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FRENCH PROTESTANTISM AND ITS AMBIVALENT ATTITUDE TOWARD CULTURE Wells, Paul
Verbum Christi: Jurnal Teologi Reformed Injili Vol 6 No 2 (2019): Verbum Christi
Publisher : STT Reformed Injili Internasional

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.51688/vc6.2.2019.art1

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Protestantism in France has an ambiguous attitude to the surrounding culture, because of its position as a small minority. The other forces present are Roman Catholic authoritarianism and the liberal free-thinking of Enlightenment humanism, represented by the likes of Voltaire and Rousseau. The paradox is that since the Revolution in 1789, which was anti-royal and anti-religious, when Protestantism has sided with the majority Roman Church it has undermined its Reformed identity, and when it has sided with libertarian free-thinking it has undermined its Christian identity. This remains a feature of French Protestantism until the present day. As a result of this tension, the thought of one of France’s greatest thinkers, John Calvin, became virtually unknown, not only in French culture and society as a whole, but also within French Protestantism itself. KEYWORDS: Protestant, Reformed, French, Catholic
Monoteisme Kekristenan dan Para Penantangnya Wells, Paul
Verbum Christi: Jurnal Teologi Reformed Injili Vol 9 No 2 (2022): Persepsi Sejarah dan Teologi Historika
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.51688/VC9.2.2022.art2

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The Christian Trinity is a diversified form of monotheistic faith, since the apostolic faith is rooted in the Old Testament confession, to which Jesus adhered: “the Lord our God, the Lord is one”. Christianity never renounced monotheism, but build on that basis. Recently theologians (including Jürgen Moltmann) have been critical of Christian monotheism which has overshadowed trinitarianism from Thomas Aquinas onwards. It means that today many Christian believers are practical monotheists and the Trinity has little place in spirituality. But this is not the main challenge to Christian monotheism in the global world context of today
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