Power, powerlessness and authorised power in 1 Timothy 2:8−15.Thinking in terms of ecclesiastical power has often found a breeding ground in the Pastoral Epistles. To what extent is this justified? This article will examine a passage that always comes up when the position of women in the church is discussed: 1 Timothy 2:8−15. Consecutively, three aspects will be considered: power, powerlessness and authorised power. Power says something about the underlying problem that Timothy faced: the male or female relationships in the church of Ephesus threatened to degenerate into a power struggle. Powerlessness refers to the story of Adam and Eve referred to in verses 13−15. Its focus is the woman, Eve. The book of Genesis tells the story of human w...
This article demonstrates that the expression sola scriptura has its origins in rather recent radica...
CITATION: Louw, D. J. 1989. Omnipotence (force) or vulnerability (defencelessness)? the significance...
The Apocalypse can be considered a theology of power. This article discusses seven ethical issues re...
First, all mollifying rhetoric to the contrary notwithstanding, I regard it as a fact that the male ...
Gen(de)red power: The power of genre in the debate about women’s roles in the Pastoral Letters and ...
The main objective of the present lecture is to provide, by the means of the Church tradition, the i...
MTh (New Testament), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014In the history of exegesis 1 C...
If by «power» one understands the accepted capacity to intervene in the life of believers in order t...
In 1 Timothy 2:11–15 women are forbidden to teach and have authority over men in the church. The gro...
The topic concerning the role of women in leadership over men in the church is one that has been deb...
But for now the subject of this paper necessarily was limited to exegetical study of I Timothy 2:9-1...
<strong>The church and power in Revelation 11.</strong> The article discusses the notion...
This article argues that the well-known phrase sola scriptura, that has become a shorthand for the o...
The premise of this work is the distinction between the concepts of “power” and “authority.” The aut...
The chapter evaluates an interpretation of the New Testament ministry that argues that there was no ...
This article demonstrates that the expression sola scriptura has its origins in rather recent radica...
CITATION: Louw, D. J. 1989. Omnipotence (force) or vulnerability (defencelessness)? the significance...
The Apocalypse can be considered a theology of power. This article discusses seven ethical issues re...
First, all mollifying rhetoric to the contrary notwithstanding, I regard it as a fact that the male ...
Gen(de)red power: The power of genre in the debate about women’s roles in the Pastoral Letters and ...
The main objective of the present lecture is to provide, by the means of the Church tradition, the i...
MTh (New Testament), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014In the history of exegesis 1 C...
If by «power» one understands the accepted capacity to intervene in the life of believers in order t...
In 1 Timothy 2:11–15 women are forbidden to teach and have authority over men in the church. The gro...
The topic concerning the role of women in leadership over men in the church is one that has been deb...
But for now the subject of this paper necessarily was limited to exegetical study of I Timothy 2:9-1...
<strong>The church and power in Revelation 11.</strong> The article discusses the notion...
This article argues that the well-known phrase sola scriptura, that has become a shorthand for the o...
The premise of this work is the distinction between the concepts of “power” and “authority.” The aut...
The chapter evaluates an interpretation of the New Testament ministry that argues that there was no ...
This article demonstrates that the expression sola scriptura has its origins in rather recent radica...
CITATION: Louw, D. J. 1989. Omnipotence (force) or vulnerability (defencelessness)? the significance...
The Apocalypse can be considered a theology of power. This article discusses seven ethical issues re...