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Die Bybel: Enigste bron vir gereformeerde kerkregtelike beginsels?
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies | Vol 45, No 1 | a5753 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v45i1.5753
| © 2019 P. J. Strauss
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Submitted: 08 August 2019 | Published: 31 March 1989
Submitted: 08 August 2019 | Published: 31 March 1989
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P. J. Strauss, Universiteit van die OVS, South AfricaFull Text:
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The Bible: Sole basis for Reformed church polity?
Most scholars in the Reformed tradition claim that the Bible is the sole basis of their views on church polity. The author looks at the different ways the Bible is used by Reformed scholars in establishing church principles. He shows that other factors also play a part. Some of these factors are not recognized by those who use them; they are not necessarily wrong and need to be acknowledged and examined. These factors include confessions of faith, a viewpoint on what the church is, attitudes to society as a whole, and the scholar’s cosmological insights.
Most scholars in the Reformed tradition claim that the Bible is the sole basis of their views on church polity. The author looks at the different ways the Bible is used by Reformed scholars in establishing church principles. He shows that other factors also play a part. Some of these factors are not recognized by those who use them; they are not necessarily wrong and need to be acknowledged and examined. These factors include confessions of faith, a viewpoint on what the church is, attitudes to society as a whole, and the scholar’s cosmological insights.
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