‘철저함과 온건함’ (Severitas et Clementia)

• 영문명: Severitas et Clementia: A Study of Calvin's Idea and Proposal of Church Discipline in the Perspective of His Eccclesiology
• 발행기관: 개혁신학회
• 저자명: 김요섭(Kim, Yo-sep)
• 간행물 정보: 『개혁논총』제12권, 37~72쪽, 전체 36쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 종교학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2009.12.30

영문 초록

This study examines the principles of John Calvin's idea of church discipline and the ecclesiological foundation of his principles. For Calvin, while the true doctrine is the "soul" of the church, discipline is "sinew" without which the whole body of the church cannot be maintained. It is his first principle that church discipline should be practiced strictly and rightly according to the ordination of God. Calvin himself proposed to establish the Consistory, an ecclesiastical court, when he returned to Geneva in 1541, and endeavored to enforce church discipline strictly according to the Word. Second, Calvin stresses that discipline should be executed with moderation. For Calvin, church discipline is not an eternal anathema of a sinner, and he does not attempt to build a theocracy by means of strict discipline in Geneva. Contrary to this, he considers church discipline as the provision of an opportunity for repenting one's misbehaviors and the prevention of the further contamination. Between the two principles of strictness and moderation, Calvin argues that the ultimate aim of church discipline is to serve to realize and expand Christ's Kingdom through the ministry of the church in an eschatological way. For Calvin, discipline does not aim to achieve perfect holiness of the church, because the visible church in this world cannot attain the perfection holiness until Christ comes again and judges the hypocrite in this church. Until that day, therefore, discipline ought not to be executed eternally and finally like the anathema of God. It is thus probable that Calvin does not include discipline in his external marks of the true church because of his eschatological idea of the holiness of the church. Compared to the two marks of the true church, the right preaching of the Word and the pure administration of sacraments, discipline cannot be regarded as the element of the esse of the church. However, Calvin also insists the importance of church discipline that the church cannot carry out its role of preaching and teaching the Word as the agent of Christ's Kingdom without order and correction through discipline. Calvin's two principles of strictness and moderation, and his idea of the church as the eschatological agent of the Kingdom of Christ are still useful for the present Korean church to maintain order and holiness by recovering the "reformed principle and practice" of church discipline.

목차

1 들어가는 말: 권징의 두 가지 실천 원리

2 칼빈의 종말론적 교회 이해

3 그리스도의 나라와 권징의 철저한 시행

4 교회의 종말론적인 성격과 온건한 권징의 시행

5 맺음말

키워드

Church discipline Strictness Moderation Kingdom Christ Eschatological Idea of the Church The External Marks of the Church