MARC details
| 000 -LEADER |
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| fixed length control field |
02630nam a22002057a 4500 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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| control field |
20221207155606.0 |
| 007 - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION FIXED FIELD--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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ta |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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180806s2022 sa ||||fom|d| 001 e eng | |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
ZA-BrSAT |
| Transcribing agency |
ZA-BrSAT |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| 9 (RLIN) |
883 |
| Personal name |
Adams, Mark Allen |
| Dates associated with a name |
1957 |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Polity of the New Apostolic Movement in light of Biblical and Historical Precedents in the Christian Church. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Johannesburg |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
South African Theological Seminary |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2022 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
497 |
| Other physical details |
PDF |
| Dimensions |
A4 |
| Accompanying material |
Abstract, TOC, Works Cited |
| 502 ## - DISSERTATION NOTE |
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| Degree type |
Doctor of Philosophy in Theology (PhD) |
| Name of granting institution |
South African Theological Seminary |
| Year degree granted |
2022 |
| Supervisors |
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| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
The New Apostolic Movement (NAM), also and originally known as the New Apostolic Reformation, is marked by two tenets: the legitimacy of the ministry of modern-day apostles and ‘theocratic single-headship’ of churches by apostolic leaders. While much has been written debating the legitimacy of a modern charismatic apostolate, there is a lack of specialized research regarding the polity of NAM networks and NAM churches. What is the polity of the New Apostolic Movement and how can that polity be evaluated in the light of biblical and historical precedents?<br/><br/>In the identification of biblical and historical polity precedents of the Christian church, the simpler, more encompassing and less partisan categories of autocratic plurocratic and democratic have been favoured over the traditional categories of episcopal, presbyterian and congregational. Identification of polity precedents, exegesis of key texts and an examination of the ‘question of normativeness’ mark the New Testament survey. A fresh and comprehensive review of the major churches, movements and denominations—and their founders—is presented in the chapter regarding polity precedents in the historical Christian church.<br/><br/>New research concerning New Apostolic Movement churches found that local-church polity in NAM churches is consistently autocratic but with enough plurocratic function to provide a measure of accountability and that there is little to no democratic function in NAM churches. Study of the largest and most influential trans-local apostolic networks found an absence of autocratic governance, contradicting previous assumptions in the literature. Biblical exegesis concluded that the primacy of apostolic ministry is given for building the church not for governing it, and that the governing role of New Testament apostles was conducted collegially, not autocratically.<br/> |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| 9 (RLIN) |
174 |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Theology, Doctrinal |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| 9 (RLIN) |
405 |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Pentecostalism |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| 9 (RLIN) |
30 |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Church |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type |
Thesis |
