The Dutch Reformed Church is continuously changing: Revision of the church order of 1998

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies

 
 
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Title The Dutch Reformed Church is continuously changing: Revision of the church order of 1998
 
Creator Strauss, Piet J.
 
Subject Theology; Church History Continuous Reform; Changing Circumstances; Church Order Based on Reformed Principles; Employment Issues; Discipline; Church and State
Description As the name of the title suggests, the Dutch Reformed Church is continuously changing or reforming. This change focuses on improvement as times change. In 1994, the Dutch Reformed Church was confronted with a new South African society built on a new paradigm, as expressed in Chapter 2 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa 1996. Against this background, the General Synod of 1998 amended the church order. The amendments, including employment relationships of ministers, church discipline and the relationship between church and state, echoed the new South Africa and were an attempt to operate anew from reformed constants or principles. As a changing church in a changing situation, the Dutch Reformed Church wished to reform on these points or change on the basis of reformed principles.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
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Date 2019-10-29
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — literary analysis; historical inquiry
Format text/html application/epub+zip text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/hts.v75i4.5445
 
Source HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies; Vol 75, No 4 (2019); 8 pages 2072-8050 0259-9422
 
Language eng
 
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Coverage South Africa Previous century Na.
Rights Copyright (c) 2019 Piet Strauss https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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