scholarly journals Kitab Suci, Gereja, dan Otoritas: Harmonisasi Doktrin Kecukupan Alkitab dengan Sejarah Gereja

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Christian Reynaldi
Keyword(s):  
Early Church ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Word Of God ◽  
Rule Of Faith ◽  
The Absolute ◽  
Church Tradition

Alkitab sebagai Firman Allah merupakan sebuah kredo yang tak terbantahkan di dalam kekristenan.  Salah satu implikasi dari keyakinan tersebut adalah munculnya doktrin kecukupan Alkitab.  Alkitab dinyatakan cukup untuk mengajarkan manusia menuju kepada keselamatan dan ketaatan yang penuh kepada Allah.  Namun bagaimanakah kecukupan Alkitab ini didefinisikan dan diberikan batasan, sebab nampaknya tidak mungkin berteologi tanpa alat bantu apapun.  Salah satu alat bantu berteologi yang menarik perhatian penulis adalah tradisi gereja sebab seringkali dipertentangkan antara tradisi dan doktrin kecukupan Alkitab.  Akan tetapi benarkah keduanya harus dipertentangkan?  Tulisan ini menjawab pertanyaan harmonisasi doktrin kecukupan Alkitab dengan tradisi gereja.  Penulis berargumentasi bahwa doktrin kecukupan Alkitab tidak pernah meniadakan tradisi gereja.  Tradisi gereja yang mutlak harus dipakai di dalam berteologi secara Kristen adalah Rule of Faith, sebagai rangkuman dari iman kristiani yang sudah ada sejak gereja mula-mula.  Tradisi gereja lainnya perlu dievaluasi terlebih dahulu penggunaannya di dalam berteologi. Kata kunci: kecukupan Alkitab, sola scriptura, tradisi, Rule of Faith, harmonisasi   English: Scripture as the Word of God is an undeniable creed in christianity.  One of many implication from this believe is the doctrine of the sufficiency of scripture.  Scripture deemed sufficient enough to teach man toward salvation and full obedience unto God.  Nevertheless how sufficiency of scripture is defined and confined, because it seems impossible to theologize without any supplements.  One of those supplements that interest me is church tradition because people tend to contrast church tradition and doctrine of the sufficiency of scripture.  However, shall two of them be contrasted?  This writings will answer harmonization between doctrine of sufficiency of scripture and church tradition.  I argue that doctrine of sufficiency of scripture never nulify church tradition.  The absolute church tradition that use in theologizing as a christian is Rule of Faith, as a summary of christian faith since early church.  Another church traditions need to be evaluated whenever they are used in theologizing. Keywords: sufficiency of scripture, sola scriptura, tradition, Rule of Faith, harmonization

scholarly journals God as One

2019 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Willem H. Oliver ◽  
Erna Oliver
Keyword(s):  
Early Church ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Historical Method ◽  
Christian Religion ◽  
Point Of Departure ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Trinity

Two notions are discussed in this article, namely, the (unity of the) Trinity and God’s omnipresence. These two notions are deeply embedded in the Christian faith system and religion – they actually form both the basis and point of departure for the Christian religion. The aim of this article is to revisit the (Early Church and present) dogma of the Church about the Trinity and omnipresence of God as a result of the heresies and apologies linked to this dogma, and to rethink the notion of the concept ‘Trinity’ linked to God’s omnipresence. The historical method is used in the discussion of the (primary) sources and to reach the outcome.

scholarly journals Inleiding in die grondslag van die gereformeerde teologie

1995 ◽  
Vol 29 (1/2) ◽  
Author(s):  
L. F. Schulze
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Theory ◽  
Close Relation ◽  
Early Church ◽  
Word Of God ◽  
Reformed Theology ◽  
The Arts ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
Theology And Science ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Church

Theology is not a neutral science but should be embedded in the ser­vice of the Church. A close relation between theology and the church is clearly visible in the history of the early church until the era of the Reformation. The disintegration of religion and culture (church and world) during the Renaissance received new impetus from the En­lightenment. Consequently, the tie between church and theology was to a large extent dissolved and theology progressively became a ‘wordly ’ rationalistic enterprise, as a concomitant to what happened in the arts (l'art pour l'art). In this context the problems of defining theology and science are discussed and the popularity of modern scientific theory is uncovered. Finally it is argued that the basis (grondslag) and object for Reformed theology can only be the Word of God

The Architecture of Karl Barths Church Dogmatics

1956 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 236-250
Author(s):  
John Godsey
Keyword(s):  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Systematic Theology ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Word Of God ◽  
Human Reason ◽  
Church Dogmatics ◽  
Human Element ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Church ◽  
Working Backwards

It may sound a bit presumptuous to speak of the architecture of a dogmatics which is not yet complete, but the size and scope of Professor Barth's Church Dogmatics to date would seem to justify our attempt to examine its outer structure in order to discover the basic dynamic principles involved in this Protestant ‘Summa’. In following this procedure, however, we should be aware that we are working backwards, for, unlike the many dogmatics in which the Christian Faith has been forced into a pre-established mould, Professor Barth has been willing to cast the mould in accordance with the demands of the Faith itself. This is not to deny in any way the obvious human element involving meticulous planning and unusually sensitive organisational skill, but is to state clearly that the Church Dogmatics is not a system conforming to the dictates of human reason, but is a bold yet humble attempt to write a systematic theology which conforms to the revelation of God in Jesus Christ. As such, the architectural plans must necessarily result from obedient and faithful listening to the Word of God spoken to the Church, and all future designs must remain fluid and prepared for unexpected changes.

Divine Discourse

2019 ◽  
pp. 70-89
Author(s):  
Frances Young
Keyword(s):  
Second Century ◽  
Word Of God ◽  
Rule Of Faith ◽  
Jewish Scriptures ◽  
In Christ ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter focuses on the relationship of the Word of God inscribed in Scripture and Word of God incarnate in Christ, both being expressions of God’s revelation and constitutive of the divine oikonomia, and both involving God’s self-accommodation to creaturely limitations. The development of the Christological meaning of Scripture as a whole is traced from second-century debates about the continuing validity of the Jewish Scriptures to the holistic reading of Scripture in the light of the Rule of Faith, and from allegorical reading to the search for Scripture’s dianoia. Thus it becomes clear that God’s entire purpose and strategy is revealed in Scripture’s testimony to Christ.

scholarly journals Fulfillment in Continuity: The Orthodox Christian Theology of Biblical Israel

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-236
Author(s):  
Demetrios E. Tonias
Keyword(s):  
Christian Theology ◽  
Current Understanding ◽  
Early Church ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Orthodox Christian ◽  
Early Christian ◽  
Orthodox Theology ◽  
The Church

Abstract Concentrating on the Orthodox theology of biblical Israel within the context of fulfillment theology, the argument is that the early Church envisioned itself as the continuation of Israel of the Jewish Bible rather than its replacement. In the author’s view, the current understanding of the distinction between replacement and fulfillment theology, the early Christian theological conception of the Church as Israel, and the ways in which both contemporaneous pagans and Jews viewed the nascent Christian faith support this assertion.

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