Manual of Sacred Rhetoric; Or, How to Prepare a Sermon
Overview
Intended as an introductory guide to the preparation of sermons, Bernard Fenney’s Manual of Sacred Rhetoric instructs students in the basic components of the sermon. Emphasizing personal character, wide study, spiritual preparation, and practice of mechanics, this volume provides a comprehensive treatment of the preacher’s task.
Top Highlights
“to impart knowledge of what to teach, and skill in how to teach it.” (Pages vii–viii)
“The object of Preaching is persuasion, that is, the movement of the will to some practical issue conducive to salvation” (Page 6)
“to move the will of another from a state of apathy or opposition to activity in a definite direction” (Page ii)
“enlighten and inflame,—that will instruct the understanding and reform the will” (Page 7)
- Title: Manual of Sacred Rhetoric; Or, How to Prepare a Sermon
- Author: Bernard Feeney
- Publisher: B. Herder
- Print Publication Date: 1901
- Logos Release Date: 2014
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Preaching
- Resource ID: LLS:WRKSPRCHSRMFEENEY
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T21:10:51Z