<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Many of the sixteenth-century Reformers were pastors before being anything else. Despite this, it can be easy for us to miss the extent to which practices of piety dominated their personal and theological lives. In this article we will briefly detail the emphasis early Reformed authors placed on piety and pastoral care. We will identify this trait in the works of Ursinus and Bullinger, after which we will focus specifically on Calvin's treatise <italic>On the Christian Life</italic>.</p></abstract>

Many of the sixteenth-century Reformers were pastors before being anything else. Despite this, it can be easy for us to miss the extent to which practices of piety dominated their personal and theological lives. In this article we will briefly detail the emphasis early Reformed authors placed on piety and pastoral care. We will identify this trait in the works of Ursinus and Bullinger, after which we will focus specifically on Calvin's treatise On the Christian Life.

Calvin's only prayer: piety and pastoral care in early Reformed thought and practice

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Many of the sixteenth-century Reformers were pastors before being anything else. Despite this, it can be easy for us to miss the extent to which practices of...

Calvin's only prayer: piety and pastoral care in early Reformed thought and practice

Published Online: Jun 16, 2020

Page range: 225 - 234

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/holiness-2017-0007

Keywords
REFORMERED TRADITION, JOHN CALVIN, HEINRICH BULLINGER, ZACHARIAS URSINUS, PIETY, PASTORAL CARE, CHRISTIAN LIVING

© 2017 Nathan Paylor, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Calvin's only prayer: piety and pastoral care in early Reformed thought and practice

Published Online: Jun 16, 2020

Page range: 225 - 234

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/holiness-2017-0007

KeywordsREFORMERED TRADITION, JOHN CALVIN, HEINRICH BULLINGER, ZACHARIAS URSINUS, PIETY, PASTORAL CARE, CHRISTIAN LIVING

© 2017 Nathan Paylor, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
REFORMERED TRADITION, JOHN CALVIN, HEINRICH BULLINGER, ZACHARIAS URSINUS, PIETY, PASTORAL CARE, CHRISTIAN LIVING