Albert Geyser’s resignation speech on 03 September 1968
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Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.)
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AOSIS Open Journals
Abstract
On 01 October 1962, Albert Geyser resigned as professor of the University of Pretoria after
having been found guilty of the charge of heresy. The Rector Professor C.H. Rautenbach, under
pressure from church leadership, made it impossible for him to stay on. Subsequently, on
26 August 1963, Prof. Adrianus Van Selms resigned as lecturer of the Faculty of Theology. The
Executive of the General Assembly of the Hervormde Kerk decided that Van Selms’s resignation
as lecturer meant that his status as ordained minister of the Hervormde Kerk, was automatically
rescinded.
Description
This address was delivered at occasion of the 3rd A.S. Geyser Commemorative Lecture by Dr Wim Dreyer, 30 March 2017.
Keywords
Church leadership, Guilty, Hervormde Kerk, Minister, Albert Geyser, Resignation speech
Sustainable Development Goals
Citation
Van Aarde, A.G., 2017, ‘Albert
Geyser’s resignation speech
on 03 September 1968’, HTS
Teologiese Studies/
Theological Studies 73(1),
a4647. https://DOI.org/
10.4102/hts.v73i1.4647.