Serving the peace? Disorder, order, and peace in church polity

If a church order rules that the peace should be served, what does that mean? It is the aim of this contribution to deal with the legal history of the phrase ‘to serve the peace’ as from the 16th-century Reformed synodical acts and church orders. This includes an understanding of two New Testament k...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Leon van den Broeke
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: AOSIS 2020-12-01
Series:In die Skriflig
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Online Access:https://indieskriflig.org.za/index.php/skriflig/article/view/2602