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Inleiding in die grondslag van die gereformeerde teologie

L. F. Schulze
In die Skriflig/In Luce Verbi | Vol 29, No 1/2 | a1530 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/ids.v29i1/2.1530 | © 1995 L. F. Schulze | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 12 June 1995 | Published: 12 June 1995

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L. F. Schulze,, South Africa

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Theology is not a neutral science but should be embedded in the ser­vice of the Church. A close relation between theology and the church is clearly visible in the history of the early church until the era of the Reformation. The disintegration of religion and culture (church and world) during the Renaissance received new impetus from the En­lightenment. Consequently, the tie between church and theology was to a large extent dissolved and theology progressively became a ‘wordly ’ rationalistic enterprise, as a concomitant to what happened in the arts (l'art pour l'art). In this context the problems of defining theology and science are discussed and the popularity of modern scientific theory is uncovered. Finally it is argued that the basis (grondslag) and object for Reformed theology can only be the Word of God

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