Abstract:
A recent movement which became known as the New Reformation identifies itself, inter alia, by taking a very negative stance towards several aspects of traditional Christian orthodoxy while also finding the idea of orthodoxy as a way of giving expression to Christianity equally unacceptable. This attitude seems to be based on the perception that orthdoxy is legalistic, modernistic, metaphysical and ideological in nature. This article argues that the perception just mentioned renders an inadequate analysis of the phenomenon and substance of orthodoxy by not sufficiently taking into account its doxological character and the fundamental theological consequences thereof.
