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The Battle for the Sabbath in the Dutch Reformation

Devotion or Desecration?
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Englisch
Vandenhoeck & Ruprechterschienen am20.02.20241. Edition 2019
Kyle J. Dieleman focuses on the doctrinal and practical importance of Sunday observance in the early modern Reformed communities in the Low Countries. My project investigates the theological import of the Sabbath and its practical applications. The first step is to focus on how Dutch Reformed theologians conceived of the Sabbath. The theology of the Sabbath, I argue, moves over time from an emphasis on spiritual rest to participating in the ministries of the church to a strict rest from all work and recreation. The next step is to explore congregants' actual Sunday practices. By attending to church governance records at the national, regional, and local levels the importance of proper Sabbath observance quickly becomes clear. The provincial synod records, classes' records, and consistory records indicate that church authorities were adamant that church members faithfully attend sermon and catechism services, refrain from sinful practices, and abstain from recreational activities. Equally as telling as the observance demanded of church members is how church authorities responded. The church records portray these authorities as fretting over the disordered and unregulated nature of improper Sabbath observance. Having established the importance of the Sabbath in Dutch Reformed theology and lived piety, I argue the emphasis on Sunday observance is best understood as resulting from two main factors. First, the emphasis on proper Sunday observance is a result of the Reformed church authorities attempting to maintain the pious reputation of the Reformed faith and establish the identity of the Reformed Church amid multiple other confessional identities. Second, proper observance of the Sabbath was important because it ensured order within the church and society more broadly.mehr
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KlappentextKyle J. Dieleman focuses on the doctrinal and practical importance of Sunday observance in the early modern Reformed communities in the Low Countries. My project investigates the theological import of the Sabbath and its practical applications. The first step is to focus on how Dutch Reformed theologians conceived of the Sabbath. The theology of the Sabbath, I argue, moves over time from an emphasis on spiritual rest to participating in the ministries of the church to a strict rest from all work and recreation. The next step is to explore congregants' actual Sunday practices. By attending to church governance records at the national, regional, and local levels the importance of proper Sabbath observance quickly becomes clear. The provincial synod records, classes' records, and consistory records indicate that church authorities were adamant that church members faithfully attend sermon and catechism services, refrain from sinful practices, and abstain from recreational activities. Equally as telling as the observance demanded of church members is how church authorities responded. The church records portray these authorities as fretting over the disordered and unregulated nature of improper Sabbath observance. Having established the importance of the Sabbath in Dutch Reformed theology and lived piety, I argue the emphasis on Sunday observance is best understood as resulting from two main factors. First, the emphasis on proper Sunday observance is a result of the Reformed church authorities attempting to maintain the pious reputation of the Reformed faith and establish the identity of the Reformed Church amid multiple other confessional identities. Second, proper observance of the Sabbath was important because it ensured order within the church and society more broadly.
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ISBN/GTIN978-3-525-57060-9
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
ErscheinungsortGöttingen
ErscheinungslandDeutschland
Erscheinungsjahr2024
Erscheinungsdatum20.02.2024
Auflage1. Edition 2019
ReiheReformed Historical Theology
Reihen-Nr.Band 052
SpracheEnglisch
Gewicht549 g
Illustrationenwith 4 Fig.
Artikel-Nr.45619322

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Prolog
Kyle J. Dieleman addresses how Reformed Protestants in the Low Countries conceived of the Sabbath theologically and how the Sabbath was to be observed. The Sabbath was a theologically complicated issue for Dutch Reformed theologians and an important aspect of early modern Dutch Reformed piety. Sunday observance was significant because it helped church authorities maintain order in their churches and Dutch society. Ensuring Reformed Christians properly adhered to the Sabbath also helped establish a Reformed identity and distinguish their confession group in a religiously plural situation.mehr

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Kyle J. Dieleman, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor of History at Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights, Illinois, USA.
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