1951년 한국 장로교 분열의 진상 (Reconsideration of the Schism of the Korean Presbyterian Church in 1951)

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· 발행기관 : 한국교회사학회
· 수록지 정보 : 한국교회사학회지 / 20호 / 157 ~ 195페이지
· 저자명 : 양낙홍

초록

The truths regarding the division of the Korean Presbyterian Church in 1951 has never been thoroughly and fairly disclosed by serious historical study. Existing studies on this topic seems to have the common weaknesses of pariality and fragmantariness. They tend to repeat the traditional theses of their own groups.
A lot of statements, reports, petitions were issued at that time to defend the positions of each side related to that presbyterian conflicts. Nevertheless those materials have never been sufficiently analysed. This essay aims to reveal the logics and arguements of each party in the process of presbyterian division in 1951. By doing that, I want to show, firstly, the bases on which the readers can judge which party was responsible for the division, or how much responsibilities each side should take for the schism. But my ultimate purpose for this study is not to judge and condemn the wrong party but to provide the basis on which the concerned parties can find the reasons for repentance and reconciliation.
The ex-prisoners seems to have had some misunderstanding in that they had the lawful right to discipline the shrine worshippers under the Japanese occupation. Because of that presumption they could not accept the presbyterian leaders as their fellow workers in the erection of the seminary who did not follow the prescriptions they laid out. The ex-shrine worshippers, i. e., the absolute majority of the general assembly, had the impression that the ex-prisoners were self-righteous and spiritually arrogant. So they were not willing to cooperate with them in the work of training the ministerial candidates. They even unauthorized the Korea seminary the ex-prisoners founded. This negative attitude of the general assembly toward the Korea Seminary influenced the Kyongnam Presbytery and the latter also cancelled their authorization of the seminary.
Infuriated, Rev. Sangdong Han suggested that Rev. Kilchang Kim should be removed from the roll of the Kyongnam Presbytery on the ground of betrayal of his faith under the Japanese rule through such ways as shrine worship and Misogibarai. This was the crucial point when the whole of the presbyterian leaders in Korea felt that Han proclaimed a war against them who all worshipped in the shrine. Intimidated Kim went out of the existing presbytery and organized an illegitimate presbytery on his own. When the general assembly intervened to solve the problem of Kyongnam presbytery, instead of, first, reprimanding and commanding Kim to return to the original presbytery, the special commission of the general assembly organized a new Kyongnam presbytery without ex-prisoners group. In this way, the ex-prisonser's group, or the Korea Seminary group was excluded from the Presbyterian Church and origanized their own church next year.

영어초록

The truths regarding the division of the Korean Presbyterian Church in 1951 has never been thoroughly and fairly disclosed by serious historical study. Existing studies on this topic seems to have the common weaknesses of pariality and fragmantariness. They tend to repeat the traditional theses of their own groups.
A lot of statements, reports, petitions were issued at that time to defend the positions of each side related to that presbyterian conflicts. Nevertheless those materials have never been sufficiently analysed. This essay aims to reveal the logics and arguements of each party in the process of presbyterian division in 1951. By doing that, I want to show, firstly, the bases on which the readers can judge which party was responsible for the division, or how much responsibilities each side should take for the schism. But my ultimate purpose for this study is not to judge and condemn the wrong party but to provide the basis on which the concerned parties can find the reasons for repentance and reconciliation.
The ex-prisoners seems to have had some misunderstanding in that they had the lawful right to discipline the shrine worshippers under the Japanese occupation. Because of that presumption they could not accept the presbyterian leaders as their fellow workers in the erection of the seminary who did not follow the prescriptions they laid out. The ex-shrine worshippers, i. e., the absolute majority of the general assembly, had the impression that the ex-prisoners were self-righteous and spiritually arrogant. So they were not willing to cooperate with them in the work of training the ministerial candidates. They even unauthorized the Korea seminary the ex-prisoners founded. This negative attitude of the general assembly toward the Korea Seminary influenced the Kyongnam Presbytery and the latter also cancelled their authorization of the seminary.
Infuriated, Rev. Sangdong Han suggested that Rev. Kilchang Kim should be removed from the roll of the Kyongnam Presbytery on the ground of betrayal of his faith under the Japanese rule through such ways as shrine worship and Misogibarai. This was the crucial point when the whole of the presbyterian leaders in Korea felt that Han proclaimed a war against them who all worshipped in the shrine. Intimidated Kim went out of the existing presbytery and organized an illegitimate presbytery on his own. When the general assembly intervened to solve the problem of Kyongnam presbytery, instead of, first, reprimanding and commanding Kim to return to the original presbytery, the special commission of the general assembly organized a new Kyongnam presbytery without ex-prisoners group. In this way, the ex-prisonser's group, or the Korea Seminary group was excluded from the Presbyterian Church and origanized their own church next year.

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