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The missional renaissance: Its impact on churches in South Africa, ecumenical organisations, and the development of local congregations

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2015
This article focuses on three matters pertaining to the conversation of missional churches. Firstly, it looks at the impact of missional awareness in South Africa and Africa.
Jerry Pillay
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The regulation of Christian churches: Ecclesiology, law and polity

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, 2016
This article examines the internal regulation of religious organisations in terms of their law, order or polity. It offers a systematic comparative analysis of how different Christian traditions structure and regulate themselves. The resultant legal frameworks are expressive of the institutional self-understanding of particular churches and, as such ...
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Die ontstaan en belang van Calvyn se eerste drie publikasies

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2017
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Wim A. Dreyer
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The ‘enemy within’ the post-Vatican II Roman Catholic Church

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2013
The Second Vatican Council (1962–1965) is regarded as one of the most significant processes in the ecumenical church history of the 20th century. At that time, a younger generation of Roman Catholic theologians began to make their mark in the church and ...
Graham A. Duncan
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'n Heilige, algemene kerk

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2015
A holy, universal church. The Nicene Creed and the  Apostolicum went through different processes of growth and development. In the early development of both creeds, it is noticeable that articles about ‘the church’ are absent.
Wim Dreyer
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The decline of reformed church polity in South Africa

open access: yesIn 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 ...
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Freed by trust, to believe together: Pursuing global ecumenism with Küng and Tracy

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2014
In the past decades it has emerged more clearly than before that Christian religion, which has so often contributed to human oppression, has rich theological resources that can be used to restore and perfect human freedom.
Jakub Urbaniak
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