Le Fragment de Muratori. Un témoin de la formation du canon du Nouveau Testament

L’objet principal du cycle de conférences est un texte de 85 lignes, mutilé au début et à la fin, écrit en un latin barbare et conservé dans un codex en parchemin du viie ou viiie siècle, provenant de la bibliothèque du monastère de Colomban à Bobbio et conservé à la Biblioteca Ambrosiana de Milan (Ambrosianus J. 101 sup., fol. 10a-11a)

The resurrected Jesus and the marginalized people: from a Buraku liberation perspective

Discrimination is one of the most challenging issues that we are faced with in the world today. It impairs human dignity and dehumanizes individuals and particular group of people, violating the order of God’s creation. It has and continues to be a critical issue and a serious challenge for Christian churches today. This thesis aims to link the theme of the liberation for the Burakumin who are the discriminated and marginalized people in Japanese society over a period of years, with the liberating message of the Gospel, and the ecumenical commitment towards the issue of discrimination. The Burakumin are not really known in the world outside Japan. An attempt is made to highlight their discriminatory situation and their struggle for liberation. An attempt has also been made to study the Buraku liberation theology as one of the contextualized liberation theology and highlights its relevance and contribution towards the struggle against the discrimination in Japanese society and also the world at large. Then, as an example of the ecumenical biblical interpretation for the liberation of the marginalized people, it attempts has been made to interpret and re-read the biblical text about the story of the resurrection in John 20:11-18 from the perspective of the Burakumin. Through a Buraku liberation reading, it is hoped that the possibility of interpreting the resurrection of Jesus as the liberating experience for the discriminated and marginalized people can be highlighted with the re-reading and presentation of the resurrected Jesus in the similitude of the discriminated and the marginalized, appearing before the discriminated and marginalized in the society

Diversity and uniformity in the quest for Christian unity: a study of the relationship between the Maronite Church and the Holy See for a possible contribution to the ecumenical movement

Christ prayed that the Church be one “so that the world may believe” (John 17:21). The background of this thesis therefore is the wish to contribute to the efforts being made to realize this prayer of Christ. Our main concern is to find possible ways to address the challenges of diversity and uniformity to move forward in the search of Christian unity. In this context, the study of the Maronite-Holy See relationship reveals some possible ecumenical directions for the future: seeking unity does not mean to be uniform; setting limits to diversity is necessary to achieve unity; strengthening reception and openness to spiritual ecumenism pave the way for visible unity. Our contention is that the quest for unity could be improved in the future if these points get bigger reinforcement within the ecumenical movement

"Shock and kill" effects of class I-selective histone deacetylase inhibitors in combination with the glutathione synthesis inhibitor buthionine sulfoximine in cell line models for HIV-1 quiescence

Latently infected, resting memory CD4+ T cells and macrophages represent a major obstacle to the eradication of HIV-1. For this purpose, "shock and kill" strategies have been proposed (activation of HIV-1 followed by stimuli leading to cell death). Histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACIs) induce HIV-1 activation from quiescence, yet class/isoform-selective HDACIs are needed to specifically target HIV-1 latency. We tested 32 small molecule HDACIs for their ability to induce HIV-1 activation in the ACH-2 and U1 cell line models. In general, potent activators of HIV-1 replication were found among non-class selective and class I-selective HDACIs. However, class I selectivity did not reduce the toxicity of most of the molecules for uninfected cells, which is a major concern for possible HDACI-based therapies. To overcome this problem, complementary strategies using lower HDACI concentrations have been explored. We added to class I HDACIs the glutathione-synthesis inhibitor buthionine sulfoximine (BSO), in an attempt to create an intracellular environment that would facilitate HIV-1 activation. The basis for this strategy was that HIV-1 replication decreases the intracellular levels of reduced glutathione, creating a pro-oxidant environment which in turn stimulates HIV-1 transcription. We found that BSO increased the ability of class I HDACIs to activate HIV-1. This interaction allowed the use of both types of drugs at concentrations that were non-toxic for uninfected cells, whereas the infected cell cultures succumbed more readily to the drug combination. These effects were associated with BSO-induced recruitment of HDACI-insensitive cells into the responding cell population, as shown in Jurkat cell models for HIV-1 quiescence. The results of the present study may contribute to the future design of class I HDACIs for treating HIV-1. Moreover, the combined effects of class I-selective HDACIs and the glutathione synthesis inhibitor BSO suggest the existence of an Achilles' heel that could be manipulated in order to facilitate the "kill" phase of experimental HIV-1 eradication strategies

Semantics and Ideology During the Renaissance: Confessional Translations of the Greek Word ἐπίσκοπος

During the sixteenth century the disputes between Catholics and Protestants became the battleground to determine and shape authentic Christianity and the Church. Humanism played a key role in this process conditioned by cultural and theological diversity, justifying doctrinal positions and legitimizing the existence of respective institutions with an appeal to history. Translations from church historical sources illustrate how they often derived from theological preconceptions. Starting with the ‘episcopacy issue’ opened initially by Luther and Calvin inter al., this article analyzes the translations of the Greek word episkopos in the Magdeburg Centuries, Cesare Baronio’s Ecclesiastical Annals, in contemporary vernacular versions of Eusebius’s Ecclesiastical History, in J. C. Dietrich’s Lexicon and in some English Bibles. The material gathered and also compared with the position of the Council of Trent shows how these confessionally conditioned translations impacted on the scholarly world, and how they influenced church law with religio-political consequences, thereby having a striking significance

Compte rendu du groupe suisse d'études patristiques

Norelli Enrico. Compte rendu du groupe suisse d'études patristiques. In: Revue des Sciences Religieuses, tome 71, fascicule 1, 1997. pp. 115-120

Marcione e la costruzione dell'eresia come fenomeno universale in Giustino Martire

La réflexion sur l'hérésie comme phénomène global, à comprendre en rapport avec la totalité de l'histoire universelle interprétée théologiquement, nous est connue pour la première fois chez Justin Martyr, qui a écrit peu après le milieu du 2e siècle. A partir de ses écrits conservés, il est possible d'avancer des hypothèses plausibles sur son ouvrage (Syntagma) perdu "Contre Marcion et toutes les hérésies". C'est la confrontation avec le théologien Marcion qui semble avoir amené Justin à esquisser une théorie universelle de l'hérésie

Compte rendu du groupe suisse d'études patristiques

Norelli Enrico. Compte rendu du groupe suisse d'études patristiques. In: Revue des Sciences Religieuses, tome 71, fascicule 1, 1997. pp. 115-120

Introduzione : Costruzioni dell'eresia nel cristianesimo antico

Introduction à un numéro à thème de la revue, édité par E. Norelli et consacré aux constructions de l'hérésie dans le christianisme antique. Etude des raisons pour lesquelles le mot grec hairesis en est venu à signifier une déviance dans le christianisme