The Clergy in Early Modern Scotland

Convincing preaching was one, and surviving sermon notes remind us that many parishioners listened pen in hand. Clergy engaged in Bible study with parishioners or drew from it to counsel them and worked with other ministers to present a common public interpretation of the Bible. [...]the "home&...

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Published inSeventeenth-century news Vol. 80; no. 3/4; pp. 115 - 119
Main Author Key, Newton
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published College Station Seventeenth-Century News 01.10.2022
Subjects
17th century
Bible
Case studies
Clergy
Collaboration
Marriage
Protestantism
Sermons
United Kingdom > UK
Scotland
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Summary:Convincing preaching was one, and surviving sermon notes remind us that many parishioners listened pen in hand. Clergy engaged in Bible study with parishioners or drew from it to counsel them and worked with other ministers to present a common public interpretation of the Bible. [...]the "home" parish in effect was served at times by the minister's wife or even his daughter.