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Die betekenis van Abraham Kuyper (1837–1920) vir Suid-Afrika op kerkhistoriese en kerkregtelike gebied
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies | Vol 43, No 3 | a2265 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v43i3.2265
| © 1987 A. D. Pont
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 08 January 1987 | Published: 08 January 1987
Submitted: 08 January 1987 | Published: 08 January 1987
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The influence of Abraham Kuyper (1837–1920) on South Africa in the spheres of Church History and Church Polity
A short biography of Kuyper is followed by an attempt to qualify him as a typical theologian of the 19th century, as leader of the Doleantie-movement in the Dutch church and as a man of many parts.
His personal contact with South Africa is traced, as well as his direct and indirect influence in the South African churches. It is interesting to note that the influence of Kuyper's theology in the Gereformeerde Kerke in Suid-Afrika was largely initiated by JD du Toit while his father, SJ du Toit, introduced Kuyper's theology in the Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk. Subsequently it was mainly the influence of the VU (Bavinck and Rutgers) which prevailed in the abovementioned churches.
A short biography of Kuyper is followed by an attempt to qualify him as a typical theologian of the 19th century, as leader of the Doleantie-movement in the Dutch church and as a man of many parts.
His personal contact with South Africa is traced, as well as his direct and indirect influence in the South African churches. It is interesting to note that the influence of Kuyper's theology in the Gereformeerde Kerke in Suid-Afrika was largely initiated by JD du Toit while his father, SJ du Toit, introduced Kuyper's theology in the Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk. Subsequently it was mainly the influence of the VU (Bavinck and Rutgers) which prevailed in the abovementioned churches.
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