scholarly journals Die verband tussen doop en lidmaatskap van die kerk

1999 ◽  
Vol 55 (2/3) ◽  
Author(s):  
W. A. Dreyer
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Of Christ ◽  
Main Thesis ◽  
Initiation Rite ◽  
Church Polity ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Church

The relationship between baptism and membership of the church. This aricle examines the relaionship between bapism and membership of the church. The author's main thesis is that baptism signifies the unity with Christ, and as such unity with the body of Christ (the church). Research has shown that baptism exists in different religions, cults and sects as an initiation rite. This forms the background to the New Testament,s presentation of baptism as (inter alia) an initiation rite. This article examines not only these baptism rites, but also the different metaphors in the New Testament concerned with baptism as initiation. The history of baptism in the church and the way bapism functions in the Reformed tradition, in terms of church polity and membership of the church, are also examined.

scholarly journals The Church as the Body of Christ

1988 ◽  
Vol 22 (86) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. J. J. Van Rensburg
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Of Christ ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
The Church

The significance of the metaphor in 1 Cor 12 : 27 for the assessment of the New Testament teaching on the unity of the church.

Die kerk in die Nuwe Testament

1995 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
G. M.M. Pelser
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Of Christ ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
People Of God ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The People ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
In Christ ◽  
The Church

The church in the New Testament The article explores the documents of the New Testament in search of the concept church' and finds that,  in a nutshell, the answers are as follows: the  Spirit-controlled, charismatic togetherness of people 'in Christ' (Paul); cross-bearing followers of Jesus (Mk); the people of God on their way through history (Lk-Ac); the faithful locked in battle with Satanic powers, but with the expectation of occupying the heavenly Jerusalem (Rv); the  community with which Christ became solidary, and which is heading for its heavenly place of rest (Reb); the poor but pious community, putting their faith into practice (Ja); the body of Christ in which his universal reign can be experienced (Col); the sphere in which salvation is  realized (Eph); disciples following Jesus as God-with us, experiencing the  rift between synagogue and church (Mt); friends and confidants of Christ, living at loggerheads with the synagogue (In); the household of God, governed by householders (Pastorals); and the socia-ly ostracized elect of God whose way of life should be a demonstration of their otherness as Christians (1 Pt).

Scripture and Tradition

1953 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-135
Author(s):  
Oscar Cullmann
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Other ◽  
Knowing How ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Church

The problem of the relationship between Scripture and Tradition is in the first place a problem of the theological relationship between the apostolic period and the period of the Church. All the other questions depend on the solution that we give to this problem. The alternatives—co-ordination or subordination of Tradition to Scripture—derive from the question of knowing how we must understand the fact that the period of the Church is the continuation and unfolding of the apostolic period. For we must note right away that this fact is capable of divergent interpretations. That is why agreement on the mere fact that the Church continues the work of Christ on earth does not necessarily imply agreement on the relationship between Scripture and Tradition. Thus in my thesis developed in Christ and Time as well as in my studies on the sacraments in the New Testament I came considerably nearer to the ‘Catholic’ point of view. In fact I would affirm very strongly that through the Church the history of salvation is continued on earth. I believe that we find this idea throughout the New Testament, and I should even consider it the key for the understanding of the Johannine Gospel. I would maintain, moreover, that the sacraments, Baptism and Eucharist, take the place in the Church of the miracles performed by Jesus Christ in the period of the Incarnation. And yet I am going to show in the following pages that I subordinate Tradition to Scripture.

scholarly journals ’n Nuwe-Testamentiese begronding van die eenheid van die kerk en die eis om kerkeenheid vandag

1989 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. G. Van Aarde
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
The Body ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
Family Home ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Church

The foundation of the unity of the church in the New Testament and the quest for unity today Early Christendom was not an Unitarian movement, but in the New Testament there is a quest for unity. However, this unity was not juridically meant to be institutional of nature. The concern of this article is to argue that the unity of the church in the New Testament is Theologically, Christologically, Pneumatically and kerygmatically founded. Since the church is the household of God, the relationship similar to that of a family home will hold the church together. Building upon the foundation laid by the apostolic tradition the presbyters-bishops, like fathers taking responsibilty for a home, are to be providing the foundation of the unity of the church grounded on th e ir kerygma th a t the household of God is pneumatically united with the body of the crucified and risen Christ.

scholarly journals Rudolf Bultmann se ontmitologisering van die Nuwe-Testamentiese eskatologie

1989 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
G. M.M. Pelser
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Rudolf Bultmann ◽  
Authentic Existence ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
Relationship History ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Church

Rudolf Bultmann’s demythologizing of the eschatology of the New Testament This article investigates Bultmann’s views on the eschatology of the New Testament as expressed respectively by Jesus, the earliest Christians, Paul, John and the churches of the post-apostolic period. It also pays attention to what Bultmann has to say about the secularisation of eschatology during the history of the church, and about the relationship history-eschatology. The conclusion is that although his program of demythologizing has far-reaching and dire consequences for the traditional end-time eschatological expectations of the church, much of it is to be evaluated positively. Much is also to be gained from his insights especially with reg a rd to his emphasis on the ex iste n tia l importance of the decision of faith, in the moment here and now, for authentic existence as the eschatological event.

scholarly journals A Baptismal Theology of Accountability

2021 ◽  
pp. 095394682110097
Author(s):  
Andrew Torrance
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Of Christ ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
In Christ ◽  
The Church ◽  
Do So

This article addresses the question of what it means to be accountable to God based on a baptismal theology that we find in the New Testament. It argues that various passages in the New Testament lead us to the view that we are accountable to God in Christ. Such a view is not straightforward, and so much of this article will be spent unpacking what this could mean. To do so, I elaborate on what it means for God to create humanity to find fulfilment in and through Christ. This leads me to argue that humans experience fulfilment in and through the body of Christ into which baptism initiates a person. It is by participating and finding belonging in the life of the Church that humans can begin to discover what it means to be accountable to God in Christ, and, in so doing, form the virtue of accountability.

The Scriptures and Their Interpretation

2015 ◽  
pp. 41-54
Author(s):  
Matthew Levering
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Of Christ ◽  
Written Text ◽  
Hebrew Scriptures ◽  
Dei Verbum ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Written Word ◽  
The Church

Reflection on God’s written word begins in the Hebrew Scriptures. Here the written text finds its home in Israel’s liturgical practice. This is also the case in the New Testament, but here Jesus embodies, performs, and fulfils the Scriptures. In the earliest life of the Body of Christ, Scripture is again read within the life of the Christ-filled community and is ordered towards the union of the believer with Christ. The second half of this essay shows that the same perspective shapes Vatican II’s Dei Verbum. The purpose of tradition and Scripture is to function as a mirror in which the Church may contemplate God and learn to live in holiness, and the interpretation and performance of Scripture enact the conversation of God with the Son’s beloved spouse.

scholarly journals Tinjauan Etis Terhadap Gereja-gereja Yang Menetapkan Jemaat Memberi Iuran Kepada

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-32
Author(s):  
Marlon Butarbutar ◽  
Sri Wahyuni Kusradi
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Of Christ ◽  
Physical Form ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Church

Gereja hadir dalam dunia ini sebenarnya adalah untuk memuji dan memuliakan Tuhan. Oleh sebab itu, maka gereja mempunyai tugas untuk menjadikan semua bangsa sebagai murid Tuhan Yesus (Mat. 28: 18-20). Dimana yang dipakai Tuhan sebagai alat dalam melakukan dan melaksanakan akan kehendak-Nya adalah melalui gereja. Baik gereja sebagai tubuh Kristus yang di dalam Perjanjian Baru adalah umat, orang-orang yang dipanggil oleh Tuhan untuk keluar dari kegelapan dan masuk dalam terang-Nya untuk menjadi saksi Kristus maupun gereja dalam bentuk fisik, maksudnya adalah gereja sebagai gedung atau tempat yang dipakai orang-orang percaya untuk bersekutu dalam memuji dan memuliakan Tuhan. Melihat hal tersebut maka, titik utama gereja ada dan hadir adalah hanya untuk kemuliaan Tuhan. Salah satu ketentuan kewajiban jemaat yang ada dalam gereja adalah ”setiap jemaat, harus membayar persembahan bulanan setiap bulan kepada gereja”. Apabila tidak dilunasi, konsekuensinya adalah apabila ada kejadian dalam jemaat tersebut, seperti: baptisan, pemberkatan nikah. Itu semuanya tidak akan terlaksana, sebelum kewajiban tersebut terlunasi. Jadi, ketentuan ini bukan hanya mengikat jemaat untuk datang bersekutu atau beribadah dan membuat jemaat terikat pada gereja tersebut dan tidak mudah untuk pindah gereja, melainkan dalam tindakannya sudah ada sikap memaksa jemaat untuk membayar kewajiban kepada gereja. Berdasarkan hal di atas terlihat jelas bahwa jemaat memberi kepada gereja bukan dengan ketulusan dan sukacita. Tetapi memberi dengan keterpaksaan dan adanya sanksi atau konsekuensi bagi jemaat yang tidak memberikan persembahan bulanan terhadap gereja. Ini sangat mendorong penulis untuk meneliti sehingga menjadi suatu pertimbangan bagi gereja yang memberi kewajiban jemaat membayar iuran kepada gereja.     The church present in this world is actually to praise and glorify God. Therefore, the church has a duty to make all nations disciples of the Lord Jesus (Matt. 28: 18-20). Where God uses as a tool in doing and carrying out His will is through the church. Both the church as the body of Christ in the New Testament are people, people who are called by God to come out of the darkness and enter into His light to be witnesses of Christ and the church in physical form, meaning the church as a building or place used by people believers to fellowship in praising and glorifying God. Seeing this, the main point of the church being and present is only for the glory of God. One of the provisions of the congregation's obligations in the church is "every church, must pay monthly offerings every month to the church". If not paid, the consequence is if there is an incident in the church, such as: baptism, marriage blessing. That all will not be realized, before the obligation is paid. So, this provision does not only bind the congregation to come to fellowship or worship and make the congregation bound to the church and it is not easy to move the church, but in its action there is already an attitude of forcing the congregation to pay obligations to the church. Based on the above it is clear that the congregation gave to the church not with sincerity and joy. But giving with force and the existence of sanctions or consequences for congregations who do not provide monthly offerings to the church. This strongly encourages the writer to examine so that it becomes a consideration for the church which gives the congregation an obligation to pay contributions to the church.

The Church as The Body of Christ in The Gospel of Matthew

1958 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 271-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan O. Via
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Special Interest ◽  
Gospel Of Matthew ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Of Christ ◽  
Working Definition ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Church

Although it is evident to every student of the New Testament that Matthew has a special interest in the Church, the use of the term ‘body of Christ’ to describe the Church has been peculiarly associated with Paul. For this reason it seems well to begin by discussing briefly what Paul meant by the concept of body in order to have a working definition of it. We will then endeavour to ascertain whether this idea is also present in Matthew.

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