Hermeneutics of creeds and confessions: The question of continuity and change
Modern culture has not really rendered creeds and confessions untrue; far less has it rendered them unbiblical. But it has rendered them implausible and distasteful. They are implausible because they are built on old-fashioned notions of truth and language. They make the claim that a linguistic form...
Published in: | Stellenbosch theological journal |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Stellenbosch University
[2015]
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Stellenbosch theological journal
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IxTheo Classification: | KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KCC Councils KDB Roman Catholic Church NBB Doctrine of Revelation |
Further subjects: | B
Fallibilism Truth and its formulations
B Propositional revelation B History B Truth |
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Summary: | Modern culture has not really rendered creeds and confessions untrue; far less has it rendered them unbiblical. But it has rendered them implausible and distasteful. They are implausible because they are built on old-fashioned notions of truth and language. They make the claim that a linguistic formulation of a state of affairs can have a binding authority beyond the mere text on the page that creeds actually refer to something and that that something has significance for all of humanity. |
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ISSN: | 2413-9467 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Stellenbosch theological journal
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.17570/stj.2015.v1n1.a5 |