The role of Matthew’s ἀφίημι-logia in the decisions of the General Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) in post-apartheid South Africa

dc.contributor.authorNel, Marius Johannesen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-16T10:15:35Z
dc.date.available2017-11-16T10:15:35Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionCITATION: Nel, M. J. 2016. The role of Matthew’s ἀφίημι-logia in the decisions of the General Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) in post-apartheid South Africa. Stellenbosch Theological Journal, 2(1):339–361, doi:10.17570/stj.2016.v2n1.a17.
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at http://ojs.reformedjournals.co.za
dc.description.abstractThis article investigates the use of the verb ἀφίημι in selected pericopae in the Gospel of Matthew and the decisions of the General Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) on forgiveness in the post-apartheid South Africa. It argues that while forgiveness is an important topic in Matthew that is interwoven with a number of other important theological themes, it has been a neglected theme in the decisions taken by the General Synod of the DRC since 1994. Not only are there no explicit references to Matthew’s understanding of forgiveness, but are neither of the two references to forgiveness in the Acta of six General Synod’s references to asking forgiveness by the DRC for its active participation in apartheid. The article concludes with a number of suggestions on how Matthew’s ethic of forgiveness can inform the South African reconciliation process without it being reduced to a timeless fixed formula.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://ojs.reformedjournals.co.za/index.php/stj/article/view/1336
dc.description.versionPublisher's version
dc.format.extent23 pages
dc.identifier.citationNel, M. J. 2016. The role of Matthew’s ἀφίημι-logia in the decisions of the General Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) in post-apartheid South Africa. Stellenbosch Theological Journal, 2(1):339–361, doi:10.17570/stj.2016.v2n1.a17
dc.identifier.issn2413-9467 (online)
dc.identifier.issn2413-9459 (print)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.17570/stj.2016.v2n1.a17
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/102496
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherPieter de Waal Neethling Trust
dc.rights.holderPieter de Waal Neethling Trust
dc.subjectBible. Matthew -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.en_ZA
dc.subjectForgivenessen_ZA
dc.titleThe role of Matthew’s ἀφίημι-logia in the decisions of the General Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) in post-apartheid South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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