Wang Yi and the 95 Theses of the Chinese Reformed Church
In August 2015, a group of pastors and elders from an urban house church in Chengdu, Sichuan, posted 95 theses online. This bold move, challenging the state and the Chinese churches has created controversy in China and abroad. The theses address a series of issues on sovereignty and authority with r...
| Published in: | Religions |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI
[2016]
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| In: |
Religions
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| Further subjects: | B
Chinese theology
B House Churches B 95 Theses B Wang Yi B Calvinist |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (doi) |
| Summary: | In August 2015, a group of pastors and elders from an urban house church in Chengdu, Sichuan, posted 95 theses online. This bold move, challenging the state and the Chinese churches has created controversy in China and abroad. The theses address a series of issues on sovereignty and authority with regard to God, the church and the government. This article considers briefly the historical and theological resemblances to Luther's act, then examines three of the most controversial aspects of the document: its analysis of church-state relations, its rejection of the sinicization of Christianity, and its excoriation of the state-registered church. Of these three, the article focuses on church-state relations, since perspectives on the state church and sinicization stem from the same arguments. The article shows how the thinking of this Reformed church and its senior pastor Wang Yi draws on a particular reading of the bible, church tradition, and the role of conscience, and traces these to pastor Wang Yi's earlier writings and his reading of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Reformed thought. |
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| ISSN: | 2077-1444 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3390/rel7120142 |