Abstract
What theological resources do mainline churches have to counter ecclesial division and strife? Recent American discussions have invoked the idea of a “covenant” as the basis for the unity of the church. Strikingly, these discussions conceive of covenant as being of human making. This essay instead recommends the idea of a divine covenant as the basis for the church. This is supported by an analysis of the idea of divine covenant in the ecclesiology of the former Netherlands Reformed Church.
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