Abstract
The hermeneutics of the reformed confessions. The purpose of this article, in the first place, is to honour the work that Prof Gert (Jorrie) Jordaan has done over several decades, especiallyin the field of hermeneutics. Secondly, the article wants to make a contribution regardinganother aspect of hermeneutics, namely the hermeneutics of the reformed confessions. A closerelationship exists between Scripture and the confessions. The confessions is a summary or‘authoritative commentary’ on the core truths of the doctrine in Scripture. They are ecclesiastical documents, authoritative and binding on officials and church members of churches in the reformed tradition. They are commentaries or interpretations, but also need to be interpreted. Due to their unique character and function, the hermeneutics of the confessions is of utmostimportance. The article formulates ten guidelines that are, in the view of the author, essentialfor the contemporary interpretation of the confessions.
Highlights
Die teologiese vakdissipline bekend as Hermeneutiek het nog altyd ’n belangrike plek in die teologiese ensiklopedie ingeneem
Hierdie artikel wil aan die een kant die belangrike werk in herinnering roep wat prof Gert (Jorrie) Jordaan oor ’n aantal dekades op die terrein van die gereformeerde hermeneutiek verrig het, en aan die ander kant poog om ’n bydrae te lewer oor ’n aspek van die hermeneutiek wat aandag verdien, naamlik die hermeneutiek van die belydenisskrifte
Die Skrifbeskouing wat Jordaan as eie vertrekpunt neem in die beoefening van die Hermeneutiek, word deur homself as gereformeerd-fundamenteel bestempel (Jordaan 1991): Dit beteken dat ek die Bybel as betroubare geïnspireerde openbaring van God handhaaf, as geslote kanon, as eenheid, as ’n voluit menslike boek met volmaakte Goddelike gesag, wat binne sy konteks verstaan moet word, ’n konteks wat in sy wydste sin saamgevat is in die Gereformeerde belydenisskrifte
Summary
Read online: Scan this QR code with your smart phone or mobile device to read online. The article wants to make a contribution regarding another aspect of hermeneutics, namely the hermeneutics of the reformed confessions. The confessions is a summary or ‘authoritative commentary’ on the core truths of the doctrine in Scripture. They are ecclesiastical documents, authoritative and binding on officials and church members of churches in the reformed tradition. They are commentaries or interpretations, and need to be interpreted. Due to their unique character and function, the hermeneutics of the confessions is of utmost importance. The article formulates ten guidelines that are, in the view of the author, essential for the contemporary interpretation of the confessions
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