Die relevansie van Calvyn en ’n gereformeerde kerkreg vandag

Authors

  • PJ Strauss

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17570/ngtt.2010.v51n1.a14

Keywords:

Church orders without regulating detail, Church polity as a servant in the church, Constant principles and the application of it in a certain time, Sola scriptura

Abstract

The relevance of Calvin and a Reformed church polity today
In this article the point of departure is that a church polity and a church order is relevant – even today – if it serves the government of the church by Christ as the one and only Head of the church. A headship He exercises through His Word. Obedience to the Word makes the church relevant. Four factors serve the church in reaching this goal: the use of the principle of Sola scriptura, recognition of and a differentiation between constant principles and their application in a certain time, a church order without the tendency to regulate in detail and church polity as a servant of the church. These broad factors can be traced back to the reformer John Calvin and a reformed church polity of which Calvin is regarded as the spiritual father.

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Published

2010-06-30