Georg Sverdrup (16 dic 1848 anni – 3 magg 1907 anni)

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"It was Sverdrup's earnest conviction that "the congregation (local church) is the right form of the Kingdom of God on earth" The organized local congregation was for him the only entity portrayed in the New Testament entitled to the name "church" (ekklesia). No other ecclesiastical body was or could be superior to the congregation. His deliberate and sustained emphasis, however, was that the prayerful goal of every believer must be the ideal of "free and living" congregations. This freedom was most fundamentally the spiritual freedom that is the result of salvation in Christ, but Sverdrup also spoke of the need for freedom from hierarchical control external to the congregation. It is when the Word of God and the Spirit of God are the true and acknowledged authorities over the congregation that the emergence and growth of genuine spiritual life are most readily realized. As chief architect in the drafting of the "Fundamental Principles" of the Lutheran Free Church, Sverdrup's thought is particularly evident in the fifth statement: "The congregation governs its own affairs, subject to the authority of the Word of God and of the Spirit, and recognizes no other ecclesiastical authority or government over itself."

-Georgsverdrupsociety.org

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