Current Signification of the Reformation
Understanding the current signification of the Protestant Reformation requires that we understand its significance in its historical and ecclesiastical context. While primarily aiming at the reform of the Church, the Reformation had far-ranging consequences for western society. These included invert...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam University Press
[2017]
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European journal of theology
Year: 2017, Volume: 26, Issue: 2, Pages: 98-113 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CH Christianity and Society KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KDD Protestant Church NBN Ecclesiology SA Church law; state-church law |
| Summary: | Understanding the current signification of the Protestant Reformation requires that we understand its significance in its historical and ecclesiastical context. While primarily aiming at the reform of the Church, the Reformation had far-ranging consequences for western society. These included inverting the situation of the previous centuries by abandoning the medieval doctrine of the corpus christianum. Thus the Reformation allowed the world to be the world. If it is Cod's relation to the world which gives the latter an orientation, then the signification of the Reformation for today is to ask this question again to the Church and the world: what is the relational orientation and direction of the world? To the Church, the question is one of her reliance on the Holy Spirit for stability and continuity, which precludes her reliance on her authoritarian, institutional or traditional character; to the world, the question is essentially the question of God and his work as raised by the presence of the Church, which teaches the world that it has a Lord, an orientation and an end. Only by submission to the illumination of Scripture by the Holy Spirit can the Church be both faithful to the Reformation today and truly be the Church. |
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| ISSN: | 0960-2720 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: European journal of theology
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