The Ministry: Clerical and Lay
D.S. Brewer (Publisher)
Published on 1. January 1989
Book
Hardback
458 pages
978-0-631-17193-5 (ISBN)
Description
Comprehensive examination of key concept in Christianity from the fourth century to the present day, exploring changing ideas of ministry, challenges of the Counter-Reformation, consideration of missionary activity.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-631-17193-5 (9780631171935)
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Content
The seminary, Owen Chadwick; ecclesiastical hierarchy in the thought of pseudo-Dionysius, Graham Gould; parochial ministry in early Anglo-Saxon England - the role of monastic communities, Sarah Foot; orders and rank in the Cathedral of Old Sarum, Diana Greenway; priest, deacon and layman, from St Peter Damian to St Francis, Christopher N.L. Brooke; vicars choral and chaplains in Northern European cathedrals 1100-1250, Julia Barrow; rivals for ministry? - ordinations of secular and regular clergy in Southern England c 1300-1500, Virginia Davis; careers in disappointments in the late-medieval Church - some English evidence, A.K. McHardy; John Mirk's instructions for parish priests, David B. Foss; a layman's ministry in the Byzantine Church - the life of Athanasios of the great Meteovon, D.M. Nicol; "Eyn mercklich underscheyd" - Catholic reactions to Luther's doctrine of the priesthood of all believers, 1520-25, David Bagchi; Calvin's view of the ministry of the Church, George Yule; Richard Hooker on lawful ministry of bishops and kings, Arthur Stephen McGrade; shepherds, sheepdogs and hirelings - the pastoral ministry in post-Reformation England, Patrick Collinson; Richard Kilby; a study in personal and professional failure, Peter Lake; petty Babylons, godly prophets, petty pastors and little churches - the work of healing babel, D.J. Lambourne; "reformed pastors" and bons cures - the changing role of the parish clergy in early-modern Europe, Ian Green; priest and layman in a minority Church - the Roman Catholic Church in the Northern Netherlands 1592-1686, Matthew G. Spiertz; pastoral office and the general priesthood in the great awakening, R.W. Ward; a description of the qualifications necessary to a gospel ministry - Quaker ministry in the 18th century, David J. Hall; piety among "the Society of People" - the witness of primitive Methodist local preachers in the North Midlands, 1812-1862, Wayne J. Johnson; clergy in the Diocese of Lincoln, 1830-1845, Frances Knight; "not a little holy club" - lay and clerical leadership in Australian Anglican Evangelicalism 1788-1988, Stuart Piggin; pastoral perfection - Cardinal Manning and the secular clergy, Peter Doyle; principal when pastor - P.T. Forsyth 1876-1901, J.C. Binfield; fishing for the soul "nor'ard of the Dogger", John R. Guy; ministry to all the people? - the Anglican Church in Malaysia, W. John Roxborough; a triumph of patience and purposiveness - Linton of Betong, Brian Taylor.