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The debates on church government at the Westminster Assembly of Divines 1643-1646Smith, Paul Joseph January 1975 (has links)
[The purpose of this dissertation is to analyze the
debates on church government at the Westminster Assembly of
Divines, 1643-1646. The major primary sources are the official
minutes of the assembly and the personal memoirs of
three participants: John Lightfoot, George Gillespie, and
Robert Baillie. This is a historical, descriptive, and
critical study.
The Westminster Assembly was summoned to advise the
Long Parliament on reforming the doctrine, liturgy, and
government of the Church of England. For more than a year
the ministers struggled to devise the best form of church
government--one that would conform both to the Bible and to
the practice of other Reformed churches. Their recommendations
were supposed to provide the basis for parliamentary
legislation on the church.]
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Calvin's theory of church polityCere, Daniel. January 1977 (has links)
No description available.
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Calvin's theory of church polityCere, Daniel. January 1977 (has links)
No description available.
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A critical examination of collegiality in the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference (SACBC) : towards a local model of collegialityParry, Enrico Valintino 30 November 2005 (has links)
No abstract available / SYS THEOLOGY & THEOL ETHICS / DTH (SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY)
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Gereformeerde kerkreg : 'n hermeneutiese perspektiefDickason, Vernon Claud 12 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2011. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis examines and proves the distinct characteristic of the hermeneutics of Reformed
church polity, with regard to other jurisprudence. The study is set out as follows:
Chapter 1
The methodological approach used is of cardinal importance in the research of a distinct
hermeneutical characteristic associated with church polity. A clear choice is made for a
research methodology which validates the thesis. This thesis opts for a theological and
church political study with an ecclesiological foundation.
Chapter 2
Chapter 2 is divided into two sections or themes: (i) Whether church and law can coexist and
(ii) the unique characteristic of church polity. These two themes qualify the study in toto,
whilst (at the same time) identifying useful elements that can assist in exploring the
question of a distinct hermeneutical characteristic associated with Reformed church polity.
It is argued that if church and law can exist together, the focus of the study can shift to the
next theme in accordance with the thesis, namely the distinct characteristic of Reformed
church polity.
Judged from a Reformed perspective, it is clear (derived from part 1) that church and law
can coexist and therefore is not a contradiction in terminis.
Derived from part 2, it is clear that church polity has a unique character (sui generis), which
is practiced in and for the church as a unique community. The argument of the thesis is that
the church is the object of the law, also that its unique character resides with the faith
community‐ which is the creation of God, which in turn enables Christ to rule the church‐ as
her Lord and King. Chapter 3
As with the Bible and all legislation‐ the church order is subject to hermeneutical rules. The
hermeneutics associated with theology and legislation are not isolated dissiplines, but form
an inherent part of a general hermeneutics for the human sciences. The texts associated
with church polity are therefore subjected to the same hermeneutical processes as other
legislative texts. The hermeneutics associated with church polity possess a unique
characteristic, with regards to the community in which it functions. Legislative texts should
be read within the context of the community that sanctioned it. Church order then differs
from the legislation of other communities. Hermeneutics, and the methods associated with
it, can therefore assist the interpreter in reading a church order.
Chapter 4
In the concluding chapter the hypothesis of the study is evaluated and verified in
accordance with the conclusions reached in the preceding chapters‐ each with its own
particular theme and relevance to the end‐result and validation of the thesis. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie tesis ondersoek en bewys die eiesoortige hermeneutiese aard van die
Gereformeerde kerkreg, in vergelyke met ander reg. Die ondersoek val soos volg uiteen:
Hoofstuk 1
Die metodologiese aanpak van die studie is van deurslaggewende belang by die ondersoek
na ʼn eiesoortige hermeneutiese karakter by die kerkreg. Daar word ʼn duidelike keuse
gemaak vir ʼn navorsingsmetodologie wat die tese sal valideer. Die eiesoortige karakter van
die hermeneutiek van die kerkreg, met insluiting van die temas‐ bestaansreg van die
kerkreg, asook die eiesoortigheid van die kerkreg, is oortuigende argumente vir ʼn teologieskerkregtelike
aanpak, met ʼn sterk ekklesiologiese onderbou.
Hoofstuk 2
Hoofstuk 2 van die studie fokus in twee dele op (i) die bestaansreg van die kerkreg, asook
(ii) die eiesoortigheid van die kerkreg, in ʼn poging om die studie in toto te kwalifiseer, asook
om bruikbare elemente te identifiseer‐ wat kan bydra tot die vraag na die eiesoortige
karakter van die hermeneutiek van die kerkreg. Daar word uitgegaan van die opvatting dat
indien kerk en reg saam kan bestaan, die fokus kan aanskuif na die volgende tema in lyn met
die tese van die studie, nl. die eiesoortigheid, oftewel unieke karakter van die kerk se reg.
Vanuit ʼn Gereformeerde perspektief blyk dit duidelik (in deel 1) dat kerk en reg wel
bestaanbaar is en nie ʼn contradictio in terminis nie. Kerkreg kan as behorend tot reg in eie sin
beskou word, aangesien die reg die gestalte van die genade is (teenoor die opvatting dat reg
en genade mekaar uitsluit). Kerk en reg se saambestaan, is kwalifikasie vir die vraag na die
unieke karakter van die kerkreg.
In deel 2 is dit duidelik dat die kerkreg ʼn eiesoortige reg (ius sui generis) is, wat in en vir die
kerk as eiesoortige gemeenskap beoefen word. Die argument voorts is dat die kerk, die
objek van die reg is, en dat die eie karakter van die kerkreg blyk uit die geloofsgemeenskapwat
die “maaksel van God” is, en haar laat regeer deur Christus‐ haar Heer en Koning. Hoofstuk 3
Die kerkorde (soos die Bybel en alle regstekste) is onderhewig aan hermeneutiese reëls,
wanneer dit kom by die uitleg daarvan. Beide die teologiese en regshermeneutiek is nie
geïsoleerde dissiplines nie, maar maak ʼn inherente deel uit van ʼn algemene
hermeneutiek vir die geesteswetenskappe. Kerkregtelike tekste is dus onderhewig aan
dieselfde hermeneutiese prosesse as ander regstekste. Die hermeneutiek van die kerkreg
toon ʼn eie karakter vir sover dit rekenskap hou met die eie aard van die gemeenskap waarin
dit funksioneer. Regstekste moet gelees word teen die agtergrond van die gemeenskap wat
dit as sulks gesanksioneer het. Die kerk se reg verskil dus van die reg in ander
gemeenskappe. Die eie aard van die Christelike gemeente hou dus formele konsekwensies
in vir die hermeneutiek van die kerkreg.
Verder veronderstel ʼn hermeneutiese lees en gebruik van die kerkorde verskeie hulpmiddelswat
tot diens van die interpreteerder kan wees. Na aanleiding van die verskeie hermeneutiese
metodes, blyk dit dat daar ʼn ingewikkelde samespel aanwesig is by die kerkreg‐ tussen die
kerk, kerkordelike‐reël en die Skrif.
Hoofstuk 4
Ten slotte word die hipotese van die studie beoordeel en bevestig, na aanleiding van die
gevolgtrekkings wat gemaak is in die voorafgaande hoofstukke‐ elk met ʼn eie bepaalde
tema, wat direk verband hou met die eind‐resulterende validasie van die tese.
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A historical study and evaluation of the form of church government practised by the Particular Baptists in the 17th and 18th centuries / Boon-Sing PohPoh, Boon-Sing January 2012 (has links)
This thesis is a historical study and evaluation of the form of church government
practised by the Particular Baptists of the 17th and 18th centuries, from the years 1650
to 1750. This study is based on confessional statements, the ecclesiological literature,
and the extant church books of the Particular Baptists. It is shown that the Particular
Baptists practised a definitive form of church government known traditionally as
Independency, similar to that expounded by John Owen, minus infant baptism.
Under the principle of the autonomy of the church the Particular Baptists practised
believer’s baptism, an explicit church membership, and upheld covenant theology.
Under the principle of the headship of Christ, they practised the separation of church
and state, upheld the divine right of the magistrate, and also believed in the liberty of
conscience. Under the principle of rule by elders the majority of the Particular Baptists
practised a plurality of elders in which there was a distinction made between the roles of
the pastor or minister and the ruling elders, although they occupy the same basic office
of rule. However, deviation from a plural eldership took place, leading to the singlepastor-
and-multiple-deacons situation, accompanied by the disappearance of ruling
elders and the practice of congregational democracy in governance. This arrangement is
characteristic of modern Congregationalism. Under the principle of the communion of
churches the regional associations of churches accomplished much good, while a
number of issues remained unresolved, including open and closed communion,
congregational hymn singing, and the training of ministers. In the final chapter, the study attempts to resolve some ecclesiological issues controverted among Reformed
Baptists today by applying the lessons learned from the Particular Baptists.
To the Particular Baptists, Independency was the jus divinum (divinely ordained) form
of church government used by God as the vehicle to carry out the Great Commission
with a view to establishing biblically ordered churches, which upheld the 1689 Baptist
Confession of Faith. These three components of church life − mission-mindedness,
biblical church order, and the 1689 Confession of Faith − arose from the thorough
biblicism of the Particular Baptists. / Thesis (Ph.D. (Church and Dogma History))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2012
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A historical study and evaluation of the form of church government practised by the Particular Baptists in the 17th and 18th centuries / Boon-Sing PohPoh, Boon-Sing January 2012 (has links)
This thesis is a historical study and evaluation of the form of church government
practised by the Particular Baptists of the 17th and 18th centuries, from the years 1650
to 1750. This study is based on confessional statements, the ecclesiological literature,
and the extant church books of the Particular Baptists. It is shown that the Particular
Baptists practised a definitive form of church government known traditionally as
Independency, similar to that expounded by John Owen, minus infant baptism.
Under the principle of the autonomy of the church the Particular Baptists practised
believer’s baptism, an explicit church membership, and upheld covenant theology.
Under the principle of the headship of Christ, they practised the separation of church
and state, upheld the divine right of the magistrate, and also believed in the liberty of
conscience. Under the principle of rule by elders the majority of the Particular Baptists
practised a plurality of elders in which there was a distinction made between the roles of
the pastor or minister and the ruling elders, although they occupy the same basic office
of rule. However, deviation from a plural eldership took place, leading to the singlepastor-
and-multiple-deacons situation, accompanied by the disappearance of ruling
elders and the practice of congregational democracy in governance. This arrangement is
characteristic of modern Congregationalism. Under the principle of the communion of
churches the regional associations of churches accomplished much good, while a
number of issues remained unresolved, including open and closed communion,
congregational hymn singing, and the training of ministers. In the final chapter, the study attempts to resolve some ecclesiological issues controverted among Reformed
Baptists today by applying the lessons learned from the Particular Baptists.
To the Particular Baptists, Independency was the jus divinum (divinely ordained) form
of church government used by God as the vehicle to carry out the Great Commission
with a view to establishing biblically ordered churches, which upheld the 1689 Baptist
Confession of Faith. These three components of church life − mission-mindedness,
biblical church order, and the 1689 Confession of Faith − arose from the thorough
biblicism of the Particular Baptists. / Thesis (Ph.D. (Church and Dogma History))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2012
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A critical examination of collegiality in the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference (SACBC) : towards a local model of collegialityParry, Enrico Valintino 30 November 2005 (has links)
No abstract available / SYS THEOLOGY and THEOL ETHICS / DTH (SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY)
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A new case for female elders : an analytical reformed-evangelical approachHübner, Jamin Andrew 11 1900 (has links)
This study is the product of research in the field of systematic theology, particularly the subject of women in ministry. The goal was to provide, given the scope and limits of the study, the most persuasive case for women elders (or “pastors”) from a Reformed-Evangelical approach to date. The primary means of accomplishing this goal is by making an analytically constructed argument that is both exegetically and theologically sound.
The introduction outlines the study’s basic objectives, structure, research methods, assumptions, and overall direction. Two gives a detailed literature review of major publications on the subject of women ministry in order to track the movement of the debate. Three explores theological methods that addresses theological loci, the role of hermeneutics, and the theological-analytical structure and content of Reformed-Evangelical arguments for women elders. Chapter Four explores conceptual framework, which frames the specific, contemporary debate over women elders in Reformed-Evangelical circles, and then addresses the insights and challenges of feminist theology and Roman Catholic theology.
The heart of the study is captured in three main chapters that present a case for women elders in the church. The first argument provides a detailed examination of the “prohibition passages” in the New Testament and concludes that they do not prohibit women from being elders. The second argument provides a sweeping account of the proclamation of the gospel in New Testament theology, and affirms that anti-women-elder readings and attitudes simply do not conform to the actions, attitudes, and teachings of the early church regarding gender and gospel-proclamation. Finally, the third section provides three additional arguments in favor of women elders. The first argument addresses the nature of hermeneutics and application of specific interpretations, the second addresses the nature of marriage and its relationship to church leadership, and the third deals with functions of women in NT ministry.
The research concludes with Chapter Eight, which summarizes the argument and introduces practical ramifications if the study’s premises and conclusions are true. / Philosophy & Systematic Theology / D. Th. (Systematic Theology)
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A new case for female elders : an analytical reformed-evangelical approachHübner, Jamin Andrew 11 1900 (has links)
This study is the product of research in the field of systematic theology, particularly the subject of women in ministry. The goal was to provide, given the scope and limits of the study, the most persuasive case for women elders (or “pastors”) from a Reformed-Evangelical approach to date. The primary means of accomplishing this goal is by making an analytically constructed argument that is both exegetically and theologically sound.
The introduction outlines the study’s basic objectives, structure, research methods, assumptions, and overall direction. Two gives a detailed literature review of major publications on the subject of women ministry in order to track the movement of the debate. Three explores theological methods that addresses theological loci, the role of hermeneutics, and the theological-analytical structure and content of Reformed-Evangelical arguments for women elders. Chapter Four explores conceptual framework, which frames the specific, contemporary debate over women elders in Reformed-Evangelical circles, and then addresses the insights and challenges of feminist theology and Roman Catholic theology.
The heart of the study is captured in three main chapters that present a case for women elders in the church. The first argument provides a detailed examination of the “prohibition passages” in the New Testament and concludes that they do not prohibit women from being elders. The second argument provides a sweeping account of the proclamation of the gospel in New Testament theology, and affirms that anti-women-elder readings and attitudes simply do not conform to the actions, attitudes, and teachings of the early church regarding gender and gospel-proclamation. Finally, the third section provides three additional arguments in favor of women elders. The first argument addresses the nature of hermeneutics and application of specific interpretations, the second addresses the nature of marriage and its relationship to church leadership, and the third deals with functions of women in NT ministry.
The research concludes with Chapter Eight, which summarizes the argument and introduces practical ramifications if the study’s premises and conclusions are true. / Philosophy and Systematic Theology / D. Th. (Systematic Theology)
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