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050 00 $aBX8065.3$b.W46 2008
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100 1 $aWengert, Timothy J.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr88002862
245 10 $aPriesthood, pastors, bishops :$bpublic ministry for the Reformation and today /$cTimothy J. Wengert.
260 $aMinneapolis :$bFortress Press,$c[2008], ©2008.
300 $aix, 141 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 111-135) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tThe Priesthood of All Believers and Other Pious Myths -- $g2.$tOther "Proofs" for the Existence of the Priesthood of All Believers -- $g3.$tThe End of the Public Office of Ministry in the Lutheran Confessions -- $g4.$tBishops in the Augsburg Confession: Servants of the Crucified -- $g5.$tWitnessing to the Evangelical Office of Bishop in The Book of Concord.
520 1 $a"Today's Protestant churches are often rent by disagreement and dissent over the office of bishop, the roles of the ordained, and myriad forms of lay ministry." "Timothy Wengert's new work overturns many of the pious myths about these matters to probe the core conviction of Martin Luther, Philip Melanchthon, and the early reformers about public ministry. Theirs was an original vision of Christian ministry, revolutionary for its time. It jettisoned the lay/clerical distinction and brought new authority and purpose to the public office in Christ's church, says Wengert. After resurrecting that initial context, Wengert traces the diminution and distortion of this foundational vision through the centuries. He shows that many of the modern fights over public ministry are simply wrong-headed, and he then draws striking and helpful conclusions about the rich assets and forms of service in the single public office of ministry today."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aLutheran Church$xDoctrines.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85079006
650 0 $aPriesthood, Universal.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85106636
650 0 $aChurch work$xLutheran Church.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2020009870
650 0 $aClergy.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85026944
650 0 $aPastoral theology$xLutheran Church.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008108952
852 00 $buts$hBX8065.3$i.W46 2008