Kirchliche Erneuerung am Beispiel der Freien evangelischen Gemeinden

• Authors: Andreas Heiser
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

What does renewal mean in the context of the planting of the Free Evangelical Church in 1854? Heiser argues that the renewal draws upon a constructed ideal of the New Testament church. This ideal is used as an overall concept of renewal. In a setting of political and cultural change due to the industrial era combined with the movement of the Evangelical Brethren Society and influenced by the „Réviel“ rises a model of a community with voluntary membership and congregational-Presbyterian structure. Some systematical views on the understanding of scripture, faith, baptism, Eucharist and ministry point to the still ongoing ecumenical changes of the movement.

Keywords

EN

Reformatio; restitutio; renewal; Hermann Heinrich Grafe (1818-1869); Evangelical Brethren Society; scripture; faith; baptism; the Lord´s Supper; ministry

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Review of Ecumenical Studies Sibiu
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 43-69

Dates

published

2015-04-01

online

2015-06-25

Contributors

author

Andreas Heiser

• PhD, Professor für Kirchengeschichte an der Theologischen Hochschule Ewersbach, Rektor der Theologischen Hochschule Ewersbach Adresse: Jahnstraße 49–53, 35716 Ewersbach

Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/ress-2015-0004