Oor die teologiese inhoud van die Belydenis van Belhar
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Date
2012
Authors
Smit, D. J.
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Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State
Abstract
The essay argues that the theological content is indeed the most important
contribution of Reformed confessional documents, but that the theological content
can only be understood against the specific historical, which most often means
socio-political, circumstances in which these confessions were originally adopted.
Regarding the Confession of Belhar, the theological content consists in three
confessional claims (each including allusions to the false teaching that is implicitly
thereby unmasked and rejected) within the broader framework of an introduction and
conclusion, involving key theological claims as well, respectively about the nature
of the church and the lordship of Jesus Christ. After some interpretive comments
on all five of these structural aspects – the introduction and conclusion and the
three claims – brief consideration is given to the nature of reception of confessional
documents in the Reformed tradition and some implications for the reception of the
theological content of the Confession of Belhar
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Keywords
Belhar Confession, Reformed confessions, Church unity, Reconciliation, Justice
Citation
Smit, D. J. (2012). Oor die teologiese inhoud van die Belydenis van Belhar. Acta Theologica, 32(2), 184-202.