Synodical unity in the Dutch Reformed Church 1911 – an attempt that failed. In 1862 Supreme Court of Cape Colony terminated synodical South Africa. Delegates congregations outside could no longer represent them or Mother Synod. The court used Ordonnance 7 1843 Colony. 1907 newly founded Federal Council Churches decided to lead effort replace this federal bond with a closer bond. was combined bo...

The paper will include an analysis of the organization state power in medieval Bosnian with special reference to specifics position rulers, as well nobility gathered State Diet, and their relationship. Church also be considered a feature Bosnia, its influence on weakening central power, but limitation terms particularization state. Finally, powers Diet elect overthrow ruler view drawing conclus...

This paper examines the tension between ICT users and legitimate authority in a network society. To explore this tension, this study reports a case study in the setting of a Taiwanese Christian church, particularly how the church authority was affected by the adoption of new technology. Drawing from a circuits of power perspective, the result of this study reveals that the intertwined relations...

“Pro-existence” is a concept developed by 20th century western Christian theologians to describe the service of the Church facing contemporary challenges. The leading Romanian theologian Dumitru Staniloae (1903–1993) took this further by expressing his Orthodox understanding of the relationship between service and pro-existence. The article explores Staniloae’s call for Orthodox Christians to s...

The Zimbabwean Catholic Bishops’ Conference issued a pastoral letter on 14 August 2020. Its title, “The March is not Ended”, echoed the words of late American civil right activist and politician John Robert Lewis. In introduction, bishops reminded their fellow citizens that “Peace building nation-building are never completed tasks. Every generation has to establish national cohesion peace”. usi...

Following the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020, Korean government announced restrictions on religious activities such as worship services and small group gatherings. Unlike their Buddhist Catholic counterparts, who responded relatively pliably to government’s quarantine guidelines, Protestants were divided responses: some churches actively complied with instructions, while other voiced opposition. Thi...

this paper sketches a framework for the separation of church and state and, with the framework in view, indicates why a government’s maintaining such separation poses challenges for balancing two major democratic ideals: preserving equality before the law and protecting liberty, including religious liberty. the challenge is particularly complex where healthcare is either provided or regulated b...

Fr. Morrisey is professor of canon law, Saint Paul University, Ottawa, Ontario. Aclear distinction is to be made between "Catholic works" and the "works of Catholics." The former are undertaken "in the name of the Church" (canon 116), with all the guarantees of the church behind them. On the other hand, works of Catholics are undertakings of Catholics that might have an ecclesial relationship o...