'n Nuwe-Testamentiese perspektief op 1892

Abstract

In this article it is a argued that the unification (1892) of the two Dutch churches, both rooted in the Reformed tradition, was premature. Prior to the unification, the doctrine of the covenant of grace and the view on infant baptism, taught and preached in one of the churches and later on taught in the united churches, were strongly influenced by the theology of Abraham Kuyper. These teachings dealing with the doctrine of the church could not be justified as fully biblical and in line with the teaching of the New Testament.