Church and covenant: theological resources for divided denominations
What theological resources do mainline churches have to counter ecclesial division and strife? Recent American discussions have invoked the idea of a "covenant" as the basis for the unity of the church. Strikingly, these discussions conceive of covenant as being of human making. This essay...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton Theology Seminary
2009
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Theology today
Year: 2009, Volume: 65, Issue: 4, Pages: 449-461 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Divine covenant
/ Metaphor
/ Church
/ Unity
B Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk / Ecclesiology |
| IxTheo Classification: | KBD Benelux countries KDD Protestant Church KDJ Ecumenism NBN Ecclesiology |
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| Summary: | What theological resources do mainline churches have to counter ecclesial division and strife? Recent American discussions have invoked the idea of a "covenant" as the basis for the unity of the church. Strikingly, these discussions conceive of covenant as being of human making. This essay instead recommends the idea of a divine covenant as the basis for the church. This is supported by an analysis of the idea of divine covenant in the ecclesiology of the former Netherlands Reformed Church. |
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| ISSN: | 0040-5736 |
| Contains: | In: Theology today
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