The Teaching Office in the Reformed Tradition
A History of the Doctoral Ministry
This is a study of the church's formulation of its teaching ministry in periods preceding our own, particularly in the Reformation era. The author finds that the office of doctor or teacher, like the offices of pastor, elder, and deacon, was postulated by Calvin as an integral part of the public ministry.In a preliminary historical review Dr. Henderson surveys the conditions obtaining in northern Europe during the Renaissance as a background to understanding the situation that Calvin found in Geneva. He then studies the doctoral office as it existed in sixteenth-century Switzerland, France, the Netherlands, and Scotland, through which Contine…
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- ISBN: 978-1-72523-379-9
- EAN: 9781725233799
- Produktnummer: 34667421
- Verlag: Wipf and Stock Publishers
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 278 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 35'361 KB
Über den Autor
Robert W.Henderson, an ordained Presbyterian minister, was born in Evanston, Illinois. He received his degrees from Princeton University, McCormick Theological Seminary, and Harvard University. Throughout World War II he saw active duty with the United States Field Artillery. For seven years Dr. Henderson served as pastor of the First Church (Congregational), East Derry, New Hampshire. Since 1958 he has been Assistant Professor of Religion at the University of Tulsa.
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