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An Archbishop in the Pulpit: Tobie Matthew’s Preaching Diary 1606-1622
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 February 2016
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It had always been a central duty of the episcopate to preach, and other spiritual functions such as confirmation and visitation, not to mention secular responsibilities at the opening of Parliament and at court, provided ample opportunity to extend the normal pastoral range. Distinguished preachers such as Stephen Langton and John Fisher were regarded as among the finest ornaments of the medieval Church, so that, at one level, Tobie Matthew’s commitment to preaching was part of a long tradition expressed in the careers of distinguished forebears and enjoined in the Scriptures and the Fathers. At another level, the Reformation both shifted the emphasis which bishops were to place on preaching, and changed the context in which it took place.
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- Studies in Church History Subsidia , Volume 12: Life and Thought in the Northern Church , 1999 , pp. 381 - 405
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