The Council of Minds
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The Council of Minds – Theologians (Contents)
Part I: Where Doctrines Clash, and Eternity Listens Part II: Sacraments and Salvation – Where Symbols Become Flesh and Disputes Flow Like Wine Part III: Women, Ministry, and the Image of GodWhere Tradition Meets Tension Part IV: Scripture and Interpretation – Who Owns the Word? Part V: The Last Things…
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Part I: Where Doctrines Clash, and Eternity Listens
“The Council of Minds: A Theological Novel” Prologue: The Timeless Gathering A great stone hall, lit by neither candle nor sun, stood suspended in something not quite time and not quite space. The architecture was drawn from no one era—Byzantine mosaics adorned Gothic arches; Romanesque pillars flanked Reformation pulpits. Along…
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Part II: Sacraments and Salvation – Where Symbols Become Flesh and Disputes Flow Like Wine
The Council of Minds: A Theological Novel Chapter 5: The Table and the Blood The great hall shimmered, and a second table appeared—this one short, intimate, set with bread and a chalice. A cross loomed behind it, neither crucifix nor empty—a paradox of death and resurrection. Aquinas stood reverently: “This…
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Part III: Women, Ministry, and the Image of GodWhere Tradition Meets Tension
The Council of Minds: A Theological Novel Chapter 9: The Veil, the Voice, and the Vocation The hall shifted again. Paintings of biblical women appeared along the walls: Deborah, the judge with lifted sword; Phoebe, the deaconess, holding Paul’s letter to the Romans; Junia, the apostle, eyes bold; Mary of…
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Part IV: Scripture and Interpretation – Who Owns the Word?
The Council of Minds: A Theological Novel Chapter 12: The Word Written, the Word Interpreted The hall shifted once again. Now it resembled a vast library-cathedral, its stained-glass windows depicting scrolls, codices, and quills rather than saints. Shelves stretched toward the heavens. Beneath the high arches, countless translations of the…
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Part V: The Last Things – Heaven, Hell, and All in Between“Eternity Is Not a Doctrine. It Is a Face.”
The Council of Minds: A Theological Novel Chapter 16: The Shaking of the Earth The hall trembled. The great table cracked down its centre, not in division, but in revelation. One side showed light—clouds, trumpets, thrones. The other darkness—fire, gates, weeping. Between them hovered a scroll, unopened, marked only with…