Browsing Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae by Author "Van Rooi, Leslie"

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The Belhar Confession and its influence on the understanding of unity. Historical lessons from the histories of the DRMC and the DRCA: 1975-1994

Van Rooi, Leslie (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2013-05)

The Belhar Confession (Belhar) was adopted in 1986 as the fourth official confession of faith of the former Dutch Reformed Mission Church (DRMC) and later the Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa (URCSA). Much has ...
Ecclesial autonomy as independence or interdependence? A concise overview of the concept of ecclesial autonomy in the early histories of the Dutch Reformed Mission Church and the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa

Van Rooi, Leslie (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2011-12)

The histories of the Dutch Reformed Mission Church and the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa depict a strong striving towards attaining a position of ecclesial autonomy and the acknowledgment of such autonomy by the Dutch ...
To obey or disobey? The relationship between Church and State during the years of apartheid: historical lessons from the activities of the Belydende Kring (1974-1990)

Van Rooi, Leslie (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2008)

An important source for the development of anti-apartheid arguments within the family of Dutch Reformed Churches was a body that called itself the Broederkring (Circle of Brothers or Fraternal) later renamed the Belydende ...

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