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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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’n Nuwe-Testamentiese begronding van die eenheid van die kerk en die eis om kerkeenheid vandag
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 1989 The foundation of the unity of the church in the New Testament and the quest for unity today Early Christendom was not an Unitarian movement, but in the New Testament there is a quest for unity.
A. G. van Aarde
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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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Twenty-fifth Anniversary of Church Unity between former DRMC and DRCA, 1994
Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, 2019 T Church unity between the former Dutch Reformed Mission Church (DRMC) and the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa (DRCA) took place in 1994 under particularly difficult circumstances. South Africa was on the brink of civil war, as the oppressed majority of
S. Kgatla
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Fractured fellowship: An exploration of the disintegration of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zimbabwe’s (ELCZ) Unity [PDF]
Pharos Journal of TheologyThrough a historical scope, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zimbabwe (ELCZ) has maintained its status as a rainbow organisation. Over the last few years, the church has demonstrated declining rainbow-like unity, which threatens its fundamental ...
Rabson Hove (PhD), Gevous Savious (Rev)
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HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2008 The dimensions “unity” and “catholicity” in the ecclesiology of the Netherdutch Reformed Church since Ottawa 1982 This article examines the current ecclesiology of the Netherdutch Reformed Church of Africa (NHKA) with reference to the extent to which ...
Tanya van Wyk, Johan Buitendag
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The influence of Calvin’s theology on the Conventus of Reformational Churches in Southern Africa
In die Skriflig, 2010 The need for an ecumenical body for reformational churches in Southern Africa has been felt since the early 1990s. The key matter explored in this article is the question whether the composition and modus operandi of the Conventus reflect a trend in the ...
C.J. Smit
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The Theology of St. Cyprian of Carthage: The Unity of the Church and the Role of the Bishop [PDF]
, 2010 The problem of the unity of the Church was a main preoccupation for its theologians especially in times when the Church passed through difficult crises threatening its very existence with annihilation, distortion, or corruption.
Damian, Theodor
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Acta Theologica, 2007 The unity of the church of Christ is a spiritual reality, which finds its origin in the triune God. Although unity is a spiritual reality given by God himself, a comprehensive, visible expression of this essential unity must be achieved.
P. Jonch, A. le Roux, P. Verster
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Die mislukte sinodale eenwording van die NG Kerk in 1911
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2022 Synodical unity in the Dutch Reformed Church in 1911 – an attempt that failed. In 1862 the Supreme Court of the Cape Colony terminated the synodical unity of the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa.
Pieter J. Strauss
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