A study of certain aspects of the Mount Coke Missionary Institution
- Authors: Walker, James Andrew
- Date: 1955
- Subjects: Shaw, William, 1798-1872 , Missions -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Missionaries -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Bachelor , BDiv
- Identifier: vital:1282 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013463
- Description: In searching for information concerning the chain of stations that William Shaw established from the Eastern Frontier of the Cape Colony towards Natal, I found that I had to consult many books. Many sources of information have recently come to light and this had to be analysed as well. In this work much had to be included that did not directly refer to Mount Coke, but it is relevant in that it affected the history of the Mission, and the effect of the Mission on the community as a whole. When histories of all the stations are written the incidents should show up in the right perspective.
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- Date Issued: 1955
- Authors: Walker, James Andrew
- Date: 1955
- Subjects: Shaw, William, 1798-1872 , Missions -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Missionaries -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Bachelor , BDiv
- Identifier: vital:1282 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013463
- Description: In searching for information concerning the chain of stations that William Shaw established from the Eastern Frontier of the Cape Colony towards Natal, I found that I had to consult many books. Many sources of information have recently come to light and this had to be analysed as well. In this work much had to be included that did not directly refer to Mount Coke, but it is relevant in that it affected the history of the Mission, and the effect of the Mission on the community as a whole. When histories of all the stations are written the incidents should show up in the right perspective.
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- Date Issued: 1955
The teaching of the Acts of the Apostles concerning the Holy Spirit
- Authors: Woods, B J
- Date: 1955
- Subjects: Bible. Acts , Holy Spirit
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Bachelor , BDiv
- Identifier: vital:1281 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013453
- Description: There must be certain reasons why one embarks on a study of the Holy Spirit. The first is perhaps because there is a need today for a Biblical doctrine of the Spirit. The second follows from the first, for there is a need for a deeper knowledge of the Spirit and His work. He is the life-giving Spirit, and we need today to be spiritually alive. The third reason for a study of this kind is that we need a deeper understanding of the power of the Spirit in the affairs of men in the world. We have got away from the idea that God works amongst us through His Spirit, and we tend to think more and more of the achievements of man, and the power of the machine to do as we wish. We need to return to the power of the Spirit, and to be instruments of God's wishes. Finally, our Christianity today, in this country, appears to be so lifeless, so stuck in the groove of routine - the interminable bazaars, money raising efforts, and social half-hours - that we have lost the enthusiasm of first century Christianity, the driving force of the Spirit spurring us on to bring the Gospel of Life to the hungry world. We need in our modern experience and our modern condition, to find the powerful enthusiasm, as a result of the Spirit' s working in us, that the early Christians found when they were filled with Him and worked under His guidance. So we undertake the study of the Spirit among the early Church, in the hope that we too may desire to be filled as the Apostles were filled.
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- Date Issued: 1955
- Authors: Woods, B J
- Date: 1955
- Subjects: Bible. Acts , Holy Spirit
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Bachelor , BDiv
- Identifier: vital:1281 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013453
- Description: There must be certain reasons why one embarks on a study of the Holy Spirit. The first is perhaps because there is a need today for a Biblical doctrine of the Spirit. The second follows from the first, for there is a need for a deeper knowledge of the Spirit and His work. He is the life-giving Spirit, and we need today to be spiritually alive. The third reason for a study of this kind is that we need a deeper understanding of the power of the Spirit in the affairs of men in the world. We have got away from the idea that God works amongst us through His Spirit, and we tend to think more and more of the achievements of man, and the power of the machine to do as we wish. We need to return to the power of the Spirit, and to be instruments of God's wishes. Finally, our Christianity today, in this country, appears to be so lifeless, so stuck in the groove of routine - the interminable bazaars, money raising efforts, and social half-hours - that we have lost the enthusiasm of first century Christianity, the driving force of the Spirit spurring us on to bring the Gospel of Life to the hungry world. We need in our modern experience and our modern condition, to find the powerful enthusiasm, as a result of the Spirit' s working in us, that the early Christians found when they were filled with Him and worked under His guidance. So we undertake the study of the Spirit among the early Church, in the hope that we too may desire to be filled as the Apostles were filled.
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- Date Issued: 1955
A comparison of the views of modern scholars on the origin, date and importance for O.T. study of the Dead Sea Scrolls
- Authors: Sheriffs, Robert J A
- Date: 1954
- Subjects: Dead Sea scrolls
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Bachelor , BDiv
- Identifier: vital:1273 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013179
- Description: In the early part of 1948 an announcement was made concerning the discovery of some ancient manuscripts in Palestine; to this discovery sober and distinguished scholars applied adjectives like 'sensational' and 'phenomenal' - words that not commonly applied to the discovery of manuscripts in the world of scholarship.
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- Date Issued: 1954
- Authors: Sheriffs, Robert J A
- Date: 1954
- Subjects: Dead Sea scrolls
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Bachelor , BDiv
- Identifier: vital:1273 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013179
- Description: In the early part of 1948 an announcement was made concerning the discovery of some ancient manuscripts in Palestine; to this discovery sober and distinguished scholars applied adjectives like 'sensational' and 'phenomenal' - words that not commonly applied to the discovery of manuscripts in the world of scholarship.
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- Date Issued: 1954
An exposition and evaluation of John Calvin's teaching on the sacraments, with particular reference to the sacrament of the Lord's supper in its liturgical context
- Authors: Orr, Robert
- Date: 1954
- Subjects: Lord's Supper (Liturgy) -- History , Sacraments -- Reformed Church , Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Bachelor , BDiv
- Identifier: vital:1294 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1015226
- Description: Misinterpretations of John Calvin's theology are legion. It is hoped that this thesis does not add to their number. The basis for this lies in the fact that the task of writing on the subject has of course compelled the writer to do his utmost to comprehend what Calvin had to say concerning the Sacraments both in the Institutions and in the Scriptural Commentaries ... .The attempt has been made to refract Calvin's thought on the Sacrament, using certain key-concepts as prisms, and from the results thus obtained, to draw certain conclusions from which, it is hoped, will not be unprofitable to the life of the Holy Catholic Church. It is thus to be reagrded as an essay in historical theology rather than a whole-hearted attempt to reconstruct Calvin's exposition of the sacrament in the light of what has been revealed to us in the intervening years.
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- Date Issued: 1954
- Authors: Orr, Robert
- Date: 1954
- Subjects: Lord's Supper (Liturgy) -- History , Sacraments -- Reformed Church , Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Bachelor , BDiv
- Identifier: vital:1294 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1015226
- Description: Misinterpretations of John Calvin's theology are legion. It is hoped that this thesis does not add to their number. The basis for this lies in the fact that the task of writing on the subject has of course compelled the writer to do his utmost to comprehend what Calvin had to say concerning the Sacraments both in the Institutions and in the Scriptural Commentaries ... .The attempt has been made to refract Calvin's thought on the Sacrament, using certain key-concepts as prisms, and from the results thus obtained, to draw certain conclusions from which, it is hoped, will not be unprofitable to the life of the Holy Catholic Church. It is thus to be reagrded as an essay in historical theology rather than a whole-hearted attempt to reconstruct Calvin's exposition of the sacrament in the light of what has been revealed to us in the intervening years.
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- Date Issued: 1954
An historical survey of the Bethelsdorp station of the London Missionary Society, from its inception, and until the death of Doctor van der Kemp, in 1811
- Authors: Briggs, D Roy
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: London Missionary Society -- History , Bethelsdorp (South Africa) -- History
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Bachelor , BDiv
- Identifier: vital:1290 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1014609
- Description: In South Africa the small town or hamlet, nestling - as is so often the case - at the foot of a mountain, frequently proclaims its identity to the traveller by inscribing its name in great, white-washed letters of stone upon the side of the hill. If this were the case with Bethelsdorp, the temptation would be to write on those bare, rocky hills, that form the back-drop for the drama a century and a half have seen on its stage, the one word, "Ichabod." For the glory has departed. And some would even question whether any of its days had been glorious. Around this small outpost of Christendom have centred, from its earliest beginnings, both praise and contumely. It is the purpose of this investigation to attempt to judge between these opinions, in an attempt to arrive at the truth, by a survey of the years Bethelsdorp enjoyed under the direction of Johannes Theodorus van der Kemp. He has had many critics, many protagonists: perhaps of no other man in the short history of this land has there been such diversity of opinion. Before the judgments of historians and biographers can be assessed, however, the facts of his work must be appreciated, and the effort towards understanding must be preceded by a brief description of the circumstances antecedent to the foundation of that station, which marked the summt of his life and work.
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- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Briggs, D Roy
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: London Missionary Society -- History , Bethelsdorp (South Africa) -- History
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Bachelor , BDiv
- Identifier: vital:1290 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1014609
- Description: In South Africa the small town or hamlet, nestling - as is so often the case - at the foot of a mountain, frequently proclaims its identity to the traveller by inscribing its name in great, white-washed letters of stone upon the side of the hill. If this were the case with Bethelsdorp, the temptation would be to write on those bare, rocky hills, that form the back-drop for the drama a century and a half have seen on its stage, the one word, "Ichabod." For the glory has departed. And some would even question whether any of its days had been glorious. Around this small outpost of Christendom have centred, from its earliest beginnings, both praise and contumely. It is the purpose of this investigation to attempt to judge between these opinions, in an attempt to arrive at the truth, by a survey of the years Bethelsdorp enjoyed under the direction of Johannes Theodorus van der Kemp. He has had many critics, many protagonists: perhaps of no other man in the short history of this land has there been such diversity of opinion. Before the judgments of historians and biographers can be assessed, however, the facts of his work must be appreciated, and the effort towards understanding must be preceded by a brief description of the circumstances antecedent to the foundation of that station, which marked the summt of his life and work.
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- Date Issued: 1952