Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: The term οἰκονομία is used in the Pauline epistles with a specific nuance.It is Paul who uses it specifically as a missional term.He uses οἰκονομία in Ephesians for the missions activity of God, the missio Dei (Eph 1:10), his own mission activity and the proclamation of the gospel (Eph 3:2) and for the missions activity of the church.The mission of the church is discernible through a missional hermeneutic and reading of Ephesians and the identification of the missional calling of the church.In this paper it is my contention that οἰκονομία is an important term in a missional reading of the epistle to the Ephesians.This paper will focus on the importance of the word οἰκονομία for missions in Ephesians.The use of οἰκονομία as a missional term in the epistle to the Ephesians will support the proposal that οἰκονομία is to be read as a missional term in all of its occurrences in the Pauline Epistles.The contention of this article is that a missional hermeneutic should be employed when we read the Pauline epistles 2 because Paul's mission undergirds and shaped the text.This article will serve as an introduction to a series of articles in which the purpose of the letter to the Ephesians will be revisited.
Source: Missionalia
DOI: 10.7832/43-1-43
Author: Timothy Alexander Van Aarde
Institution: North-West University
Language: English
Subfield: Religious studies
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $271
OpenAlex ID: W1801899786