Synodale machteloosheid en mystieke vrijzinnigheid: Louis A. Bähler (1867-1941) en de Gereformeerde Bond

Henk van den Belt

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Synodale machteloosheid en mystieke vrijzinnigheid: Louis A. Bähler (1867-1941) en de Gereformeerde Bond

Translated title of the contribution: Synodical powerlessness and mystical liberalism: Louis A. Bähler (1867-1941) and the Reformed League

Henk van den Belt

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The publication of Buddhist mission: ‘Christian’ barbarism in Europe, translated by Louis Adriën Bähler (1867-1941), a Christian anarchist and pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church, led to the founding of the Reformed League in the Dutch Reformed Church (Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk). The classis censured Bähler, but Synod rehabilitated him and therefore the orthodox Reformed within the church charged that Synod’s actions revealed its powerlessness to maintain doctrinal discipline. Bähler’s Buddhist leanings have drawn much attention. This article places Bähler’s sympathy for pietism and mysticism in the broader context of his theology, one characterized by a spiritualizationand moralization of the Gospel.

Translated title of the contribution	Synodical powerlessness and mystical liberalism: Louis A. Bähler (1867-1941) and the Reformed League
Original language	Dutch
Pages (from-to)	223-240
Number of pages	18
Journal	Theologia Reformata
Volume	62
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.21827/5d359594c55f2
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2019

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Louis A. Bähler (1867-1941)
Gereformeerde Bond
Vrijzinnigheid
ohannes Teellinck (circa 1623- 1673)
Boeddhisme
Christen-anarchisten

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Synodale machteloosheid en mystieke vrijzinnigheid: Louis A. Bähler (1867-1941) en de Gereformeerde Bond

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