Amy Nelson Burnett
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- September 2006
- ISBN:
- 9780195305760
- eISBN:
- 9780199784912
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0195305760.003.0011
- Subject:
- Religion, History of Christianity
The pastor’s pedagogical role dominated in all aspects of Reformed pastoral care: administering the sacraments of baptism and the Lord’s Supper, visiting the sick, and preaching at funerals. Basel ...
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The pastor’s pedagogical role dominated in all aspects of Reformed pastoral care: administering the sacraments of baptism and the Lord’s Supper, visiting the sick, and preaching at funerals. Basel retained certain medieval practices, such as the acceptance of godparents and sickbed visitation with communion, although it modified them in accordance with evangelical doctrine. Other practices, such as emergency baptism by midwives, were gradually eliminated as Basel moved into greater conformity with other Reformed churches. Basel’s pastors shared the responsibility for church discipline with lay officials. Although complaints about individual parishioners persist, visitation reports from the early 17th century give a positive picture of religious belief and practice in Basel’s rural parishes and the development of a Reformed religious culture.Less
The pastor’s pedagogical role dominated in all aspects of Reformed pastoral care: administering the sacraments of baptism and the Lord’s Supper, visiting the sick, and preaching at funerals. Basel retained certain medieval practices, such as the acceptance of godparents and sickbed visitation with communion, although it modified them in accordance with evangelical doctrine. Other practices, such as emergency baptism by midwives, were gradually eliminated as Basel moved into greater conformity with other Reformed churches. Basel’s pastors shared the responsibility for church discipline with lay officials. Although complaints about individual parishioners persist, visitation reports from the early 17th century give a positive picture of religious belief and practice in Basel’s rural parishes and the development of a Reformed religious culture.
Amy Nelson Burnett
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- September 2006
- ISBN:
- 9780195305760
- eISBN:
- 9780199784912
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0195305760.003.intro
- Subject:
- Religion, History of Christianity
The Reformation transformed the clergy from a socially heterogeneous order with its own privileges and range of responsibilities to a more homogenous social group charged specifically with the tasks ...
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The Reformation transformed the clergy from a socially heterogeneous order with its own privileges and range of responsibilities to a more homogenous social group charged specifically with the tasks of preaching and pastoral care. Changes to university education caused by both humanism and the Reformation contributed to the formation of distinct generations of Protestant clergy. Because of their relative homogeneity, Basel’s pastors make a suitable case study to illustrate the impact of changes in education on their outlook and ministry.Less
The Reformation transformed the clergy from a socially heterogeneous order with its own privileges and range of responsibilities to a more homogenous social group charged specifically with the tasks of preaching and pastoral care. Changes to university education caused by both humanism and the Reformation contributed to the formation of distinct generations of Protestant clergy. Because of their relative homogeneity, Basel’s pastors make a suitable case study to illustrate the impact of changes in education on their outlook and ministry.
G. Lee Ramsey
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780195335224
- eISBN:
- 9780199868810
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195335224.003.0007
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
This chapter explores the teaching of death and dying from a religious perspective, namely a Christian theological one. While death is a universal human experience, interpretations and responses to ...
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This chapter explores the teaching of death and dying from a religious perspective, namely a Christian theological one. While death is a universal human experience, interpretations and responses to death and dying—emotional, physical, cognitive, and spiritual—are conditioned by the deepest religious convictions of the one who is dying and the ones who are grieving the coming or recent loss of another to death. Within schools of theological education students need to learn not only psycho-social frameworks for understanding loss, death, and grief as a human phenomenon, but they need to examine the religious tradition's distinctive interpretations of death within the larger divine story of creation, redemption, and resurrection. The chapter concludes that when students clarify their own personal and theological convictions about death and resurrection, they are more able to offer themselves and the resources of the Christian tradition in support of others who are grieving or dying.Less
This chapter explores the teaching of death and dying from a religious perspective, namely a Christian theological one. While death is a universal human experience, interpretations and responses to death and dying—emotional, physical, cognitive, and spiritual—are conditioned by the deepest religious convictions of the one who is dying and the ones who are grieving the coming or recent loss of another to death. Within schools of theological education students need to learn not only psycho-social frameworks for understanding loss, death, and grief as a human phenomenon, but they need to examine the religious tradition's distinctive interpretations of death within the larger divine story of creation, redemption, and resurrection. The chapter concludes that when students clarify their own personal and theological convictions about death and resurrection, they are more able to offer themselves and the resources of the Christian tradition in support of others who are grieving or dying.
Alfred P. Smyth
- Published in print:
- 1995
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198229896
- eISBN:
- 9780191678936
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198229896.003.0018
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Medieval History
This chapter discusses the list of original works from the hand of King Alfred as well as translations of Latin writers from Late Antiquity. It begins with the king's own comments on his writings and ...
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This chapter discusses the list of original works from the hand of King Alfred as well as translations of Latin writers from Late Antiquity. It begins with the king's own comments on his writings and tells very definitely in his prefatory letter to the Pastoral Care that he translated the work of Pope Gregory's into English. It also examines Alfred claims that he commissioned his friends to produce the Dialogues for him in his prose preface to Gregory's Dialogues. It also notes that the prose preface to the Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius opens with the claim that ‘King Alfred was the translator of this book’. It further provides that Alfred informs us that he commissioned the Law Code which bears his name, the king's Will and those genuine charters which were drawn up for the king. It notes that these are the only instances for direct evidence for a claim for Alfred's authorship.Less
This chapter discusses the list of original works from the hand of King Alfred as well as translations of Latin writers from Late Antiquity. It begins with the king's own comments on his writings and tells very definitely in his prefatory letter to the Pastoral Care that he translated the work of Pope Gregory's into English. It also examines Alfred claims that he commissioned his friends to produce the Dialogues for him in his prose preface to Gregory's Dialogues. It also notes that the prose preface to the Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius opens with the claim that ‘King Alfred was the translator of this book’. It further provides that Alfred informs us that he commissioned the Law Code which bears his name, the king's Will and those genuine charters which were drawn up for the king. It notes that these are the only instances for direct evidence for a claim for Alfred's authorship.
Amy Nelson Burnett
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- September 2006
- ISBN:
- 9780195305760
- eISBN:
- 9780199784912
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0195305760.001.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, History of Christianity
This book describes the education and ministry of the Reformed ministers who served the church of Basel in the century after the city’s official adoption of the Reformation. It argues that growing ...
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This book describes the education and ministry of the Reformed ministers who served the church of Basel in the century after the city’s official adoption of the Reformation. It argues that growing homogeneity in social and geographical background and in amount of education was countered by a significant evolution in the content of that education, resulting in four distinct generations of clergy. These generational differences in turn influenced the preaching and pastoral care of the city-republic’s parish pastors. The evolution of the curriculum of the city’s university, especially the teaching of dialectic, contributed to the development of Reformed Orthodoxy in the theology faculty. Each generation of Basel’s pastors sought to inculcate a somewhat different understanding of the evangelical faith in their parishioners through their sermons, catechisms, and administration of the sacraments, moving from a general evangelical piety and rejection of late medieval Catholicism in the wake of the Reformation to a more self-conscious Reformed identity and the development of a Reformed religious culture. Over the last two decades of the 16th century, the church’s institutions for supervision of the clergy were strengthened, while the city magistrate and lay officials worked more closely with the clergy to oversee and enforce official standards of belief and conduct. Beginning with the third and fourth generations, it is possible to see the visible impact of both confessionalization and the professionalization of the clergy on popular religion.Less
This book describes the education and ministry of the Reformed ministers who served the church of Basel in the century after the city’s official adoption of the Reformation. It argues that growing homogeneity in social and geographical background and in amount of education was countered by a significant evolution in the content of that education, resulting in four distinct generations of clergy. These generational differences in turn influenced the preaching and pastoral care of the city-republic’s parish pastors. The evolution of the curriculum of the city’s university, especially the teaching of dialectic, contributed to the development of Reformed Orthodoxy in the theology faculty. Each generation of Basel’s pastors sought to inculcate a somewhat different understanding of the evangelical faith in their parishioners through their sermons, catechisms, and administration of the sacraments, moving from a general evangelical piety and rejection of late medieval Catholicism in the wake of the Reformation to a more self-conscious Reformed identity and the development of a Reformed religious culture. Over the last two decades of the 16th century, the church’s institutions for supervision of the clergy were strengthened, while the city magistrate and lay officials worked more closely with the clergy to oversee and enforce official standards of belief and conduct. Beginning with the third and fourth generations, it is possible to see the visible impact of both confessionalization and the professionalization of the clergy on popular religion.
Catherine Rider
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- September 2007
- ISBN:
- 9780199282227
- eISBN:
- 9780191713026
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199282227.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, European Medieval History
This chapter discusses the confession manuals produced in the wake of the church reform movement of the 13th century. It describes how the authors of confession manuals, for example Thomas of ...
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This chapter discusses the confession manuals produced in the wake of the church reform movement of the 13th century. It describes how the authors of confession manuals, for example Thomas of Chobham, summarized academic canon law and theology relating to impotence magic, but also showed a new awareness of real magical practices, which was based on their interest in the pastoral care of the laity more generally. This interest in magical practices also prompted them to discuss the use of magical cures for impotence. In the 14th century, some confession manuals began to write about other forms of fertility magic alongside impotence magic. The chapter also compares the long, academic confession manuals with shorter ones which summarized the basics of pastoral care, and with the statutes of church councils. It argues that these short manuals and statutes rarely mention impotence magic, and were more worried about other magical practices.Less
This chapter discusses the confession manuals produced in the wake of the church reform movement of the 13th century. It describes how the authors of confession manuals, for example Thomas of Chobham, summarized academic canon law and theology relating to impotence magic, but also showed a new awareness of real magical practices, which was based on their interest in the pastoral care of the laity more generally. This interest in magical practices also prompted them to discuss the use of magical cures for impotence. In the 14th century, some confession manuals began to write about other forms of fertility magic alongside impotence magic. The chapter also compares the long, academic confession manuals with shorter ones which summarized the basics of pastoral care, and with the statutes of church councils. It argues that these short manuals and statutes rarely mention impotence magic, and were more worried about other magical practices.
Nicholas Hope
- Published in print:
- 1999
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780198269946
- eISBN:
- 9780191600647
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0198269943.003.0007
- Subject:
- Religion, Church History
Addresses the reform of the rural and urban pastoral office in the context of the ‘practice of piety’, meaning individual spiritual renewal and better standards of pastoral care in parishes. Special ...
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Addresses the reform of the rural and urban pastoral office in the context of the ‘practice of piety’, meaning individual spiritual renewal and better standards of pastoral care in parishes. Special attention is paid to Anglican, Puritan and Dutch Reformed influence. Lutheran ‘Pietism’ associated with the urban clergymen, Spener and Francke, and their disciples, follows as a movement of pastoral reform.Less
Addresses the reform of the rural and urban pastoral office in the context of the ‘practice of piety’, meaning individual spiritual renewal and better standards of pastoral care in parishes. Special attention is paid to Anglican, Puritan and Dutch Reformed influence. Lutheran ‘Pietism’ associated with the urban clergymen, Spener and Francke, and their disciples, follows as a movement of pastoral reform.
MALCOLM GODDEN
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780197264584
- eISBN:
- 9780191734069
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- British Academy
- DOI:
- 10.5871/bacad/9780197264584.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, Cultural History
This lecture presents the text of the speech about the Alfredian project and its aftermath delivered by the author at the 2008 Sir Israel Gollancz Memorial Lecture held at the British Academy. It ...
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This lecture presents the text of the speech about the Alfredian project and its aftermath delivered by the author at the 2008 Sir Israel Gollancz Memorial Lecture held at the British Academy. It explains the details of King Alfred's programme of mass education and to deliver near-universal literacy in English, and evaluates the impact of Pastoral Care on English literature.Less
This lecture presents the text of the speech about the Alfredian project and its aftermath delivered by the author at the 2008 Sir Israel Gollancz Memorial Lecture held at the British Academy. It explains the details of King Alfred's programme of mass education and to deliver near-universal literacy in English, and evaluates the impact of Pastoral Care on English literature.
Alexandra da Costa
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199653560
- eISBN:
- 9780191742026
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199653560.003.0004
- Subject:
- Literature, 16th-century and Renaissance Literature
This chapter investigates one of the primary motivations for Syon's printing: its commitment to pastoral care. Although the spiritual education of the laity had been a concern since the Fourth ...
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This chapter investigates one of the primary motivations for Syon's printing: its commitment to pastoral care. Although the spiritual education of the laity had been a concern since the Fourth Lateran Council, the chapter argues that this mission received additional impetus in the early sixteenth century as the Church sought to bolster lay faith in the face of Lutheran challenge. This renewed emphasis encouraged Syon to be bolder in its use of the vernacular and to give the laity a more secure grounding in conservative tenets so that they might resist evangelical ideas. The chapter looks at The Pilgrimage of Perfection and A Work for Householders, and demonstrates how key characteristics of these texts are indebted to traditions of pastoral instruction.Less
This chapter investigates one of the primary motivations for Syon's printing: its commitment to pastoral care. Although the spiritual education of the laity had been a concern since the Fourth Lateran Council, the chapter argues that this mission received additional impetus in the early sixteenth century as the Church sought to bolster lay faith in the face of Lutheran challenge. This renewed emphasis encouraged Syon to be bolder in its use of the vernacular and to give the laity a more secure grounding in conservative tenets so that they might resist evangelical ideas. The chapter looks at The Pilgrimage of Perfection and A Work for Householders, and demonstrates how key characteristics of these texts are indebted to traditions of pastoral instruction.
Peter Speck and Christopher Herbert
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- November 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199238361
- eISBN:
- 9780191730290
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199238361.003.0043
- Subject:
- Palliative Care, Patient Care and End-of-Life Decision Making, Palliative Medicine Research
The diagnosis of a life-threatening disease can trigger a variety of reactions in the recipient of such news. In addition to a range of emotional and psychological responses, there will come a time ...
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The diagnosis of a life-threatening disease can trigger a variety of reactions in the recipient of such news. In addition to a range of emotional and psychological responses, there will come a time for most when questions of a more existential nature arise. These questions are very much the concern of spiritual and pastoral care. The UK guidance for supportive care in adult cancer made it clear that all staff in a palliative care setting share a responsibility for spiritual care, even if there are specially designated people appointed to provide for the range of discerned need. The level of communication skills held by all staff should be sufficient to facilitate conversations and explore responses to the illness, to enable assessment of need and referral to appropriate people. Chaplains come from a faith tradition, but are usually able to work with people who are within and outside of their faith group.Less
The diagnosis of a life-threatening disease can trigger a variety of reactions in the recipient of such news. In addition to a range of emotional and psychological responses, there will come a time for most when questions of a more existential nature arise. These questions are very much the concern of spiritual and pastoral care. The UK guidance for supportive care in adult cancer made it clear that all staff in a palliative care setting share a responsibility for spiritual care, even if there are specially designated people appointed to provide for the range of discerned need. The level of communication skills held by all staff should be sufficient to facilitate conversations and explore responses to the illness, to enable assessment of need and referral to appropriate people. Chaplains come from a faith tradition, but are usually able to work with people who are within and outside of their faith group.
Carole M. Cusack and Justine Digance
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195331493
- eISBN:
- 9780199852321
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195331493.003.0023
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
This chapter provides a concise overview of the Church of Scientology's participation in the post-9/11 response at Ground Zero in New York City. Scientology was the only nontraditional religion to ...
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This chapter provides a concise overview of the Church of Scientology's participation in the post-9/11 response at Ground Zero in New York City. Scientology was the only nontraditional religion to provide pastoral care at Ground Zero. This unique status could be explained by the extensive network of powerful members the Church of Scientology possesses. It could also be explained by the fact that the Church of Scientology, despite a controversial history, has become powerfully involved in corporate motivational and charitable activities in America, often providing these secularized services to government agencies.Less
This chapter provides a concise overview of the Church of Scientology's participation in the post-9/11 response at Ground Zero in New York City. Scientology was the only nontraditional religion to provide pastoral care at Ground Zero. This unique status could be explained by the extensive network of powerful members the Church of Scientology possesses. It could also be explained by the fact that the Church of Scientology, despite a controversial history, has become powerfully involved in corporate motivational and charitable activities in America, often providing these secularized services to government agencies.
David Albert Jones
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- September 2007
- ISBN:
- 9780199213009
- eISBN:
- 9780191707179
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199213009.003.0004
- Subject:
- Religion, Church History
This chapter considers the definition of pluralism (the holding of more than one ‘cure of souls’ simultaneously), and its relationship to non-residence (not residing in the parsonage house of the ...
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This chapter considers the definition of pluralism (the holding of more than one ‘cure of souls’ simultaneously), and its relationship to non-residence (not residing in the parsonage house of the parish of which one has the cure of souls). It considers the extent of pluralism and non-residence in the established Church, and regional variations of its incidence in England and Wales, and the attempts made by successive archbishops and bishops to monitor and manage pluralism and non-residence, and to eliminate pluralism and non-residence. The reasons for the relatively high incidence of pluralism and non-residence are investigated, and the emerging patterns of pluralism and non-residence arising from small endowments for parishes, and consequent risk of poverty among the clergy, are examined. The impact of pluralism and non-residence of incumbents of parishes on their pastoral efficiency in their parishes is also discussed.Less
This chapter considers the definition of pluralism (the holding of more than one ‘cure of souls’ simultaneously), and its relationship to non-residence (not residing in the parsonage house of the parish of which one has the cure of souls). It considers the extent of pluralism and non-residence in the established Church, and regional variations of its incidence in England and Wales, and the attempts made by successive archbishops and bishops to monitor and manage pluralism and non-residence, and to eliminate pluralism and non-residence. The reasons for the relatively high incidence of pluralism and non-residence are investigated, and the emerging patterns of pluralism and non-residence arising from small endowments for parishes, and consequent risk of poverty among the clergy, are examined. The impact of pluralism and non-residence of incumbents of parishes on their pastoral efficiency in their parishes is also discussed.
Nicholas Hope
- Published in print:
- 1999
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780198269946
- eISBN:
- 9780191600647
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0198269943.003.0019
- Subject:
- Religion, Church History
Considers the first Protestant religious statistics, and a modern ‘practical theology’ that informed clergy and parishioners about the physiognomy of their local churches. A division between ...
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Considers the first Protestant religious statistics, and a modern ‘practical theology’ that informed clergy and parishioners about the physiognomy of their local churches. A division between traditional village and hometown, and market town and industrial city, began to emerge. This put clergy recruitment and pastoral care in crisis. Class and secularism became worrisome.Less
Considers the first Protestant religious statistics, and a modern ‘practical theology’ that informed clergy and parishioners about the physiognomy of their local churches. A division between traditional village and hometown, and market town and industrial city, began to emerge. This put clergy recruitment and pastoral care in crisis. Class and secularism became worrisome.
Catherine Rider
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- September 2007
- ISBN:
- 9780199282227
- eISBN:
- 9780191713026
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199282227.003.0011
- Subject:
- History, European Medieval History
This chapter concludes the book and summarizes its findings. It argues that the situations that gave rise to rumours of impotence magic remained relatively constant throughout the Middle Ages, but ...
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This chapter concludes the book and summarizes its findings. It argues that the situations that gave rise to rumours of impotence magic remained relatively constant throughout the Middle Ages, but that the way in which authors discussed them varied according to their own interests. In periods when churchmen were interested in the pastoral care of the laity, particularly in the 13th century, writing about impotence magic tended to include more information about magical practices. This concern about magical practices prompted a number of writers to discuss the issue of magical cures for impotence. On the other hand, some theologians and medical writers discussed impotence magic in more theoretical terms, for example asking questions about the role of demons in magic. Overall, however, the chapter argues that writing about impotence magic was often the product of interaction between learned and popular culture.Less
This chapter concludes the book and summarizes its findings. It argues that the situations that gave rise to rumours of impotence magic remained relatively constant throughout the Middle Ages, but that the way in which authors discussed them varied according to their own interests. In periods when churchmen were interested in the pastoral care of the laity, particularly in the 13th century, writing about impotence magic tended to include more information about magical practices. This concern about magical practices prompted a number of writers to discuss the issue of magical cures for impotence. On the other hand, some theologians and medical writers discussed impotence magic in more theoretical terms, for example asking questions about the role of demons in magic. Overall, however, the chapter argues that writing about impotence magic was often the product of interaction between learned and popular culture.
Nicholas Hope
- Published in print:
- 1999
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780198269946
- eISBN:
- 9780191600647
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0198269943.003.0003
- Subject:
- Religion, Church History
Looks at the way parishes and pastoral care coped in hard times (Ch. 1) in the interdependent German and Scandinavian churchscape of the Baltic region. Belief in divine intervention and superstition ...
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Looks at the way parishes and pastoral care coped in hard times (Ch. 1) in the interdependent German and Scandinavian churchscape of the Baltic region. Belief in divine intervention and superstition was commonplace. Propagation of the Gospel and teaching the catechism, also as a way of raising standards of literacy, attempted to stamp out parochial ignorance.Less
Looks at the way parishes and pastoral care coped in hard times (Ch. 1) in the interdependent German and Scandinavian churchscape of the Baltic region. Belief in divine intervention and superstition was commonplace. Propagation of the Gospel and teaching the catechism, also as a way of raising standards of literacy, attempted to stamp out parochial ignorance.
Scott M. Manetsch
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199938575
- eISBN:
- 9780199980741
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199938575.003.0010
- Subject:
- Religion, History of Christianity
Chapter 9 explores the manner in which Geneva’s reformed ministers provided intensive, personal, pastoral care for their parishioners between 1536 and 1609. Calvin and his pastoral colleagues ...
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Chapter 9 explores the manner in which Geneva’s reformed ministers provided intensive, personal, pastoral care for their parishioners between 1536 and 1609. Calvin and his pastoral colleagues believed that the ministry of the Word required not only the public exposition of Scripture, but also the declaration and application of God’s Word to individual men and women, boys and girls, through the sacraments, corrective discipline, catechetical instruction, household visitations, and spiritual counsel and consolation. This chapter examines some of the most important elements of pastoral care in reformed Geneva, noting the ways in which the ministers maintained, developed, and sometimes deviated from Calvin’s pastoral vision.Less
Chapter 9 explores the manner in which Geneva’s reformed ministers provided intensive, personal, pastoral care for their parishioners between 1536 and 1609. Calvin and his pastoral colleagues believed that the ministry of the Word required not only the public exposition of Scripture, but also the declaration and application of God’s Word to individual men and women, boys and girls, through the sacraments, corrective discipline, catechetical instruction, household visitations, and spiritual counsel and consolation. This chapter examines some of the most important elements of pastoral care in reformed Geneva, noting the ways in which the ministers maintained, developed, and sometimes deviated from Calvin’s pastoral vision.
Timothy Chesters
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- January 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199599806
- eISBN:
- 9780191723537
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199599806.003.0003
- Subject:
- Literature, 16th-century and Renaissance Literature, European Literature
The first part of this chapter is devoted to Ludwig Lavater's Von Gespaenstern, a treatise on ghosts which became enormously influential in France following its translation into French (1571). A ...
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The first part of this chapter is devoted to Ludwig Lavater's Von Gespaenstern, a treatise on ghosts which became enormously influential in France following its translation into French (1571). A detailed account is provided of the life and career of the author, of the strategy of his first publishers, and of the text itself. An example of what might be termed ‘pastoral demonology’, Lavater's text sets out above all to wrest control of lay spiritual experience from the priestly prerogative of discretio spirituum. It is argued that out of this attempt emerges, for the first time in European culture, that narrative category now recognisable as the ‘haunted house’. The second part of the chapter is devoted to Noël Taillepied's reply to Lavater, the Psichologie, ou trois livres de l'apparition des esprits (1588). Taillepied's curious plagiarism of Lavater suggests in the end that the two opponents may have more in common than they think.Less
The first part of this chapter is devoted to Ludwig Lavater's Von Gespaenstern, a treatise on ghosts which became enormously influential in France following its translation into French (1571). A detailed account is provided of the life and career of the author, of the strategy of his first publishers, and of the text itself. An example of what might be termed ‘pastoral demonology’, Lavater's text sets out above all to wrest control of lay spiritual experience from the priestly prerogative of discretio spirituum. It is argued that out of this attempt emerges, for the first time in European culture, that narrative category now recognisable as the ‘haunted house’. The second part of the chapter is devoted to Noël Taillepied's reply to Lavater, the Psichologie, ou trois livres de l'apparition des esprits (1588). Taillepied's curious plagiarism of Lavater suggests in the end that the two opponents may have more in common than they think.
Colin Podmore
- Published in print:
- 1998
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198207252
- eISBN:
- 9780191677588
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198207252.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History, History of Religion
By 1753, the Moravians had almost 1,000 communicants in England. With regular attenders at the preaching and a large number of children, they put the total number of souls in their care in England in ...
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By 1753, the Moravians had almost 1,000 communicants in England. With regular attenders at the preaching and a large number of children, they put the total number of souls in their care in England in 1748 between 5,000 and 6,000. The majority of congregation members were former Anglicans, often claiming a ‘strict’ Church of England upbringing. This chapter analyses the motivation of those who joined the Moravian Church and describes those features that made it so different in character from Methodism. The reasons range from the difficulty of gaining admission to the Church's positive identity as Christ's Chosen Flock, its negative identity as a refuge from the trials of life in an unpleasant world, an extremely high level of pastoral care, the Moravians' highly distinctive spirituality, the Church's community life, its worship service, aristocratic sense of style, and culture of festivity and celebration.Less
By 1753, the Moravians had almost 1,000 communicants in England. With regular attenders at the preaching and a large number of children, they put the total number of souls in their care in England in 1748 between 5,000 and 6,000. The majority of congregation members were former Anglicans, often claiming a ‘strict’ Church of England upbringing. This chapter analyses the motivation of those who joined the Moravian Church and describes those features that made it so different in character from Methodism. The reasons range from the difficulty of gaining admission to the Church's positive identity as Christ's Chosen Flock, its negative identity as a refuge from the trials of life in an unpleasant world, an extremely high level of pastoral care, the Moravians' highly distinctive spirituality, the Church's community life, its worship service, aristocratic sense of style, and culture of festivity and celebration.
Peter Marshall
- Published in print:
- 1994
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198204480
- eISBN:
- 9780191676307
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198204480.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Early Modern History, History of Religion
To be an effective pastor, a priest must naturally reside amongst his people. In this chapter, the alleged failings of the late medieval Church in the provision of pastoral care are presented through ...
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To be an effective pastor, a priest must naturally reside amongst his people. In this chapter, the alleged failings of the late medieval Church in the provision of pastoral care are presented through several accounts that showcased their negligence, non-residence or appropriation to a religious house, and denial of sacraments due to personal motives. Thus, the fact that the Church made the reception of sacraments an effective condition of salvation, yet could not, through its parochial agents, always guarantee their availability, was a situation that led to potent resentment against the clergies. The author concludes this chapter by suggesting that although attitudes of laypeople towards their pastors never veered from the twin poles of defeated expectation and bare satisfaction, there were some pastors who have been effective and caring, and thus elicited respect and affection from their flock.Less
To be an effective pastor, a priest must naturally reside amongst his people. In this chapter, the alleged failings of the late medieval Church in the provision of pastoral care are presented through several accounts that showcased their negligence, non-residence or appropriation to a religious house, and denial of sacraments due to personal motives. Thus, the fact that the Church made the reception of sacraments an effective condition of salvation, yet could not, through its parochial agents, always guarantee their availability, was a situation that led to potent resentment against the clergies. The author concludes this chapter by suggesting that although attitudes of laypeople towards their pastors never veered from the twin poles of defeated expectation and bare satisfaction, there were some pastors who have been effective and caring, and thus elicited respect and affection from their flock.
Oswald Bayer and Jeff Cayzer
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199249091
- eISBN:
- 9780191697807
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199249091.003.0009
- Subject:
- Religion, Theology, Philosophy of Religion
This chapter discusses ethics as pastoral care. An ethic is related to sin and forgiveness. However, the recognition of sin and the experience of forgiveness go beyond every naturally possible human ...
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This chapter discusses ethics as pastoral care. An ethic is related to sin and forgiveness. However, the recognition of sin and the experience of forgiveness go beyond every naturally possible human way of living, hence beyond every form of morality and every conception of ethics as a theory of the human way of life.Less
This chapter discusses ethics as pastoral care. An ethic is related to sin and forgiveness. However, the recognition of sin and the experience of forgiveness go beyond every naturally possible human way of living, hence beyond every form of morality and every conception of ethics as a theory of the human way of life.
