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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"church unity"”.
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The role of musical composition in promoting church unity
… considers a unique perspective on the common church contexts and conflicts observed when church music is at the centre of discussions. It is distinctive in as much as it ponders several similarities that exist between the concepts of musical unity and unity as expressed and encouraged within …
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Saving the Church of England: John Edwards (1637-1716) as dissenting conformer
… undertook a mission to defend and preserve the Church of England. Against those who sought to make optional those doctrines traditionally considered as essential for Christian orthodoxy, such as the Trinity and Incarnation, Edwards was uncompromising. Removing foundational ordinances of …
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The Unity of the Church and Church Authority: a Comparative Study of the Views and Practice of Alexander Campbell and Ellen G. White
… A clear understanding of the nature of church unity and the role of authority in the maintenance of unity is imperative for the church in the face of its increasing growth and diversity. While a considerable volume of literature addresses the topic of unity of the church, little …
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The Function of Dialogue in the Process of Evangelisation. A pastoral-theological appraisal of the relevance of Dialogue in a Nigerian context based on the experience of Igboland
The Church is mandated by Jesus Christ to continue the mission for which he was sent into the world. The mission of Christ, which consists in “bringing the good news to the poor, proclaiming liberty to captives, restoring sight to the blind, setting the downtrodden free and the proclamation of the …
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African music in the Methodist Church of Southern Africa : a case study in the Western Cape
… appraisal of African Music within the Methodist Church of Southern Africa with particular reference to the Western Cape. I develop and amplify a pilot study 4 in order to provide a model for further research into African Music in the Methodist Church of Southern Africa. The subject has a certain …
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Unity negotiations between the Bantu Presbyterian Church and the Presbyterian Church of Southern Africa (1959-1971)
Talk about church unity evokes differing responses, with people responding both positively and negatively. These responses stem from memories of the past, realities of the present, and expectations of the future. Many believe that history is opening a door to a new ecclesiastical era. A door of …
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The Relevance of Democratic Thought and Practice to Roman Catholic Ecclesiology: An Historical, Theological, and Philosophical Case
… is possible to democratize the polity of the RC Church. Its historical part investigates two hypotheses. First, neither exegesis nor history warrants the absolute necessity for church unity of the political function of ἐπισκοπή: and much less do they provide sufficient evidence for upholding that …
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Die bydrae van dr J D [Koot] Vorster tot die kerkregtelike ontwikkeling van die Ned Geref Kerk - met besondere verwysing na die kerkverband en sy aandeel in die totstandkoming van die Algemene Sinode in 1962 (Afrikaans)
… verdien. ENGLISH: The development of the Church Order of the Dutch Reformed Church was obstructed by a court order during its 1862 Synod which provocated the formation of seperate synods. Church members were prompted to restore church unity and therefore the Council of Churches was …
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The Lord’s Supper and a Theological Praxis for Unity? A Reformed Perspective
It is common knowledge that the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) and the Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa (URCSA) are still functioning as two different churches. As two churches which believe and practise almost the same doctrines, creeds, confessions, etc., I deem it necessary to reflect on …
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The formation and ethos of the United Congregational Church of Southern Africa, 1967-1992
… to do post-graduate studies in Congregational Church history came from the Assembly of the United Congregational Church of Southern Africa since the Church was in need of a church historian. The title and contents for this dissertation thus had to be a result of research done in the history of …
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Authority, unity and truthfulness : the body of christ in the theologies of Robert Jenson and Rowan Williams with a view toward implications for free church ecclesiology.
Those within the free church tradition have often appealed to the notion of the invisible church to account for the unity of Christ's Body. A growing number of free church theologians, however, are arguing for the necessity of visible ecclesial unity, which immediately raises the perennial problem …
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A Journey with a Status Confessionis. Analysis of an apartheid related conflict between the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa and the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, 1982-1998
… conflict between the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) - the worldwide Reformed movement - and the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa (DRC) regarding the latter's support for and theological legitimizing of apartheid. One of the strongest measures possible was taken when the issue in …