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# Pastoral Theology in the Classical Tradition

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    Good Grief
  

*by B***L on Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2020*

Pastoral Theology in the Classical Tradition was a really good reminder of what a pastor should be. As someone who grieves the state of the Church and struggles with anger toward my fellow pastors for forsaking the long established practice of pastoral care, I had a hard time with this book.I think Purves chose great men worth emulating, but the men I know striving to be this for their people end up burned out and with tiny churches.  Our culture would rather have celebrity pastors and pay a counselor than have a man who knows the Scriptures, loves them well, and is willing to lay his life down for them, and the Church is withering because of it.Of course this is a chicken or the egg scenario. Have we failed them so much they don't trust us, or has the office changed to match expectations? I'm sure it's both.Thankfully, PTitCT calls us pastors to return to our calling, and what better way to do that than giving us examples of how we might do that.Great read for lay people so they can look for these kinds of pastors, and a great read for pastors who need to be reminded of our calling.

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    Summary of five wise pastors--particularly Gregory of Nazianzus
  

*by D***Z on Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2014*

I am taking my final course for a certificate in biblical counseling through the Christian Counseling and Education Foundation, which is entitled Counseling in the Local Church. Pastoral Theology in the Classical Tradition (2001) by Andrew Purves is one of the required texts.  In this short text, Purves explores pastoral care and what we might now call counseling or soul care through the works of five men separated by over a thousand years: Gregory of Nazianzus, John Chrysostom, Gregory the Great, Martin Bucer, and Richard Baxter. I suspect that even most well-read evangelicals have little knowledge of these men, except perhaps Richard Baxter.In each case, Purves provides a short biographical sketch and then explores aspects of their works that contribute to pastoral care and shepherding. Although there was wisdom in each, I was particularly drawn to Gregory of Nazianzus, the earliest of them. Purves wrote, "according to Gregory, the pastor is a healer, even more so than the physician for the pastor treats a sickness that is a deeply subtle foe of healing a sickness of the soul" (p. 17).Also, in the chapter on Gregory, Purves makes this point: "the godly pastor is not only a psychologist and rhetorician, but above all else also must be a theologian" (page 22). I would love to see this wisdom penetrate the pastoral office today.

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    Pastoral Theology in the classical tradition was an insightful overview
  

*by I***Z on Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2020*

This was a helpful overview of the classical tradition of pastoral theology. It was required required reading for a seminary class and provided helpful insights into theological and pastoral motivations from the past with pertinent implications for the pastor and theologian today. An easy and enjoyable read.

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