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OABreda … en daarna
Overwegingen met het oog op de binding aan de belijdenis in de herenigde Nederlandse Gereformeerde Kerken
- Amsterdam University Press
- Source: DNK: Documentatieblad voor de Nederlandse kerkgeschiedenis na 1800, Volume 48, Issue 102, Jun 2025, p. 16 - 35
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- 01 Jun 2025
Abstract
Abstract
In the 1960s, the Reformed Churches (Liberated) experienced a schism. A significant issue was the commitment to the three forms of unity. The pastor of Breda, Bartus Telder, published his criticism of the first sentence of answer 57 of the Heidelberg Catechism. In the ecclesiastical handling of his case, the Reformed ‘Form of Subscription’ from the Synod of Dordrecht in 1618/1619, which strictly regulated adherence to the Reformed doctrine, played a crucial role. Now that the schismatic churches have reunited in 2023 into the Dutch Reformed Churches, the question this article addresses is: what lessons can these churches learn from the Breda case regarding commitment to the church’s confession?
© Pieter Niemeijer