tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7143395511928869444.post3242101228105083910..comments2024-01-02T13:37:26.563-06:00Comments on גֵּר־וְתוֹשָׁב: Philipp Jakob Spener on Pastoral Trainingd. millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16844676267073730959noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7143395511928869444.post-81082547236249485572011-08-15T14:36:29.468-06:002011-08-15T14:36:29.468-06:00Thanks Jeromey. I've added Spener to my readin...Thanks Jeromey. I've added Spener to my reading list after Baxter's <i>Reformed Pastor</i>.d. millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16844676267073730959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7143395511928869444.post-8622627842228592022011-08-06T14:47:23.285-06:002011-08-06T14:47:23.285-06:00Spener's writing to combat the state (-church)...Spener's writing to combat the state (-church)-controlled training of pastors for ministry, under which system (he perceives) candidates require any longer neither moral nor spiritual commitment to become ministers but only scholastic achievement.<br /><br />Who can blame him for that?<br /><br />I've found Spener's /Pia Desideria/ (from which this passage comes) foundational for my own philosophy of Christian education.<br /><br />(I wonder to what extent the charge of "anti-intellectualism" just choruses Reformed anti-pietism stereotypes?)Jeromeynoreply@blogger.com