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In die Skriflig, 2023 J.D. Vorster and the Dutch Reformed Church Order of 1962: The Church Order of Dordtrecht adapted to the demands of our day? J.D. (Koot) Vorster, was the moderator of the Dutch Reformed Church (1970–1974) as well as the specialist for the church order of ...
Pieter J. Strauss
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Kerkordelike toleransie en die reg van usansie
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2020 A tolerant treatment of church order and the law of usance: This article discusses the recent decline of church polity in the Netherdutch Reformed Church which is obvious in different areas of the Church with special reference to the liturgy practised in
Barry J. van Wyk
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HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2017 This article represents the contributions of ecclesiastical and academic office bearers participating in the centennial celebration of the Faculty of Theology of the University of Pretoria on Youth Day 16 June 2017, in collaboration with the Faith and ...
Andries G. Van Aarde +7 more
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Serving the peace? Disorder, order, and peace in church polity
In die Skriflig, 2020 If a church order rules that the peace should be served, what does that mean? It is the aim of this contribution to deal with the legal history of the phrase ‘to serve the peace’ as from the 16th-century Reformed synodical acts and church orders.
Leon van den Broeke
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Unpacking the history of the Blantyre Synod of Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) in Malawi [PDF]
Pharos Journal of Theology, 2022 The study explores the historical origin and developments that led to the establishment of the CCAP Blantyre Synod in Malawi from early 1876 to the present.
Rev. Dr. Humphreys Frackson Zgambo
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Conversion, family, and authority in seventeenth-century Saumur [PDF]
, 2017 Episodes of conversion in early modern France could lay bare conceptions of community and authority that underpinned state and society. The conversion of the twelve-year-old daughter of a Huguenot apothecary to Catholicism at Saumur in 1642 serves as an ...
Marr, Scott M.
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(Re)defining the English Reformation [PDF]
, 2009 The study of the Reformation has arguably never been in better shape, as new books and articles appear with dizzying regularity. The current rude good health of the subject can be substantiated by a few minutes spent with the catalog of the British ...
Marshall, Peter
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The composition of reformed church orders: A theological, reformed and juridical perspective
In die Skriflig, 2018 Many reformed church orders, which reflect the Dort Church Order of 1619, albeit revised, still apply its subdivision into these four chapters: firstly, offices (dienste); secondly, general assemblies (samekomste); thirdly, doctrine, sacraments and other
Leon van den Broeke
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Pastoral Power and Governmentality: From Therapy to Self Help [PDF]
, 2015 An examination of the practice of self-examination in Scottish Presbyterianism shows the value of following the later Foucault in the examination of religion as a social practice.
Mutch, A
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‘Ecclesia reformata semper reformanda’ Church renewal from a Reformed perspective
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2015 With a view to the theme of church renewal, this article explores the role of a well-known and popular phrase in the Reformed tradition within Protestantism, that is, ecclesia reformata semper reformanda [‘the reformed church should always be reformed’].
Leo J. Koffeman
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