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The Ministry: Clerical and Lay Professor W J Sheils (Contributor)

The Ministry: Clerical and Lay By Professor W J Sheils (Contributor)

The Ministry: Clerical and Lay by Professor W J Sheils (Contributor)


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Summary

Containing some 30 articles, and ranging from the 4th to the 20th century, this book looks at all levels of clergy within the Church, from bishops to parochial chaplains. Within orthodoxy and the religious orders, the clerical/lay distinction was by no means clear cut.

The Ministry: Clerical and Lay Summary

The Ministry: Clerical and Lay by Professor W J Sheils (Contributor)

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.

Table of Contents

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.

Additional information

GOR010591126
9780631171935
0631171932
The Ministry: Clerical and Lay by Professor W J Sheils (Contributor)
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
1989-01-01
458
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