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The Dialectics Between the Unity and Diversity of the Church: A Jigsaw Puzzle Metaphor

Verbum Et Ecclesia, 2023
Conflict is often colouring the diversities of theology, besides church divisions, especially in the Indonesian context. In minimising the conflict, adequate knowledge is needed to understand that the diversity of theology is the essence of church unity.
Harls E.R. Siahaan, Johannis Siahaya
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Calvin’s View on Church Discipline and Unity: A South African Perspective

In Die Skriflig, 2010
The reformer John Calvin, born in 1509, considers discipline and unity as two essential aspects of the Christian church. According to him, the bond of church discipline is a way to unite church members in the truth of the Word and the Christian faith ...
P.J. Strauss
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The Eastern Catholic Churches and the Restoration of Unity Theology

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The Church of Christ is unity in diversity. Around the great centers of diffusion, the rites have been gradually defined as “the liturgical, theological, spiritual and disciplinary patrimony, culture and circumstances of the history of a distinct people,
Buzalic Alexandru
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The mystery and the unity of the Church: Considerations from an Eastern Orthodox perspective

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2021
This article attempts an approach to discuss the mystery and the unity of the church and firstly, it underlined that the church cannot have a formal definition as the divine life extended from Christ’s resurrected body into those who believe and receive ...
Nicolae V. Mosoiu
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La sinodalità e l’intercomunione in Dumitru Stăniloae

Colloquia Theologica Ottoniana, 2022
In Dumitru Stăniloae’s work, he takes original, albeit sometimes radical, positions on a great variety of ecumenical themes and problems; however, Stăniloae is always in favor of dialogue.
Zoltán Bara
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Kerklike eenheid tussen die Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika en die Hervormde Kerk in Suidelike Afrika¹

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2000
Church unity between the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika and the Hervormde Kerk in Suidelike Afrika. Church unity between the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika (NHKA) and the Hervormde Kerk in Suidelike Afrika (HKSA) was a (heme that was not ...
I. W.C. van Wyk
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Church Unity and Doctrinal Authority in Archpriest Sergei Bulgakov’s Book “At the Walls of Chersonesos” [PDF]

Вестник Свято-Филаретовского института, 2022
The article touches upon the theme of the unity of the church, which arises in the context of a hypothetical polemic between the bearers of the pro-Catholic and conservative Orthodox positions.
David Gzgzyan
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Calvyn en die eenheid van die kerk

Acta Theologica, 2006
The subject of church unity remains one of the most relevant and most important subjects that Reformed churches have to deal with. We believe the one, holy, catholic and apostolic church. But we also experience the tragic disunity of the church.
C. F. C. Coetzee
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Calvin, Luther and church unity

In die Skriflig, 2010
This article deals with Luther and Calvin’s efforts to preserve and promote church unity. Attention is given to their role as leaders of the reformational movement who self-evidently had to unite people from different countries.
I.W.C. van Wyk
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To cross ten seas: Calvin on the unity of the church – a contribution to a more responsible ecclesiology

In die Skriflig, 2010
As far as ecclesiology is concerned, Calvin experienced a great dilemma during his lifetime. On the one hand, there was the clear teaching of Scripture on the unity of the church of Christ, as confirmed by the great church father Augustine.
J.H. van Wyk
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