Comparative Reformed Church Polity: Similarities and Differences - Couverture rigide

Broeke, Leon Van Den

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9048579783 ISBN 13 : 9789048579785

Editeur : Pallas Publications, 2026

Synopsis

The World Communion of Reformed churches (WCRC) actually has 233 members and all of these churches have in some form legal norms for their constitutional set-up. How do they look like, what is similar to them and where are the di¬fferences? What in the constitutional set-up of the Reformed churches is influenced by the organisational principles that the 16th century Reformers developed for the church and what is the outcome of the, sometimes strong, in fluence of state law? Where do we see constitutional transplants due to the fact that some churches grew out of others? With which topics are all Reformed Churches currently dealing? Finally, to what extent does the Reformed branch on the tree of Christian churches di¬ er from other Christian churches? This books contains expert papers on Reformed church polity in ¬different countries. By comparing a series of church polity topics it wants to foster an understanding of the richness of Reformed church polity in history and at present. This book, then, seeks to enlarge the knowledge on Reformed church polity and, in the meantime, to contribute to ecumenism. If you would like to order the book for delivery outside of the Netherlands, please email orders@aup.nl

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À propos de l'auteur

Leon van den Broeke is Professor in Theology of Law and Church Polity at the Theological University Utrecht, the Netherlands.

René Pahud de Mortanges is Professor in Legal History, State-Religion Relationships and Religious Laws at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pallas Publications
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9048579783
• ISBN 13: 9789048579785
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 218
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• Personne responsable: non disponible