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Form Criticism
Form criticism is a method of biblical interpretation that focuses on the oral stage of transmission before biblical texts were committed to writing; it divides texts into small units of tradition and studies their literary forms and the settings in which they were first used.
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- Hermann GunkelPeople
Hermann Gunkel (1862–1932) was a German Protestant Old Testament scholar. He is regarded as the founder of form criticism, a method that analyzes biblical texts according to their literary genres and the settings in life in which they arose.
- Textual CriticismDoctrine & Theology
Textual criticism is the discipline of comparing and examining biblical manuscripts, which differ slightly from one another, in order to recover the form closest to the text as originally written. It is foundational to Bible translation and exegesis.
- Ordination OfferingOrganization & Polity
An ordination offering is an offering made by a person receiving a church office, such as elder, kwonsa (a female lay office), or ordained deacon, on the occasion of the ordination service. The practice is widespread in Korean Protestant churches. Some regard it as an expression of gratitude, while others criticize it as a way of buying church office with money.
- Leipzig DebateHistory
The Leipzig Debate was a public theological disputation held in the summer of 1519 in Leipzig, Germany, between Johann Eck, professor of theology at the University of Ingolstadt, and Martin Luther and Andreas Karlstadt, professors of theology at the University of Wittenberg. The authority of the pope and of church councils became the central issue, and the debate is regarded as an important turning point in the early Reformation.
- Online WorshipWorship & Rites
Online worship is a form of worship in which a church streams or broadcasts its service over the internet or other media, allowing members to participate through a screen rather than gathering in a church building. It is also known as remote worship or video worship.
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