Browsing Faculty of Theology by Subject "Authority"

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    • Jesus' authority and influence in the Gospel of John: Towards a Johannine model of leadership 

      Bennema, Cornelis (Stellenbosch University, 2016)
      This study examines Jesus' authority and influence in the Gospel of John and shows that Jesus' style of leadership is exemplary or prototypical rather than autocratic. Jesus' programme is 'to testify to the truth', that ...

    • Power and authority in Matthew's Gospel 

      Viljoen, Francois Petrus (University of the Free State, Faculty of Theology, 2011)
      Besides the strenuous relation of Matthew’s community with non-Christian kinfolk, his text also reveals an underlying conflict with Roman Imperial ideology. Herod, Antipas and Pilate specifically impersonate this foreign ...