski

“… The metaphor of the sun, in which Plato (Republic 509b) compares the idea of the Good to the sun that dwells above the earth yet affects the phenomena occurring on it, was an inspiration for both heretical and orthodox theology in the first Christian centuries. The Gnostics, Clement of Alexandria and Origen all believed that God, like the Platonic idea of the Good, is radically transcendent in relation to the world, but at the same time is the cause of everything that exists in it. …”
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