Abstract
P J Hoedemaker. ‘What I aim at, is the conservation of the church’ The birthday of the wellknown Dutch Reformed theologian P J Hoedemaker 150 years ago, was celebrated in the Netherlands during 1989. In his struggle against the formidable dr Abraham Kuyper, it became more and more evident that Hoedemaker was himself a very perspicacious, independent theologian. His dramatic struggle for the unity and the wholeness of the church against every schismatic action is really unique in the history of the church. The theological concepts of Hoedemaker strongly influenced the thoughts of Dutch theologians like Th L Haitjema and A A van Ruler, and consequently also a large number of South African theologians in the Dutch Reformed Churches.
Highlights
The birthday of the wellknown Dutch Reform ed theologian P J H oedem aker 150 years ago, was celebrated in the N etherlands during 1989
Dit bly bemoedigend om te weet dat daar vroeër al met al dié vraagstukke geworstel is en om daaraan herinner te word dat ons nie die eerstes is wat daarmee besig is nie
Dit is die kerk wat met die geskiedenis van die Nederlandse volk só saamhang, sê Hoedemaker, dat sender dié kerk die volk nie sal kan bestaan nie, maar sal wegsink in die afgrond
Summary
The birthday of the wellknown Dutch Reform ed theologian P J H oedem aker 150 years ago, was celebrated in the N etherlands during 1989. H ier word gekonsentreer op sy kerkbeskouing, die kontrovers en breuk met Kuyper en Hoedemaker se onvermoeide stryd vir herstel en reorganisasie van die Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk. Dat Hoedemaker inderdaad anders was en teenoor die formidabeie figuur van Kuyper ’n eie selfstandigheid geopenbaar het, biyk uit meer as net hulle verskil oor die wese van die kerk en die Vrije Universiteit.
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