Die dwaalleer in Kolosse (2): die boodskap van die Kolossensebrief

Abstract

In this article the aim is to investigate the applicability of the strategy used by the author of the letter to the Colossians. The contemporary socio-historic and philosophic context of the New Age Movements is used as a test-case. Various striking similarities between the New Age Movement and a heresy are consequently revealed - a heresy against which the author warns the Colossians in Col. 2:8. Cosmological, anthropological and theological similarities are pointed out. The possible message of Colossians in a first-century context and in the context of the present-day New Age Movement is revealed.