The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church, Vol. 4
Hughes Oliphant Old's fourth volume in his comprehensive work examines the preaching of major Reformation and Counter-Reformation figures across Europe over 250 years, providing critical analysis of both Protestant and Catholic homiletical traditions. By comparing Reformed preaching with Jesuit and other Catholic approaches, Old demonstrates both the strengths of Reformation preaching and instructive examples of theological and stylistic errors to avoid in contemporary pulpits.
The Reading and the Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church Volume 4: The Age of the Reformation Hughes Oliphant Old Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002, paperback, xiii + 556 pp. ISBN 0-8028-4775-7 In volume four of his magnum opus, Old treats the reader to over 500 pages of penetrating analysis of the main preachers and preaching schools of the Reformation and Counter Reformation, covering a period of about 250 years (from Luther [b. 1483] to Jean-Baptiste Massillon...