When Protestants speak of going to church…they are not thinking of a building but of a congregation. The congregation, not the building is holy… The church is holy because the congregation is the house of God.

— Edmund Clowney (1917–2005), Theologe

Edmund Clowney

Edmund Clowney (1917–2005) war ein US-amerikanischer presbyterianischer Theologe, Pastor und langjähriger erster Präsident des Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. Er gilt als einflussreicher Wegbereiter einer heilsgeschichtlich-christuszentrierten Schriftauslegung, die biblische Texte, insbesondere des Alten Testaments, konsequent auf das Werk Christi bezieht. Für Bibelleser bieten seine Arbeiten eine methodische Hilfe, Bibeltexte ohne moralisierende Engführung im heilsgeschichtlichen Gesamtzusammenhang des Evangeliums zu verstehen.

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