SensuraMorum @ GPBB
Belum lama ini di GPBB diadakan suatu aktifitas baru - SensuraMorum.
Dibilang baru, karena ini belum pernah, atau lebih tepatnya baru pertama kali diperkenalkan 3 bulan yang lalu. Tetapi sebenarnya ini bukanlah sesuatu yang baru. Sama seperti Lectio Divina, SensuraMorum atau Censura Morum (bhs Inggris), asal usulnya bisa ditrace sampai berapa ratus tahun yang lalu.
Censura Morum atau Moral Sensor, pertama kali diperkenalkan oleh John Calvin dan dijelaskan dalam artikel ini. Dia mengatakan bahwa minister/elder/deacon perlu ketemu setahun 4 kali untuk mengadakan mutual examination of doctrine and conduct. Terutama sebelum mengikuti dan melayani perjamuan kudus. Ini adalah sekitar tahun 1500an.
Pada tahun 1914, oleh gereja kristen reformed, dimasukkan ke dalam church order mereka. Saya rasa GPBB sebagai gereja protestan yang reform juga perlu mengikuti apa yang dicetuskan oleh reformator ini.
Dibawah ini adalah satu paragraf kutipan dari artikel tersebut:
The practice of censura morum has an interesting history. John Calvin first introduced mutual censure among the ministers four times per year.1 The ministers, Calvin proposed, should meet once per quarter for a mutual examination of their conduct. The Church Order adopted by the national synod of Dordrecht in 1578 stipulated that the "ministers of the Word, elders and deacons shall exercise Christian censure or examination with one another concerning doctrine as well as conduct before the celebration of the Lord's Supper and shall accept Christian admonition in love."2 Similarly the Church Order adopted by the national synod of Middleburg in 1581 required that "ministers of the Word, elders and deacons shall exercise Christian censure among themselves before the celebration of the Lord's Supper and inquire into doctrine as well as into life."3 Among the several questions put to and answered by that same synod was this one: "Whether it is profitable and advisable that ministers of the Word, elders, and deacons exercise censure among each other before the celebration of the Lord's Supper?" The synod's answer was, "It is most profitable and advisable."4 In the Church Order adopted by the synod of 'sGravenhage in 1586 the requirement was significantly changed to read, "Ministers of the Word, elders and deacons shall exercise Christian censure among themselves and admonish one another in a friendly way concerning the exercise of their offices."5 According to this version the censure must concern "the exercise of their offices," not "their doctrine and life." Also the requirement that this censure be done "before the celebration of the Lord's Supper" was dropped. This latter requirement was reinserted by the Christian Reformed Church in its 1914 edition of the Church Order. And this latter is the version we have in our Church Order.
Dibilang baru, karena ini belum pernah, atau lebih tepatnya baru pertama kali diperkenalkan 3 bulan yang lalu. Tetapi sebenarnya ini bukanlah sesuatu yang baru. Sama seperti Lectio Divina, SensuraMorum atau Censura Morum (bhs Inggris), asal usulnya bisa ditrace sampai berapa ratus tahun yang lalu.
Censura Morum atau Moral Sensor, pertama kali diperkenalkan oleh John Calvin dan dijelaskan dalam artikel ini. Dia mengatakan bahwa minister/elder/deacon perlu ketemu setahun 4 kali untuk mengadakan mutual examination of doctrine and conduct. Terutama sebelum mengikuti dan melayani perjamuan kudus. Ini adalah sekitar tahun 1500an.
Pada tahun 1914, oleh gereja kristen reformed, dimasukkan ke dalam church order mereka. Saya rasa GPBB sebagai gereja protestan yang reform juga perlu mengikuti apa yang dicetuskan oleh reformator ini.
Dibawah ini adalah satu paragraf kutipan dari artikel tersebut:
The practice of censura morum has an interesting history. John Calvin first introduced mutual censure among the ministers four times per year.1 The ministers, Calvin proposed, should meet once per quarter for a mutual examination of their conduct. The Church Order adopted by the national synod of Dordrecht in 1578 stipulated that the "ministers of the Word, elders and deacons shall exercise Christian censure or examination with one another concerning doctrine as well as conduct before the celebration of the Lord's Supper and shall accept Christian admonition in love."2 Similarly the Church Order adopted by the national synod of Middleburg in 1581 required that "ministers of the Word, elders and deacons shall exercise Christian censure among themselves before the celebration of the Lord's Supper and inquire into doctrine as well as into life."3 Among the several questions put to and answered by that same synod was this one: "Whether it is profitable and advisable that ministers of the Word, elders, and deacons exercise censure among each other before the celebration of the Lord's Supper?" The synod's answer was, "It is most profitable and advisable."4 In the Church Order adopted by the synod of 'sGravenhage in 1586 the requirement was significantly changed to read, "Ministers of the Word, elders and deacons shall exercise Christian censure among themselves and admonish one another in a friendly way concerning the exercise of their offices."5 According to this version the censure must concern "the exercise of their offices," not "their doctrine and life." Also the requirement that this censure be done "before the celebration of the Lord's Supper" was dropped. This latter requirement was reinserted by the Christian Reformed Church in its 1914 edition of the Church Order. And this latter is the version we have in our Church Order.
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