2013-01-222013-01-221997Wethmar, CJ 1997, 'Ecclesiology and theological education: a South African reformed perspective', Skrif en Kerk, vol. 18, no.2, pp 415-430.0257-8891 (print)2074-7705 (online)http://hdl.handle.net/2263/20871Continued 2001 as 'Verbum et Ecclesia'Spine cut of Journal binding and pages scanned on flatbed EPSON Expression 10000 XL; 400dpi; text/lineart - black and white - stored to Tiff Derivation: Abbyy Fine Reader v.9 work with PNG-format (black and white); Photoshop CS3; Adobe Acrobat v.9 Web display format PDFThe church is one of the primary contexts in which theology is done. In the South African theology education debate the implications which this context has for the nature of theological education has not yet been adequately described. This article therefore intends dealing with this issue. The well known four attributes of the church are used as indicators of the nature of theological education which results in confessionality, spirituality, ecumenicity and hermeneutics being identified as its main dimensions.16 pagesPDFenFaculty of Theology, University of PretoriaSouth African theology educationChurch and educationTheology -- Study and teachingArticle