Abstract:
This article attempts, within the tradition of the Reformation, to investigate
the relationship between preaching and the confession of the
church. Through the ages, this relationship altered from a spontaneous
interaction to a formal, judicial contract. This role prescribed to the
confession, of being a formal and dominating instrument with judicial
authority, is no longer acceptable in a postmodem society. The study
aims to establish the specific nature of the relationship and to seek means
to organize it in a way that will accommodate the demands of our time,
but in an orderly manner that will also benefit the proclamation of the
gospel.
