Open AccessDie verbondsmatige kerkbeskouing van A D Pont
Author(s) -
H. J. Botes
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
hts teologiese studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.282
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2072-8050
pISSN - 0259-9422
DOI - 10.4102/hts.v48i3/4.2430
Subject(s) - connection (principal bundle) , theology , ecclesiology , philosophy , engineering , mechanical engineering
The convenant view of the church by A D Pont The close connection between convenant and church maintained by the leaders of the Reformation was adopted by Prof Pont. In this article a short introduction is given to the concept ‘convenant’. Pont’s view of the church in the light of the convenant is examined, and it is shown that this leads to a ‘Volkskerk’ view. Ultimately there seems to be a close connection between ‘Volkskerk’ and what is peculiar to the ‘volk’