Encyclopedia of sacred theology - pagina 640

;

616

SELF-DETERMINATION OF THEOLOGY

§ 96.

much

as in those times the

[Div. Ill

Government made free-will abdicaand simply followed custom.

tion of every discretionary right,

Such, however,

not the case now.

is

has reached such a point that the

Law

In Holland indeed

it

Higher Education

for

(of April 28, 1876, Stbl. n. 102), Art. 42, prescribes a tenfold

which is entirely anand character of theology even to tagonistic to the nature such an extent that dogmatics, which is the heart of all theIt can ology, is simply cut out from the body of theology. ^ scarcely be denied that this is a violent attack upon the In view of facts such as these, we organism of theology. division of the theological departments,

;

maintain the right of theology to determine No Government can do this, since this

ism.

ince

neither does

;

authorized to do

and abusing is

its

it

possess the data for

this, since

power

it

exerts an influence

upon the

it.

not

organ-

its

prov-

Neither

is

it

plajdng the rSle of dilettante

creates confusion in theology.

evident that the division of departments

itself

own

its is

upon the

and

It

of chairs of

entire course of studies,

association of studies even in the case of the ablest

theologians, and darkens insight into the true essence of The-

Such an interference on the part of the Government an attack upon the liberty of science, while in Theology,

ology. is

moreover,

it

amounts to the choice of a confessional party modern interpretation of Theology as "the

in casu of the

science of religion " instead of " the science of the revealed

God," which it has always been, in keeping and principle. A measure of influence can more properly be accorded to the Church, in so far as the Church may dictate what

knowledge with

its

of

origin

studies are indispensable to the expression of her

life,

both

with reference to the education of her ministers and to the defence of her faith in fact, this influence is exerted by the Church in the conditions assigned by her for ecclesiastical examinations. No universit}^ can permanently neglect in its ;

1

These departments are

:

(a) encyclopedia, {h) history of the doctrine (cZ) history of Israel's religion, (e) history

of God, (c) history of religions, of Christendom, (/) Israelitish

New

Testament exegesis,

of religion,

(k) ethics.

and

old Christian literature,

{h) history of Christian

dogma,

{g)

(;)

Old and

philosophy

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