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Church History and Church Polity in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Pretoria [PDF]
Verbum et Ecclesia, 2009 Theology has been an integral part of the University of Pretoria since its inception and Church History has been taught since the establishment of the Faculty of Theology in 1917. At that time, the Presbyterian Church of South Africa and the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika (NHK) were partners.
Duncan, Graham A. +2 more
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Emerging Ecumenical Church Polity, 1965–2010: Lessons from Efforts at Church Unity in Zambia [PDF]
Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, 2020 This article explores an emerging ecumenical church polity in Zambia from a church historical perspective. While church polity and church unity literature has acknowledged the role of church polity and church unity in Zambia, and its use for ecclesiological purposes, the growing use of church polity and the efforts at church unity in the period 1965 ...
Msiska, Godfrey, Duncan, Graham A.
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The decline of reformed church polity in South Africa
In die Skriflig/In Luce Verbi, 2018 Church polity in South Africa is one of the smaller theological disciplines. Different reasons for this position of the discipline maybe indicated as inter alia bad experiences with church polity with regard to church schisms, the influence of the Zeitgeist, and the lack of development in church polity in comparison to other theological disciplines ...
Johannes Smit
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South Africa’s Reformed Churches improved aspects of the Dutch church polity in the 19th century [PDF]
Verbum et Ecclesia, 2022 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).
Du Toit, P.R. (Philippus)
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Parution : The Intimate. Polity and the Catholic Church
AFSR, 2015 The Intimate: Polity and the Catholic Church. Laws about Life, Death and the Family in So-called Catholic Countries. KAREL DOBBELAERE & ALFONSO PÉREZ-AGOTE (eds.). KADOC Studies on Relgion, Culture and Society nr 15.
Céline Béraud
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HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2016 Tolerance is an aspect of the balance between power and freedom. This contribution starts from a decision taken by the general synod of the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands, in 1914, on the issue of church members who did not recognise infant baptism.
Leo Koffeman
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Racism and xenophobia: The role of the Church in South Africa
Verbum et Ecclesia, 2017 Racism and xenophobia have become a worldwide issue and challenge. The recent flood of immigrants and refugees into Europe and America has put this matter on the world map.
Jerry Pillay
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The semper reformanda principle under scrutiny in an African context in relation to inculturation
Verbum et Ecclesia, 2018 The semper reformanda [always reforming] principle has been poorly promoted by all traditions since it was conceptualised following the 16th-century Reformation.
Graham A. Duncan
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Ecclesiological Renewal for a Relevant Ministry and Church Polity, with reference to UCCSA and UPCSA in Zimbabwe [PDF]
, 2021 This article is a critique of Reformed Ecclesiology, particularly as regarding ministry and church polity. It is argued herein that a static ecclesiology results in church ministry that is seemingly deficient in responding to the context. This is seen in
Maseko, Xolani +4 more
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Heretic or rebel? The heresy trial of Albert Geyser
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2016 During September 1961, a charge of heresy was laid against New Testament scholar and antiapartheid activist Prof. A.S. (Albert) Geyser. The charge was brought by three senior theological students of the University of Pretoria.
Wim Dreyer
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