Pastoral Theology Or The Theory Of The Evangelical Ministry Classic Reprint

Author : Alexandre Vinet
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ISBN 13 : 9781331419105
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (191 download)

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Download or read book Pastoral Theology written by Alexandre Vinet and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Pastoral Theology: The Theory of a Gospel Ministry They appeared to us, at once too extended to be inserted in the course, and yet so important that we could not content ourselves with simply referring to them. Bengel's Thoughts, which precede the Appendix, have been translated from the German, by M. Vinet, and published separately in a small 16mo pamphlet. Allusions will occasionally be found to the institutions of the National Church of the Canton de Vaud. We may remind the reader that the greater number of M. Vinet's hearers were preparing for the ministry in this church, with which he did not cease to be connected, so far as worship is concerned, until a Free Church was established in the Canton de Vaud, in consequence of the resignation of a large number of the pastors in the National Church. We hope that this course of Pastoral Theology will be well received, not only by Ministers of the Gospel, and students in Theology, for whom it is more immediately designed, but also by the religious public generally. M. Vinet's fundamental idea should recommend his book to the serious attention of all friends of the gospel. The pastor is not, in his view, an isolated being, banished from the general community of Christians into the retirement of a remote and solitary dignity, to which simple believers may not aspire. He regards him not so much above them, as at their head, - their advanced leader in the work of love. Accordingly his functions are not his exclusive prerogative; on the contrary, all ought to associate actively with him, and will, in fact, so associate with him according to the measure of their faithfulness. The pastor is not different from the Christian; he is the typal Christian, - the example for his flock, 1 Tim. iv. 12. All Christians, therefore, will find that precious instruction may be gathered from this book. This second edition is conformable to the first, published 1850, with the exception of some new notes and a few corrections. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.