scholarly journals Ide Teologis Calvin tentang Keadilan Sosial 

2009 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-58
Author(s):  
Ferry Yefta Mamahit
Keyword(s):  
John Calvin ◽  
Reformed Churches

Dalam rangka merayakan 500 tahun John Calvin, aliansi gereja reformed sedunia (World Alliance of Reformed Churches [WARC]) mengajak setiap anggotanya untuk bertindak nyata, misalnya, mengupayakan persatuan gereja, mempromosikan keadilan sosial dan respek terhadap ciptaan, dan melawan perang dan kejahatan. Meskipun bukan bagian dari aliansi ini, saya ingin juga menyambut ajakan tersebut secara positif. Sebagai bagian dari “kaum keturunan Calvin” (“Calvin’s descendants”) dalam warisan teologi dan berteologinya, saya ingin berpartisipasi di dalam momentum yang sangat istimewa ini. Bukan dengan extravaganza, tetapi dengan suatu tulisan reflektif sederhana tentang sang kakek-buyut dan pemikirannya. Menanggapi salah satu ajakan di atas, tulisan ini berupaya untuk mempromosikan keadilan sosial. Tepatnya, mengenalkan ide teologis Calvin tentang topik tersebut. Upaya ini dilakukan dengan cara merancangbangun ulang (reconstructing) pemikirannya tentang keadilan sosial yang terserak di berbagai sumber, baik sumber-sumber primer maupun sekunder. Sebelum melakukan hal ini, fokus akan lebih dahulu diarahkan pada dua konteks berteologi Calvin: kondisi sosial Jenewa pada abad ke enam belas dan pemikiran-pemikiran para bapa gereja. Diharapkan, dengan mengenal ide teologis Calvin ini, kekristenan Calvinis di Indonesia makin serius dan terlihat greget-nya dalam mewujudkan keadilan sosial di negeri yang, katanya, berazas keadilan sosial ini.

scholarly journals On the Selfname and Identity of the 16th–17th century Polish Reformed Churches

2019 ◽  
pp. 17-22
Author(s):  
Margarita A. Korzo ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Identity Formation ◽  
17Th Century ◽  
The Self ◽  
John Calvin ◽  
Reformed Church ◽  
Reformed Churches ◽  
Confessional Identity

The article questions the legitimacy of use of the terms “Calvinist” and “Calvinism” as applied to the polish adherents of the emerging Evangelical-Reformed Church in the second half of the16th – at the beginnings of the 17th centuries and their doctrinal writings. The author analyzes various versions of the self-names of these Protestant follows, and the names given to them both by adherents of other branches of Protestantism and by Catholics. The author comes to the conclusion, that the theological legacy of John Calvin exerted its influence only to an insignificant degree on catechisms of the polish Reformed of that epoch, and with much more reason can be said about the existence of many other sources of theological inspirations (from Lutherans, Bohemian Brethren, follows of Johannes Oecolampadius, others), which had a significant impact on the confessional identity formation of the Polish Reformed churches.

Ecclesiastical Architecture for the French Reformed Churches

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theodore G. Van Raalte
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
John Calvin ◽  
Ecclesiastical Architecture ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Reformed Churches ◽  
The Church

Soon after Chandieu began to serve the church of Paris as co-pastor, his skills in law came to the fore with the creation of a church order, the Discipline ecclesiastique (1559). In 1565 the French Reformed churches, meeting in a synod, asked Chandieu to defend the authority of the consistory over against the congregationalist views of Jean Morély. The resulting work, the Confirmation de la discipline ecclesiastique (1566), exhibits a series of scholastic motifs that are studied. Another work, from 1567, defends the teachings of John Calvin in the form of a scholastic disputation, yet it is rather expansive and rhetorical in its prose. Study of these works establishes the state of Chandieu’s scholastic method early in his career.

The Lombardian Formula in the Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Century

2021 ◽  
pp. 48-69
Author(s):  
Michael J. Lynch
Keyword(s):  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
Martin Luther ◽  
John Calvin ◽  
Historical Survey ◽  
Critical Events ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
The Hague ◽  
Reformed Churches

This chapter, continuing the historical survey of the previous chapter, slows down and focuses on the reception of the so-called Lombardian formula in the Reformation and early Post-Reformation period, especially among the Reformed churches. After looking at how well-known Reformers such as Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Zachary Ursinus understood the Lombardian formula, concentration shifts to a few critical events that provide important background to the Synod of Dordt and intra-Reformed debates on the extent of the atonement. More specifically, the chapter covers a late sixteenth-century debate between the Lutheran Jacob Andreae and the Reformed theologian Theodore Beza on the extent of Christ’s work. Next, it looks at the back-and-forth between Jacob Arminius and William Perkins. Finally, it gives a thorough examination of the Hague Conference of 1611, which featured a discussion of the various doctrines of grace among the Remonstrants and Contra-Remonstrants.

scholarly journals Kerkreg? Die plek van Kerkreg en Kerkregering

2007 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Barry J. Van Wyk
Keyword(s):  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Close Relation ◽  
John Calvin ◽  
Church Polity ◽  
The World ◽  
Reformed Churches ◽  
The Church ◽  
Church Government

Church polity? The position of church polity and church government It is generally accepted that John Calvin can be referred to as the founder of the presbyterial-synodal form of church government which is found in the Reformed Churches. It would therefore be appropriate to focus on his views and to indicate to what extent he influenced the notion that Jesus Christ is Head of the Church and Lord of the world. If it can once again be concluded that there is a close relation between Church, Confession and Church Ordinance, then it is quite evident that Church polity occupies a fundamental place in the Reformed Churches which must be treated with greater concern.

scholarly journals A framework for crafting and implementing a congregational strategy in the local congregations of the Reformed Churches of South Africa

2012 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aldeon B. Grobler ◽  
J. Louw Van der Walt ◽  
Barend J. De Klerk
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Strategic Management ◽  
John Calvin ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Management Consultants ◽  
Management Consultant ◽  
Theological School ◽  
Reformed Churches ◽  
The Church

The church is not like any other institution or organisation in society. Although the church is primarily invisible and spiritual, it is a visible organisation in the world, and it spans across borders of nations, languages and countries. John Calvin strongly rejected the notion that the church is only a spiritual organisation of which the visible administrative side is downplayed. The fellowship of the church must not only be seen as a mystical relation with Jesus Christ. During 2010, an empirical study was done on the extent to which congregations of the Reformed Churches of South Africa (RCSA) adhere to the request to have a well-designed congregational strategy. The knowledge gained from a literature study on the science of Strategic Management and the results of the empirical study was combined into a framework for crafting and executing a congregational strategy. This framework can be used by congregational leaders to guide them through their own process of crafting and executing their unique congregational strategy.  The research was concluded with a recommendation that the Theological School of the RCSA should consider including a course on Strategic Management in the training syllabus of aspiring ministers. Considering that Strategic Management is a specialised management science, and external Strategic Management consultants tend to be expensive, the research also recommended that the Administrative Bureau of the RCSA consider employing their own Strategic Management consultant for the RCSA with the specific assignment of assisting and guiding all congregations with their congregational strategy.’n Raamwerk vir die ontwerp en implementering van ’n gemeentestrategie in die plaaslike gemeentes van die Gereformeerde Kerke in Suid-Afrika. ’n Kerk is ’n unieke organisasie. Die kerk is primêr onsigbaar en geestelik van  aard. Tog  funksioneer dit as ’n instituut in die wêreld en moet dit doelmatig en doeltreffend bestuur word, ten einde alles ordelik te laat verloop en doelgerig te laat funksioneer. Johannes Calvyn het die idee dat ’n gemeente slegs ’n geestelike instelling is, waarvan die sigbare administratiewe deel as onbelangrik afgemaak word, verwerp. ’n Empiriese studie is gedurende 2010 onderneem om vas te stel tot watter mate gemeentestrategieë wel in die Gereformeerde Kerke in Suid-Afrika (GKSA) opgestel en uitgevoer word. Die kennis wat ingewin is met die empiriese studie is gekombineer met ’n literatuurstudie oor die vakgebied van Strategiese Bestuur, en ’n raamwerk vir die ontwerp en implementering van ’n gemeentestrategie is daargestel. Hierdie raamwerk kan deur gemeenteleiers gebruik word in die ontwerp en implementering van hulle gemeente se strategie. Die navorsing sluit af met die aanbeveling dat daar oorweging geskenk moet word om ‘n kursus in strategiese bestuur in die opleidingsillabus van teologiese studente in te sluit. ’n Verdere aanbeveling is gemaak dat, weens die gespesialiseerde aard en koste aan eksterne Strategiese Bestuurskonsultante verbonde, die Administratiewe Buro van die GKSA oorweging behoort te skenk om hulle eie konsultant in diens te neem. Die opdrag moet wees om gemeentes van die GKSA by te staan in die ontwerp en implementering van die gemeentestrategie.

Between Gold and Bronze

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theodore G. Van Raalte
Keyword(s):  
John Calvin ◽  
Reformed Theology ◽  
Reformed Churches

This chapter contrasts the perspective of Antoine de Chandieu’s contemporaries regarding his importance with the perspective of scholarship since that time. Whereas at Theodore Beza’s death, poets represented Chandieu with silver, John Calvin with gold, and Beza with bronze, since then Chandieu has been forgotten. Yet Chandieu wrote six “theological and scholastic” treatises in the 1580s that were highly influential in Reformed theology and were responded to by opponents repeatedly. His Opera Theologica went through five editions after his death. He was also highly instrumental in the formation of the French Reformed Churches as a federation with a unique church order, one later copied by many other Reformed churches. Besides, as a French baron, he played a noteworthy role in the politics of France. The argument, plan, and outline of the book are found at the close of this chapter.

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