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The Kingdom of God and the Church

A. A. van Ruler Address delivered in Hilversum, the Netherlands, on June 3rd, 1941, to the convention of emeritus and officiating clergymen. Translated by Ruben Alvarado The question of the relationship of the kingdom of God to the church is of major significance for the ecumenical question in the broad sense of the word. Is […]

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Van Ruler on the Church as Community and Institution

A. A. van Ruler Address delivered in Hilversum, the Netherlands, on April 23, 1942, to the local chapter of the Confessional Union. Translated by Ruben Alvarado In the church, there are people and there are things. It is beyond all doubt true when one says, the church – that is all believers taken together, the […]