Der „Hölle-Streit” im Norwegischen Parlament als Indikator des Verhältnisses zwischen Kirche und Staat im Norwegen der fünfziger Jahre
In Norway there arose in 1953-54 an intense debate about Hell, i.e. about the destiny of man after death. During the war the different Christian parties of the country had been forced to cooperate in order to be able to resist the occupation forces and defend the freedom of the church. In the beginn...
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| Language: | German |
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Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
1990
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Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte
Year: 1990, Volume: 3, Issue: 1, Pages: 107-116 |
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| Summary: | In Norway there arose in 1953-54 an intense debate about Hell, i.e. about the destiny of man after death. During the war the different Christian parties of the country had been forced to cooperate in order to be able to resist the occupation forces and defend the freedom of the church. In the beginning of the 50s this cooperation was not necessary any more and so the old contrasts again woke up. They became visible when the old professor Ole Hallesby in a broadcasted sermon in January 1953 preached that a man who died without having been converted, directly went into hell. He was opposed by the bishop of Hamar, Kristian Schjelderup, who maintained that no human beeing had the right to judge his fellowcreature and sentence him to eternal torment after death. This turned out to be a debate between two theological schools, the one of liberal theology and the one of positive theology of which the antagonism now reappeared. Very soon the key problem in this debate turned out to be the one of faithfulness to the Scriptures. Hallesby found his supporters in the circles of the Inner Mission piety centered around the Free Faculty of Theology, where he himself had been a former professor and one of the founders. Schjelderup was supported from the state Faculty of Theology and the culture open part of society. At last, when he could not stand the opposition from the conservatives in his own bishopric, Schjelderup asked the Ministry of Education to decide if he was a heretic or if he belonged to the church. As the Church of Norway is a state-church such an appeal showed out to be quite possible even if the Inner Mission opposed the Ministry to decide theological questions with assistance from the bishops and the both theological faculties. The answer of the Ministry of Education said that the doctrine of bishop Schjelderup was not heretical and that he could stay in office. So this debate developed out of a discussion about the last things into one about the church-state relation. |
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| ISSN: | 2196-808X |
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