Recent critiques of Protestantism argue that its theological principles undercut ecclesial unity while creating endless interpretive plurality. This plurality, in turn, perpetuates the secular conditions that characterize the contemporary Western world: the nurturing of personal autonomy, a buffered self that deafens theological dimensions of existence, and an unenduring institutional visibility that renders Protestant churches incapable of engaging the modern world with a unified theological voice. In this context, this article retrieves Herman Bavinck’s understanding that a specifically Protestant view of the church can properly ground a catholicity that centers on a unity-in-diversity that is “confessional, international, and cosmopolitan” in character.

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忏悔的、国际的和国际化的

最近对新教的批评认为，其神学原则削弱了教会的统一，同时创造了无穷无尽的解释多元化。反过来，这种多元性延续了当代西方世界的世俗条件：个人自主的培养，一种使存在的神学维度震耳欲聋的缓冲自我，以及使新教教会无法与现代世界接触的不持久的制度可见性。统一的神学声音。在此背景下，本文检索赫尔曼·巴文克 (Herman Bavinck) 的理解，即对教会的特定新教观点可以正确地奠定以多样性统一为中心的天主教性，这种统一性具有“信仰、国际和世界性”的特征。