Sola Scriptura: Hindrance or catalyst for church unity?

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies

 
 
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Title Sola Scriptura: Hindrance or catalyst for church unity?
 
Creator Dreyer, Yolanda Zeindler, Matthias Case-Winters, Anna Sadananda, Rathnakara Weinrich, Michael
 
Subject Religion; Christianity; Theology; Reformed theology World Communion of Reformed Churches; Global Network of Theologians; sola Scriptura; unity and diversity; hermeneutical premises; confessional traditions; cultural contexts; diversity and ethics
Description In the Reformed tradition sola Scriptura remains a central tenet in the search for truth.Scripture bears witness to the variety of ways in which God has acted in history. It attests to God’s presence in the world and how God transcends the boundaries of human creations. The article focuses on how the Bible is interpreted differently by Christians from various traditions and even amongst Christians of the same tradition. Different hermeneutical approaches, confessional traditions and cultural contexts lead to different conclusions. Especially with regard to controversial ethical issues, different approaches to biblical reasoning lead to greatly differing results. The article reflects on whether sola Scriptura could provide a key to addressing both diversity and ethics more adequately.
 
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Date 2013-07-18
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — essay
Format text/html application/octet-stream text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/hts.v69i1.2000
 
Source HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies; Vol 69, No 1 (2013); 8 pages 2072-8050 0259-9422
 
Language eng
 
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Coverage Particularly South Africa; but global perspectives as well (from global Reformed tradition) Current postmodern era; with insights from the past Tradition; hermeneutics; cultural context
Rights Copyright (c) 2013 Yolanda Dreyer, Matthias Zeindler, Anna Case-Winters, Rathnakara Sadananda, Michael Weinrich https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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