Open AccessKerkbegrip en kerkorde
Author(s) -
S. J. Botha
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
hts teologiese studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2072-8050
pISSN - 0259-9422
DOI - 10.4102/hts.v51i3.1432
Subject(s) - polity , ecclesiology , context (archaeology) , order (exchange) , philosophy , theology , rewriting , political science , law , history , computer science , archaeology , finance , politics , programming language , economics
Church and church order. This paper discusses the connection and relationship between church and church order within the context of the presbyterial-synodal system of church polity with a view to the rewriting of the church order of the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika. This presbyterial-synodal system was build on the basic principles of Calvin's ecclesiology and corresponding church polity. These basic principles found its way to the confessions of the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk