"Oorwin die kwaad deur die goeie" Romeine 12:21 deur die bril van 'n historikus
"Overcome evil with good" - Romans 12:21 through the eyes of an historian Romans 12:9-21, and especially verse 21, lies at the heart of Christian ethics. Paul's idea that evil should be overcome with good, is often criticised as naïve. In this article, the author - not a theologian, b...
| Published in: | Stellenbosch theological journal |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Afrikaans |
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Stellenbosch University
[2018]
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Stellenbosch theological journal
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament TJ Modern history TK Recent history ZC Politics in general |
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Adolf Hitler
B Konrad Adenauer B Jan Smuts B Georges Clemenceau B St. Paul B Robert Schuman B Charles de Gaulle B Sermon on the Mount B Letter to the Romans B Vengeance B Otto von Bismarck |
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| Summary: | "Overcome evil with good" - Romans 12:21 through the eyes of an historian Romans 12:9-21, and especially verse 21, lies at the heart of Christian ethics. Paul's idea that evil should be overcome with good, is often criticised as naïve. In this article, the author - not a theologian, but an historian - analyses five dates, namely 1871, 1919, 1940, 1945 and 1949. These involved especially Germany, France, Britain, America and the Soviet Union. A common feature of the first four is that they all contain evil done by one country to another. They are then followed by vengeance, which include even more severe evil. This escalation resulted in Europe by 1945 being transformed into a smoking ruin. In the period immediately afterwards, several statesmen - including Konrad Adenauer (Germany), Charles de Gaulle and Robert Schuman (France) and president Harry Truman (USA) - realised that the cycle of injustice and vengeance had to be stopped. This resulted in 1949 in (West) Germany being readmitted to the Western democratic international society. These examples prove that Paul was not so naïve when he counselled that vengeance belonged to God. |
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| ISSN: | 2413-9467 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Stellenbosch theological journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.17570/stj.2018.v4n1.a18 |