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A century later (1470) the catechism of Dietrick Coelde, the first, it is said, to be written in German, explicitly set forth that there were five Commandments of the Church. [5] In his Summa Theologica (part I, tit. xvii, p. 12) Antoninus of Florence (1439) enumerates ten precepts of the Church universally binding on the faithful. These are: [5]
The Reformed Evangelical Anglican Church of South Africa (REACH-SA), known until 2013 as the Church of England in South Africa (CESA), is a Christian denomination in South Africa. It was constituted in 1938 as a federation of churches. It appointed its first bishop in 1955. [4]
As a private education provider, the Bachelor of Philosophy (BPhil) and Bachelor of Theology (BTh) degrees are registered with the South African governments' Council on Higher Education. The Bishops decided to close St Peter's seminary, in Garsfontein, east of Pretoria, and in 2008 philosophy students became part of St John Vianney seminary.
By 1741, 509 Lutherans were living in Cape Town and in 1742 petitions were sent to the Dutch East India Company to allow a Lutheran church to be built. [2] The Dutch East India Company initially refused but finally relented and gave permission for a church on 23 October 1779. The church at its inception had 441 founding parishioners. [3]
The Catholic Church in South Africa is part of the worldwide Catholic Church composed of the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, of which the South African church is under the spiritual leadership of the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference and the pope in Rome.
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The Baptist Theological College of Southern Africa (BTC) is a Baptist theological institute located in Randburg, South Africa. The college's current principal is Prof. 'Piff' G. C. Pereira who succeeded Prof. Martin Pohlmann who had served as the Principal for 14 years until 2017. [1]
The Free Church in Southern Africa grew out of the work of the missionaries of the Glasgow Missionary Society (c.1823), and after 1843 came under the care of missionaries of the Free Church of Scotland. Historically, the church has served mainly the Xhosa speaking people in eastern and western Cape region, stretching from Cape Town to Transkei.