Classical Pastoral Care: Ministry through Word and Sacrament

by Thomas C. Oden

Publisher:

Baker

, 1987

Overview

Ministry through Word and Sacrament reviews the range of pastoral task: pastoral care through preaching and worship, pastoral care through the ministries of baptism and Eucharist, the pastor as educator of the soul, the teaching office, the office of administry (i.e., of that which moves towards ministry), and the nurturing of Christian community in mission to the world.

Contents

Top Highlights

“Let us not hear in the church: I say this, you say this, he says that; but: Thus says the Lord” (Page 29)

“Even so it is not baptism that justifies or benefits anyone but it is faith in the word of promise, to which baptism is added. This faith justifies, and fulfils that which baptism signifies. For faith is the submersion of the old man and the emerging of the new.… Baptism, then, signifies two things—death and resurrection; that is, full and complete justification.” (Page 119)

“The sacraments are a complete armamentarium against sin on behalf of the growth of virtue.” (Page 61)

Product Details

• Title: Classical Pastoral Care: Ministry through Word and Sacrament
• Author: Thomas C. Oden
• Publisher: Baker Book House
• Publication Date: 2000
• Pages: 232

About Thomas C. Oden

Dr. Oden is Professor Emeritus of Theology and Ethics at Drew University. He is best known as an advocate of paleo-orthodoxy. He is a prolific writer, having authored over 40 books.