Abstract
This research aims to discuss the teachings of the Protestant Batak Christian Church (HKBP) and the Toba Batak about the relationship between the living and the dead. Batakness believes the dead still have a relationship with the living, while HKBP denies it. To reconcile these two doctrines, we will reinterpret “the communion of saints” phrase in the Apostolic Creed, which always presents as one of the main elements in the liturgy of HKBP. We argue that the “communion of saints” is an association of all believers, not only cross-geographical (trans spatial) but also cross-age (trans temporal). The relation of the living and the dead in the association is not direct but via Christ. Therefore, the trans temporality of the communion is evidence of the connectedness of the living and the dead.
Highlights
This article aims to converse the teachings of the HKBP with the that of Batak tradition about the relationship between the living and the dead
The problem is focused on the teachings of Batak, which believes the dead still have a relationship with the living, while the teachings of the HKBP deny it
This study concludes that the Communion of Saints is an association of believers that is trans-spatial or across geographies, and trans-temporal or cross-age
Summary
Diterima: 21 Juli 2020; Direview :23 Agustus 2020; Disetujui: September 2020 Abstrak. Artikel ini bertujuan untuk mempercakapkan ajaran HKBP dengan ajaran kebatakan tentang hubungan orang hidup dan mati. Masalah difokuskan pada ajaran kebatakan yang meyakini bahwa orang yang sudah mati masih memiliki hubungan dengan orang hidup, sedangkan ajaran HKBP menyangkalnya. Penulis akan melakukan interpretasi ulang terhadap frasa Persekutuan Orang Kudus dalam Pengakuan Iman Rasuli (PIR), yang selalu hadir sebagai salah satu unsur utama dalam liturgi HKBP. Kajian ini menyimpulkan bahwa Persekutuan Orang Kudus merupakan perhimpunan orang percaya yang tidak hanya bersifat trans-spasial atau lintas geografi, tetapi juga bersifat trans-temporal atau lintas zaman. Transtemporalitas tersebut menjadi bukti adanya keterhubungan orang hidup dan mati, sehingga teologi HKBP tentang persekutuan orang kudus perlu direkonstruksi. Hal ini akan terlihat di dalam ibadah harian sebagai ruang perjumpaan orang hidup dan mati.
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