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Skuldbelydenis in teologiese perspektief
In die Skriflig/In Luce Verbi | Vol 33, No 2 | a624 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/ids.v33i2.624
| © 1999 J.H. van Wyk
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 17 August 1999 | Published: 17 August 1999
Submitted: 17 August 1999 | Published: 17 August 1999
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J.H. van Wyk, Skool vir Kerkwetenskappe, Potchefstroomse Universiteit vir CHO, South AfricaFull Text:
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Confession of guilt in theological perspective
For more than four decades (1948-1994) South African society was ravaged by a political dispensation of apartheid. This unjust system of legalised discrimination was widely typified as a sinful ideology and the Biblical justification of it as a heresy. It could be expected that the question would arise whether Christians, churches, politicians, government and other socio-economic institutions which supported and implemented apartheid should openly confess their sins of participation and/or negligence in this regard. The author argues that a confession of guilt in the South African context can be substantiated from a Biblical perspective, from church history and from the Reformed confessions. Confessions of guilt are an essential and indispensable part of Christian doctrine and Christian life.
For more than four decades (1948-1994) South African society was ravaged by a political dispensation of apartheid. This unjust system of legalised discrimination was widely typified as a sinful ideology and the Biblical justification of it as a heresy. It could be expected that the question would arise whether Christians, churches, politicians, government and other socio-economic institutions which supported and implemented apartheid should openly confess their sins of participation and/or negligence in this regard. The author argues that a confession of guilt in the South African context can be substantiated from a Biblical perspective, from church history and from the Reformed confessions. Confessions of guilt are an essential and indispensable part of Christian doctrine and Christian life.
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