Unity and catholicity in the Korean Presbyterian Church : an ecumenical Reformed assessment

dc.contributor.advisorVeldsman, Daniel Petrusen
dc.contributor.emailhajgeon@hotmail.comen
dc.contributor.postgraduateHa, Jaegeonen
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-10T07:36:20Z
dc.date.available2016-06-10T07:36:20Z
dc.date.created2016-04-14en
dc.date.issued2015en
dc.descriptionThesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2015.en
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study is to find a solution to a weak sense of unity and a weak ecclesiology in the Presbyterian Church in Korea (PCK) which is in serious disunity, divided into more than 200 denominations. This research has attempted to assess the unity and catholicity of the PCK using a Reformed criteria shaped through doctrinal affirmation on the basis of the exegesis of Ephesians, and the review of the two ecumenical creeds, the WCF and Calvin s ecumenicity in his Institutes and ecumenical efforts. For the historical investigation of the disunity and ecumenical efforts in the PCK, the three main schisms were examined, and the three leading pastors views on unity were analysed and assessed. Assessment of disunity in the PCK indicated three factors that obstruct the unity of the PCK: weak recognition of the Reformed view on unity, immaturity and secularisation of the PCK. The ecclesiology in relation to the unity of the PCK was analysed and assessed in itsen
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dc.description.degreePhDen
dc.description.departmentDogmatics and Christian Ethicsen
dc.description.librariantm2016en
dc.identifier.citationHa, J 2015, Unity and catholicity in the Korean Presbyterian Church : an ecumenical Reformed assessment, PhD Thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53076>en
dc.identifier.otherA2016en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/53076
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoriaen_ZA
dc.rights© 2016 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria.en
dc.subjectUCTDen
dc.subjectAssessment
dc.subjectCatholicity
dc.subjectEcumenical
dc.subjectKorean Presbyterian Church
dc.subjectReformed
dc.subjectUnity
dc.subject.otherTheology theses SDG-10
dc.subject.otherSDG-10: Reduced inequalities
dc.subject.otherTheology theses SDG-16
dc.subject.otherSDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions
dc.subject.otherTheology theses SDG-17
dc.subject.otherSDG-17: Partnerships for the goals
dc.titleUnity and catholicity in the Korean Presbyterian Church : an ecumenical Reformed assessmenten
dc.typeThesisen

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