scholarly journals Ons kerklied: Prinsipiële en praktiese oorwegings

2001 ◽  
Vol 57 (3/4) ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J.C. Van Wyk

The church hymn: A consideration of fundamental and practical nature. This study expresses the conviction that the liturgy, hymns and music of the church serve a necessary function and makes an appeal for their regeneration in the church. Such regeneration would, as a consequence of the relection on and experience of the depth and wealth arising from Biblical songs, foster a deeper love for the hymns and songs of the church. However, at the same time, this study also protests against the tendency, Under the pretext of renewal and in unison with the spirit of the times, to render the ministry, liturgy as well as the hyms of the church supericial. This study wishes to make an appeal: that we, on the grounds of a better knowledge of the songs of the Bible and the hymns sung throughout the ages, arrive at stronger church songs applicable to present times.

1987 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-14
Author(s):  
David Barrett
Keyword(s):  

By using secular information we can leant much about the “signs of the times.” It is more important for Christians to interpret this future from God's viewpoint, preparing always for the unpredictable. The Bible predicts the second advent and the millennium, and the way in which the church views its future in light of these is significant. Planning, coordination of activity, learning from past failures, preparing for persecution, and establishing priorities are identified as crucial in getting ready for mission in the 1990s.


2019 ◽  
Vol 72 (288) ◽  
pp. 831
Author(s):  
Paulo Suess

O Vaticano II é um evento histórico e local que exige, em cada tempo e espaço, leituras novas e específicas. No tabuleiro da caminhada destes anos pós-conciliares, tudo estava em movimento. Para invalidar ou relativizar o Vaticano II, certos setores argumentam que hoje os tempos seriam outros. É um argumento que pode servir também para a leitura da Bíblia, dos dogmas e de todos os concílios da história da Igreja. Já que os tempos sempre são outros não podemos ler o significado de nenhum evento histórico como ponto final. Portanto, o Vaticano II é ponto de partida, face às “realidades sujeitas à permanente evolução” (GS 91,2). Reinterpretações históricas fazem parte da fidelidade à mensagem original e da audácia que a história exige (cf. DAp 11).No cinquentenário da abertura do Vaticano II podemos perceber que a recepção documental do Concílio foi melhor do que sua recepção real. Precisamos retomar seus eixos teológico-pastorais e transformar sua eclesiologia em estruturas que correspondam ao aggiornamento do século XXI. Podemos desinibir a “virada popular” interrompida através de três avanços que apontam para os sujeitos e as estruturas eclesiais: a opção com os pobres/outros, a requalificação do laicato como povo de Deus, e a construção de uma Igreja, universalmente, articulada em rede e, localmente, autóctone.Abstract: The Vatican II is a local and historic event that requires, at every time and space, new and specific readings. On the boardwalk of these post-conciliar years, everything was in motion. To invalidate or relativize the Vatican II, certain sectors argue that today things are different. This is an argument that can also be used with reference to the reading of the Bible, to the dogmas and to all councils in the history of the Church. Since the times are always different we cannot read the meaning of any historical event as the final point. Therefore, the Vatican II is the starting point, in the face of the “realities subject to the permanent evolution” (GS 91.2). Historical reinterpretations are part of the fidelity to the original message and of the boldness required by history. (cf. DAp 11).On the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of Vatican II we can see that the documental reception of the Council was better than its actual reception. We need to regain its theological-pastoral axes and transform its ecclesiology in structures that correspond to the aggiornamento of the 21st century. We can disinhibit “the popular turn” interrupted by three developments that point to the ecclesial subject and ecclesial structures: the option for the poor / others, the requalification of the laity as God’s people, and the construction of a Church that – universally – is articulated as a network and – locally – is autochthonous.


1998 ◽  
pp. 46-52
Author(s):  
S. V. Rabotkina

A huge place in the spiritual life of medieval Rusich was occupied by the Bible, although for a long time Kievan Rus did not know it fully. The full text of the Holy Scriptures appears in the Church Slavonic language not earlier than 1499.


Author(s):  
Paul A. Bramadat

Is it possible for conservative Protestant groups to survive in secular institutional settings? Here, Bramadat offers an ethnographic study of the Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship (IVCF) at McMaster University, a group that espouses fundamentalist interpretations of the Bible, women's roles, the age of the earth, alcohol consumption, and sexual ethics. In examining this group, Bramadat demonstrates how this tiny minority thrives within the overwhelmingly secular context of the University.


Pro Ecclesia ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 106385122199391
Author(s):  
James B. Prothro

The doctrine of inspiration grounds Christian use and interpretation of Scripture, making this doctrine at once theoretical and practical. Many theoretical accounts, however, restrict the “inspired” status of biblical texts to a single text-form, which introduces problems for the practical use of Scripture in view of the texts’ historical multiformity. This article argues that such restrictions of inspiration are theologically problematic and unnecessary. Contextualizing inspiration within the divine revelatory economy, this article argues that the Spirit’s same goals and varied activities in the texts’ composition obtain also in their preservation, so that we can consider multiple forms of a text to be inspired while acknowledging that not all forms are inspired to equal ends in the history and life of the church. The article concludes with hermeneutical reflections affirming that we, today, can read the “word of the Lord” while also affirming the place of textual criticism in theological interpretation.


Horizons ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 292-305
Author(s):  
Lieven Boeve

ABSTRACTThe Church has the duty in every age of examining the signs of the times and interpreting them in the light of the gospel, so that it can offer in a manner appropriate to each generation replies to the continual human questionings on the meaning of this life and the life to come and on how they are related. There is a need, then, to be aware of, and to understand, the world in which we live, together with its expectations, its desires and its frequently dramatic character (Gaudium et spes 4).


1997 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iain Provan

It is well known that the seeds from which the modern discipline of OT theology grew are already found in 17th and 18th century discussion of the relationship between Bible and Church, which tended to drive a wedge between the two, regarding canon in historical rather than theological terms; stressing the difference between what is transient and particular in the Bible and what is universal and of abiding significance; and placing the task of deciding which is which upon the shoulders of the individual reader rather than upon the church. Free investigation of the Bible, unfettered by church tradition and theology, was to be the way ahead. OT theology finds its roots more particularly in the 18th century discussion of the nature of and the relationship between Biblical Theology and Dogmatic Theology, and in particular in Gabler's classic theoreticalstatementof their nature and relationship. The first book which may strictly be called an OT theology appeared in 1796: an historical discussion of the ideas to be found in the OT, with an emphasis on their probable origin and the stages through which Hebrew religious thought had passed, compared and contrasted with the beliefs of other ancient peoples, and evaluated from the point of view of rationalistic religion. Here we find the unreserved acceptance of Gabler's principle that OT theology must in the first instance be a descriptive and historical discipline, freed from dogmatic constraints and resistant to the premature merging of OT and NT — a principle which in the succeeding century was accepted by writers across the whole theological spectrum, including those of orthodox and conservative inclination.


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