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Contents

 

Preface, John H. Kromminga — 7

I. Catholicity or Secession, a Dilemma? — Introduction, Paul G. Schrotenboer — 10

II. Catholicity, Unity and Truth, Willie D. Jonker — 16

III. The Church as the Body of Christ, Fika van Rensburg — 28

IV. Conflict and Toleration in the Early Church, John van Dyk — 45

V. Catholicity in the Reformed Confessions and in Reformed Theology, Klaas Runia — 58

VI. Catholicity of the Church in the Secession (1834) and in the Doleantie (1886), Willem van ’t Spijker — 76

VII. Is Secession Allowed?, Henk B. Weijland — 96

VIII. The Christian Reformed Church: Catholicity and Secession, Henry Zwaanstra — 113

IX. Catholicity and Secession in the Presbyterian Churches, Richard C. Gamble — 139

X. Secession and the Reformed (‘Dopper’) Churches in South Africa, Bouke Spoelstra — 148

XI. A Third World Perspective on Catholicity and Secession, S.H. Widyapranawa — 162

XII. Catholicity and Secession, Paul G. Schrotenboer — 175

The authors — 210