Excerpt from The Ministry of the Word and Sacraments England to the ministry of the Word and Sacra ments respectively. Similarly with the Ordering of Priests. The same proportion is here maintained as in the Ordering of Deacons. Priests are to be replen ished with the truth of Christ's doctrine for the edification of His Church. In the Epistle chosen for the Ordinal the title priest does not occur, as, indeed, it occurs nowhere in the New Testa ment as a distinctive designation of Christ's ministers. But the ordinand priest is reminded in the Epistle of the early titles of the ministers of Christ's Gospel. Some were apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers. And the work of the ministry of all, whatever their title, was the building up of the Body of Christ in the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God. The dignity and excellency of the priest's office is declared especi ally to be to teach and to feed the Lord's family. And forasmuch as the doing of so weighty a work cannot be compassed except with doctrine and exhortation taken out of Holy Scriptures, and with a life agreeable to the same, the ordinand priest is most earnestly admonished how studious he ought to be in reading and learning the Scriptures. The means whereby he may wax riper and stronger in his ministry. 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.

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Excerpt from Meditations on the Sacraments and Christian Life for Priests and Seminarians "After John had been imprisoned, Jesus returned to Galilee to preach God's Good Message, This was his theme: 'The time of waiting is over, the kingdom of God is close at hand. Change your evil ways; believe in the Good Message.'" Mark 1:14-16. I have chosen as the theme of this meditation the summary of the teaching of Our Lord as given by St. Mark. Generally the biblical scholars agree that Mark didn't wish to express how Christ began to teach. Indeed the first preaching of Our Lord was longer, not just three phrases. Mark wishes to give a whole summary. He wished to show the very structure of the preaching of Our Lord. This is the program of the teaching of Our Lord and it should be the program for this retreat. Jesus began to proclaim the Good Tidings. It is Good Tidings, the Good News, and why? Above all because it is Jesus. "Salvator Mundi," salvation. It is Jesus, the Only-Begotten Son. In the same chapter of St. Mark is contained the baptism of Christ. There the heavens opened and a voice came from heavens "This is My Beloved Son." The Father proclaims from heaven it is My Son, My Beloved to whom you shall listen. So in the text it is clear what is the essence or heart of the message of the Gospel - it is not some messenger, prophet, patriarch or preacher, it is the Word of God, the Beloved Son of the Father. It is the Word that has made the world, it is the Word-made-Man, it is this Blissful Word to whom the Father from all eternity has given all his wisdom, power, and love. It is the Word in which the Father expresses His beatitude, and this is the Gospel coming from God. As better texts say; "Jesus begins to preach the Gospel coming from God." It is the Word Himself, the Son, Who comes. How wonderful were the words of Pope Paul at the beginning of the second session of the Vatican Councils "per Christum solum Dominum"; that the Church in the council will not bring another message to the world but Christ. He is the messenger, but not a messenger as a prophet bringing a message of future times or a message beyond himself. Here we have a messenger Who is Himself the message, beatitude, and salvation. The first attitude, therefore, dear friends, in our whole Christian life and especially during these days of retreat is to listen to Christ and not to watch and to judge the retreat master. "Oculi mei semper ad Dominum." We should be aware that it is still the Lord who brings the Good Tidings, as the Constitution on the Liturgy says, "in ecclesiae Christus adhuc praedicat." 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.

Excerpt from Sacraments of the Church Papal doctrine in regard to the efficacy of the sacraments. Canons of the Council Of Trent, A. D. 1547. - Other Ro man Catholic authorities - Luther's view of the efficacy of the sacraments - The Reformed doctrine on the subject, as held by nearly all Protestants. HE term Sacrament is of Latin ori gin. The Latin verb sacrare means to set apart as sacred, to consecrate. From this is formed the noun sacramentum. 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.

Excerpt from The Ministry of the Word This book is not a Treatise on Homiletics. Neither is it a ministerial autobiography. But it is an attempt to give to my younger brethren in the pulpit, and to those who are preparing for the ministry, some practical hints which I should have been thankful to have received twenty years ago, and which have been suggested to me as much by the blunders as by the successes of my public life. 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.

Excerpt from Church Orders, or the Necessity of a Right Call to the Office of the Ministry: A Lecture Upon the Fourteenth Article of the Augsburg Confession But, whilst this Article'of our Confession is thus utterly, in its spirit and Scope, opposed to the Romish conception of the ministry, as also to the directly Opposite or Anabaptist conception Of it, it is yet pleasant to note that it is, upon this whole subject, in entire harmony with all the great his toric Protestant Confessions which, since the days of the Reformation, have moulded the thought and the faith Of12 church orders. Protestant Christendom. All Protestant Creeds recognize the ministry as an office, and either assert or imply that no one should discharge the special and sacred functions Of the office unless he be first rightly inducted into the Office. Or, as Dr. Hodge, (systematic Theology, vol. III., p. Speak ing upon the question Of who should administer the sacra ments, says: Lutherans and Reformed agree in teaching, first, that the efficacy of the sacraments does not depend on anything in him who administers them and, secondly, that as the ministry Of the word and sacraments are united in the Scriptures, it is a matter of order and propriety that the sa craments'should be administered by those only who have been duly called and appointed to' that service. 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.

A translation of Chemnitz' little book for pastors.

Excerpt from The Christian Sacraments: Or Scriptural Views of Baptism and the Lord's Supper HE Author has endeavored to give to the following Treatise as little of a controversial character as he could, consistentlv with the object which he had in view. Truth stands Opposite to error and to make their contrast seen and felt, it is sometimes desirable to present both. To this, the Author has been almost resistlessly led by the force of circumstances; and it will be readily perceived that the considerations, which induced him to present what he conscientiously believed to be erroneous views on the subject. Which he has treated, bound him, at the same time, to present them. Not in his own, but in the language of their advocates. He has, however, endeavored to quote fairly, and has honestly sought to put the Theories, which he 0p poses, in a light which their advocates must acknowledge to be just: and, having done this, he has busied himself with those Theories, and not with the men who hold them. Against their views he has spoken strongly: against the men he has said nothing. He readily concedes to them. What he is desirous may be conceded to himself, - honesty and sincerity in the views embraced, and solicitude to pro mote the best interests of the Gospel and Church of Christ. He can feel no pleasure in supporting even what he believesto be vital truth by so poor a prop as an attempt to excite prejudice against those, who embrace even what he believes to be dangerous error. Nor has he any desire that the views, which he has presented, should stand any further than they can stand on the basis of Truth as revealed in the Word of God, recognized in the Standards of our Church, and illustrated by its own inward light. He has quoted the authors, to whom he refers, only so far as was necessary to develop their peculiar views on the points under examination. He has not attempted to follow them through any extended train of reasoning, illustration, or reference to authorities. There is, therefore, a sense in which the present work is not controversial. It does not profess to be a special answer to any other work, or a full critique upon any other treatise. It is. Rather, an inde pendent exposition of the nature of the Christian Sacra ments; referring for authority mainlv to the Scriptures, and showing, subordinately, the harmony between the Scriptures and our own Ecclesiastical Standards. 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.