Abstract
An evolutionary perspective on the Confessio Belgica: A systematical-theological exploration. The aim of this study is to point out that the Confessio Belgica creates the opportunity to listen to both the voices of the natural sciences (especially in regard to the process of evolution) and the findings of the historical sciences. The important point of this discussion is that the human being is an evolutionary part of the process of creation. Man can no longer be seen as the ruler of creation in a personal and static sense. In the light of this we have to truly listen again to the witness of the Bible and the way in which it is formulated in the confessions of the church. The views of Wentzel van Huyssteen, Rob Bell and N.T. Wright are examples of how to respond, against the background of the science-theology debate, to the questions: �Who was Jesus?� and �What did He do?� Their insights might help us to proclaim the cosmic meaning of the message of the Gospel with integrity in a modern and postmodern world.
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The aim of this study is to point out that the Confessio Belgica creates the opportunity to listen to both the voices of the natural sciences and the findings of the historical sciences
Wright are examples of how to respond, against the background of the science-theology debate, to the questions: ‘Who was Jesus?’ and ‘What did He do?’ Their insights might help us to proclaim the cosmic meaning of the message of the Gospel with integrity in a modern and postmodern world
Summary
’n Ewolusionêre perspektief op Die Nederlandse Geloofsbelydenis: Sistematies teologiese verkenning. Guido de Brès (geb.1522) het Die Nederlandse Geloofsbelydenis (Confessio Belgica) op 02 November 1562, saam met ’n brief wat gerig was aan koning Philip II van Spanje, oor die poort van sy kasteel in Doornik gegooi. Gaan die Nederlandse Geloofsbelydenis verder: Tweedens maak Hy (God) Hom deur sy heilige en Goddelike Woord (Bybel) nog duideliker en meer volkome aan ons bekend en wel soveel as wat vir ons in hierdie lewe tot sy eer nodig is en tot saligheid van hulle wat aan Hom behoort. Guido de Brès het met die Nederlandse Geloofsbelydenis ’n duidelike standpunt ingeneem op grond van die Skrif en tradisie. 3.Volgens J.G. Feenstra (1966:31) is die algemene openbaring daar vir alle mense om te lees en is die besondere openbaring gerig tot dié wat die Woord hoor. Fideïsme beteken daar word gesê dat ’n mens die punt bereik het waar jy moet ophou om vrae te vra en net moet glo
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