Spiritualiteit in het Lucasevangelie: geschiedenis en bevrijding
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Date
2012
Authors
Welzen, H.
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Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State
Abstract
This first article of a series of three is about the spiritual nature of the gospel of
Luke as a historiography. Luke presents his work as a history guided by God in
which the reader of his book participates. God takes initiative in history to liberate
the people of God and each of its members. The liberating character of this divine
initiative is revealed in the ministry of Jesus as a Davidic king and as a prophet.
At the same time the texts about Jesus as a prophet show the consequences of
accepting or refusing the offer of God. In addition it becomes clear that the prophet
who announces the divine liberation risks his life. The last section describes the
semantic content of liberation as a theme in the gospel of Luke: it is about liberation
from death and threats to life, from illness and demonical possession, from social
and economic marginalization, from oppressive sabbatical laws, from everything
that obstructs the alliance with God and traps one in the snares of Satan.
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Keywords
Gospel of Luke, Biblical Spirituality, History, Liberation
Citation
Welzen, H. (2012). Spiritualiteit in het Lucasevangelie: geschiedenis en bevrijding. Acta Theologica, 32(2), 299-320.