Christian views on the Old CovenantThe Mosaic covenant or Law of Moses - which Christians generally call the "Old Covenant" (in contrast to the New Covenant) - played an important role in the origins of Christianity and has occasioned serious dispute and controversy since the beginnings of Christianity: note for example Jesus' teaching of the Law during his Sermon on the Mount and the circumcision controversy in early Christianity.
Loi et ÉvangileDans le christianisme, la relation entre la loi de Dieu et l'Évangile est une question majeure de la théologie luthérienne et réformée. Au sein de ces traditions, la distinction entre les doctrines de la loi, qui exigent l'obéissance à la volonté éthique de Dieu, et l'Évangile, qui promet le pardon des péchés à la lumière de la personne et de l'œuvre de Jésus-Christ, est un sujet capital. Elle est utilisée en tant que principe herméneutique dans l'interprétation biblique et principe directeur dans l'homilétique (la rédaction des sermons) et l'activité pastorale.
Christian reconstructionismChristian reconstructionism is a fundamentalist Calvinist theonomic movement. It developed primarily under the direction of Rousas Rushdoony, Greg Bahnsen and Gary North and has had an important influence on the Christian right in the United States. Its central theme is that society should be reconstructed under the lordship of Christ in all aspects of life. In keeping with the biblical cultural mandate, reconstructionists advocate for theonomy and the restoration of certain biblical laws said to have continued applicability.
Greg BahnsenGreg L. Bahnsen (September 17, 1948 – December 11, 1995) was an American Reformed philosopher, apologist, and debater. He was a minister in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and a full-time Scholar in Residence for the Southern California Center for Christian Studies (SCCCS). He is also considered a contributor to the field of Christian apologetics, as he popularized the presuppositional method of Cornelius Van Til. He is the father of David L. Bahnsen, an American portfolio manager, author, and television commentator.
Christian stateA Christian state is a country that recognizes a form of Christianity as its official religion and often has a state church (also called an established church), which is a Christian denomination that supports the government and is supported by the government. Historically, the nations of Aksum, Armenia, Makuria, and the Holy Roman Empire have declared themselves as Christian states, as well as the Roman Empire and its continuation the Byzantine Empire, the Russian Empire, the Spanish Empire, the British Empire, the Portuguese Empire, and the Frankish Empire.
PostmillennialismIn Christian eschatology (end-times theology), postmillennialism, or postmillenarianism, is an interpretation of chapter 20 of the Book of Revelation which sees Christ's second coming as occurring after (Latin post-) the "Millennium", a Golden Age in which Christian ethics prosper. The term subsumes several similar views of the end times, and it stands in contrast to premillennialism and, to a lesser extent, amillennialism (see Summary of Christian eschatological differences).
DominionismeLe dominionisme (dominionism) est un mouvement qui trouve son origine aux États-Unis parmi les protestants conservateurs (années 1980), et qui cherche à influencer ou contrôler le gouvernement civil à travers l'action politique — l'objectif étant que la nation soit gouvernée par des Chrétiens ou qu'elle soit gouvernée par une compréhension chrétienne de la loi biblique. On parle aussi de dominion theology. L'utilisation et l'application de cette terminologie est un sujet de controverse.
Divine lawDivine law is any body of law that is perceived as deriving from a transcendent source, such as the will of God or gods - in contrast to man-made law or to secular law. According to Angelos Chaniotis and Rudolph F. Peters, divine laws are typically perceived as superior to man-made laws, sometimes due to an assumption that their source has resources beyond human knowledge and human reason. Believers in divine laws might accord them greater authority than other laws, for example by assuming that divine law cannot be changed by human authorities.
ThéocratieUne théocratie est, au sens premier, un gouvernement dans lequel une ou plusieurs divinités sont reconnues comme autorités suprêmes, ou, au sens dérivé, un régime politique fondé sur des principes religieux ou gouverné par des religieux. Le terme vient du grec grc, formé à partir des mots grecs « grc », « Dieu », et « grc », « pouvoir ». Inventé par Flavius Josèphe, le terme désigne dans son acception première l'idée que Dieu gouverne, afin de justifier un désintérêt des croyants pour la politique.
