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Order and Chaos in the Didache
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Toward the goal of maintaining order in worship without limiting the free movement of the Holy Spirit, the Didache promotes a community ethos that can be characterized as ‘chaordic’. This is to say that there is a tolerance for chaos, but boundaries are set in place. This paper examines how the Didache navigates the tension between chaos and order as it pertains to four elements of community life: the practice of the law, baptism, public worship, and hospitality. It is seen that even as rituals are established, outward form does not overshadow spiritual substance: worship is to be both structured and free; prophecy is welcomed, but must be tested; leaders are honored, but are required to serve; guests are welcomed, but hospitality has limitations. This ‘chaordic’ ethos of the Didache is of historical interest to Pentecostals and is relevant to culturally diverse churches today.
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Thomas O’Dea, ‘Five Dilemmas in the Institutionalization of Religion’, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 1 (1961), p. 33.
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Margaret Poloma, The Assemblies of God at the Crossroads: Charisma and Institutional Dilemmas (Knoxville: Univ. of Tennessee Press, 1989), p. 101.
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Aaron Milavec, The Didache Faith, Hope, & Life of the Earliest Christian Communities, 50–70 C.E. (New York: The Newman Press, 2003), p. xxv.
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Order and Chaos in the Didache
in Journal of Pentecostal TheologySearch for other papers by David A. Clark in
Current site
Google Scholar
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Toward the goal of maintaining order in worship without limiting the free movement of the Holy Spirit, the Didache promotes a community ethos that can be characterized as ‘chaordic’. This is to say that there is a tolerance for chaos, but boundaries are set in place. This paper examines how the Didache navigates the tension between chaos and order as it pertains to four elements of community life: the practice of the law, baptism, public worship, and hospitality. It is seen that even as rituals are established, outward form does not overshadow spiritual substance: worship is to be both structured and free; prophecy is welcomed, but must be tested; leaders are honored, but are required to serve; guests are welcomed, but hospitality has limitations. This ‘chaordic’ ethos of the Didache is of historical interest to Pentecostals and is relevant to culturally diverse churches today.
| Insgesamt | Letzte 365 Tage | In den letzten 30 Tagen | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aufrufe von Kurzbeschreibungen | 455 | 68 | 3 |
| Gesamttextansichten | 238 | 4 | 0 |
| PDF-Downloads | 144 | 11 | 0 |
