
“Is Christus verdeeld?” Nadenke oor die teologiese regverdiging van kerkverdeeldheid en kerkskeuring
Author(s) -
J.H. Van Wyk
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
verbum et ecclesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.386
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2074-7705
pISSN - 1609-9982
DOI - 10.4102/ve.v29i2.46
Subject(s) - schism , ecclesiology , theology , philosophy , law , political science , politics
Is Christ divided? Reflections on the theological justification of church disunity and church schism
In this article the author investigates the question whether a church schism could ever be justified. He considers on the one hand the Biblical message on church unity and on the other hand the many justifications of church disunity (schism). He concludes that most of these justifications are unacceptable rasionalisations and that Post-Reformation theology distanced itself far away from Biblical ecclesiology in this regard.