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The priesthood of believers: The forgotten legacy of the reformation
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2020 This contribution revisits the priesthood of believers. It is placed within the current discourse on relevant ecclesiologies and ecclesial praxis for 21st-century reformed churches.
Wim A. Dreyer
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Redefining a relevant Church Government Model for the Contemporary Church: An Analysis of Church Polity Principles in the New Testament Church [PDF]
Pharos Journal of Theology, 2021 The church government in the New Testament deals with how ecclesiastical authority, operations and order were exercised in the church. The historical and Scriptural principles for church government suggest flexibility in orientation.
Rev. Dr. Humphreys Frackson Zgambo (Research Fellow NWU)
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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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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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The significance of social justice and diakonia in the Reformed tradition [PDF]
, 2022 Special Collection: Agenda 2063 – The Africa We Want – Religious Perspectives, sub-edited by Jerry Pillay (University of Pretoria).The Reformed tradition, emerging in the 16th-century Reformation, consists of a variety of sources that often lead to ...
Pillay, Jerry
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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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Church and Church/State relations in the Post-Reformation Reformed tradition [PDF]
, 2016 This chapter outlines Reformed positions on the church, church-state relations, and the sacraments. The first section introduces perspectives in relation to predestination and covenant theology, and in contrast to the Church of Rome; considers the ...
Ian Hazlett, Hazlett, Ian
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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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Partners in history : the Dutch Reformed Church and theological training at the University of Pretoria : 1938-2000 [PDF]
, 2016 This research is part of the project, ‘Ecumenical Church Polity’, directed by Prof. Dr Johan van der Merwe, Department of Church History and Church Polity, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria.The Faculty of Theology at the University of ...
Van der Merwe, J.M. (Johan Matthys)
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Church polity? The position of church polity and church government [PDF]
, 2007 It is generally accepted that John Calvin can be referred to as the founder of the presbyterial-synodal form of church government which is found in the Reformed Churches.
Van Wyk, B.J. (Barend Jacobus), 1946-
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