Ecclesia reformata semper reformanda – die ongemaklike eis
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Ecclesia reformata semper reformanda – die ongemaklike eis | |
| Creator | Buitendag, Johan | |
| Description |
Ecclesia reformata semper reformanda – a hard to do command This article is a reworked version of the Moderator’s opening address at the 68th General Assembly of the Netherdutch Reformed Church of Africa in October 2007. Against the fourth-century background of Emperor Constantine’s “church politics”, the paper reflects on the first-century rhetoric of the Apostle Paul in 2 Corinthians 10:3ff and 17ff about non-worldly, divine weapons of warfare, and about boasting and self-commendation. It shows how Paul understood oral rhetorical words as theatrically performed by employing the genre of the so-called “Fool’s speech” by means of which Paul argues that masks disguise the authentic identity of Christ- followers. Paul’s rhetoric is applied in the article as an appeal to the modern-day church to be ecumenically open and anthropologically inclusive. The article demonstrates the uneasiness of some members in the institutional church to proceed along a path of ongoing reformation (ecclesia reformata semper reformanda). |
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| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2008-01-14 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/hts.v64i1.7 | |
| Source | HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies; Vol 64, No 1 (2008); 123-138 2072-8050 0259-9422 | |
| Language | eng | |
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https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/7/4
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