The ministry in the church in relation to prophecy and spiritual gifts (charismata)

H. J. (Henry Johnstone) Wotherspoon

Sujets

• Gulf Islands Film and Television School (GIFTS)
• Pastoral theology
• Clergy

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 8
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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MINISTRY IN THE CHURCHTHE MINISTRY
IN THE CHURCH
IN RELATION TO
AND SPIRITUAL GIFTSPROPHECY
(charismata)
BY
H. D.D.M.A.,WOTHERSPOON,J.
'1
GREEN AND GO,LONGMANS,
39 PATERNOSTER LONDONROW,
&FOURTH AVENUE 80th NEW YORKSTREET,
AND MADRASBOMBAY^ CALCUTTA,
1916Sit in memoria lectori
sicut scriptori fuit
lOANNES MACLEOD
ViR ALIUS HIS TEMPORIBUS PROPHETICUS.SIQUISPREFACE
These delivered on the Alexanderlectures,
Robertson Foundation in the ofUniversity Glasgow,
were written and Octoberduring August, September
forof months of distraction and1914, anxiety
us and since their the circumstancesall; delivery
theirof the time have allowed of little leisure for
— arerevisal : I am conscious thatextremely they
even less to the than otherwiseadequate subject
one have to make them. Themight hoped subject
one which calls for anis, besides, expert knowledge
to those whose main work liespossible only along
a at allto which I cannotlines,special knowledge
So far however as arepretend. experts good
to us with their data and reasons,enough supply
there is for even the less wellopportunity equipped
to form an the conclusions whichopinion upon
and to submit toreach,experts
on consideration of the data themselves havethey
been led.
interest was directed to this of theMy subject
relation of to Charismata in connectionMinistry
with the ininclination some recentapparent apolo-
to relate the as we find it in thegetic Episcopate
latter of the Second with an earlierpart Century
charismatic to which there seems to beministry,
339952vi PREFACE
a of Thethe heir.thought serving Episcopate
idea that such a relation exist in no waymay
me. I was rather attracted than other-repelled
wise the idea for it is somewhatby as, example,
stated the late of ingenerally by Bishop Salisbury
his and was to thinkMinistry of Grace, willing
that it stood for more or less actual.something
One had been accustomed to assume that the hypo-
thesis of a charismatic offered aprimary ministry
of undoubtedlegitimate way describing phenomena
of the first of since men likeage Christianity;
Dr. Dr. or Mr.Gore whoseWordsworth, Turner,
one much for whose workauthority very regards,
one is with whose attitude to
grateful, general
Church one is treated itratherquestions sympathetic,
as a critical result from which without further
discussion it is to I had taken forpossible argue.
the of the while lean-Didache,granted genuineness
to a belief in the earlier of the dates which areing
for it to have issued fromit,suggested believing
some semi-Ebionite out of the maineddy lying
currents of Church and to for us thelife, preserve
anot of so much astype, primitive Christianity
—of a and therefore to beJudaism ofpersisting
less substantial in ofthe questionimportance any
One had taken for too the
origins. granted
Christian as one be thepuzzled might byprophet,
which St. Paul seems on casualany readingplace
to to but currenthim,assign indolently accepting
statements which include him with in aApostles
as in some sense true.spiritual hierarchy, probably
T in-startled certain of thewas, however, by