Territorial Dioceses and Ethnic Episcopies in the Structure of the Church Organization of the First Bulgarian Kingdom (Canonical Aspects) by Archpriest Alexander Zadornov

“…The coexistence of ethnic and territorial principles in the structure of ecclesiastical organizations is a well known fact in church history. Both principles are equally legitimate from the point of view of canonical law. …”
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Development cooperation and Neo-Pentecostal churches – A decolonial perspective by Mangaliso M. Matshobane

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The Role of the South African Pentecostal and Charismatic Church in Sustainable Development: Focusing on Safety and Security by Mangaliso Matshobane

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The ‘Maria Story’ in Greek, Latin, & Hebrew by Carson Bay

“…Within the following half-millennium, three Latin versions of the story developed: those of 1) the Latin translation of the War, 2) Rufinus of Aquileia’s translation of Eusebius’ Church History, which contains Josephus’ Greek version of the story, and 3) the Latin adaptation of Pseudo-Hegesippus or On the Destruction of Jerusalem (De Excidio Hierosolymitano). …”
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Reimagining Gender-Based Violence in the Eye of the COVID-19 Storm and Beyond: A Practical-Missiological Reflection on an African Family through the Lenses of the Biblical Narrativ... by Thinandavha Derrick Mashau

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The role of ecumenical bodies in curbing abuses in New Prophetic Churches in South Africa by Mookgo S. Kgatle

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Ortodocși și greco-catolici în Banat (a doua jumătate a secolului al XIX-lea și începutul secolului XX). Perspectiva lui Ioan Boroș / Orthodox and Greek Catholics in Banat (second... by Ion Carja

“…Bringing back into actuality a personality as important as Ioan Boroș (1850-1937), a reference figure of the Banat Greek Catholicism during the second half of the 19th century and the first decades of the next, represents a significant acquisition, an important result of the research efforts that were conducted after 1989 in the area of church history. In this respect, two major historiographical restitutions must be mentioned; after they saw the light of the printing press, they contributed in a the decisive manner in placing in the spotlight the proposed archiereus Ioan Boroș to the Romanian historiography and to the contemporary Greek-Catholic ecclesial and community consciousness; it is the publication of his memorial notes, along with his will, correspondence and documents proving his elevation to the rank of honorary archiereus, in the period immediately following the Great Union. …”

Cessationism and continuationism: Pentecostal trinitarianism balances the tension by Kelebogile T. Resane

“…Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: The article’s intradisciplinary implication was realised through the appeal to numerous theological disciplines such as biblical studies, church history, ecclesiology and pneumatology. These various disciplines and doctrines argue that although cessationism and continuationism are common in theological thoughts today, Pentecostal trinitarianism is growing and gaining more ground at the grassroots levels.…”
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The fivefold ministry in African neo-Pentecostalism: Constructing a Pentecostal theology of edification by Mookgo S. Kgatle

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Reverend Frank Chikane as a catalyst for shifts in Pentecostal beliefs and practices by Mnyalaza T. Masuku

“…Although it is located in the field of missiology, it also has interdisciplinary implications for disciplines such as sociology, practical theology, and church history.…”
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River baptism and climate change among African-Initiated Churches: An eco-theological critique by Mookgo S. Kgatle, Mashilo Modiba

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Heresy and Heretics in Deliberatio supra hymnum trium puerorum by Marek Druga

“…Gerard mentions the heresy in the broader context of their activities in church history, but he also writes about heretics of his own time, that is, the first half of the 11th century. …”
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The church and the parachurch: Can the two dialogue in order to agree? by Kelebogile T. Resane

“…By reviewing the literature from church history and missiology and practical and systematic theology, it reveals the rationale behind tensions between church and parachurch organisations. …”
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South Africa’s Reformed Churches improved aspects of the Dutch church polity in the 19th century by Philippus R. du Toit

“…Systematic theology determined church polity, and that had an influence on church history. Thus, the Church Order of Dordt (1618/19) was for centuries the standard of church polity within the Reformed Church in the Netherlands until it was replaced by the General Regulation (1816). …”
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Historical development of trinitarian doctrine in Roman Catholicism by Valentine U. Iheanacho

“…Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: The article draws insights from a wide range of related areas of theological disciplines like patristics, church history, systematic theology and ecumenism. As a study that cuts across theological and historical boundaries, its content and conclusion are couched within the context of multiple theological and ecclesiastical disciplines. …”
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Revisiting African Spirituality: A reference to Missiological Institute consultations of 1965 and 1967 by James K. Mashabela

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Abuse, power and discourse in the public trial of Timothy Omotoso by Mookgo S. Kgatle, Maria Frahm-Arp

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Die Ned. Geref. Kerkorde 1962 en Sinodes: Die Dordtse Kerkorde aangepas by die eise van ons dag? by Piet J. Strauss

“…It also needs and stimulates the knowledge of general history and church history for a reformed church in South Africa which has ties with the reformed churches in the Netherlands.…”
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John Knox Bokwe (1855–1922): A model of creative tension in the late 19th and early 20th-century South Africa by Graham A. Duncan

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The use of anointed products during Covid-19 lockdown: An African Pentecostal spirituality experience by Mookgo Solomon Kgatle

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