Reformed Covenanter
Cancelled Commissioner
It is the office of all Christians, and especially of such as teach the word of God, not only to remove and take away false & pernicious doctrine, and then to plant the truth …
John Hooper, A lesson of the Incarnation of Christ that he took, his humanity in and of the Blessed Virgin made the twentieth day of June by John Hopper, 1549 (London: Edward Whitechurch, 1549), preface (emphasis added).
The bit in bold is a useful corrective to clericalism and an affirmation of the priesthood of all believers, while John Hooper also recognised that a greater responsibility lies upon ordained teachers.
John Hooper, A lesson of the Incarnation of Christ that he took, his humanity in and of the Blessed Virgin made the twentieth day of June by John Hopper, 1549 (London: Edward Whitechurch, 1549), preface (emphasis added).
The bit in bold is a useful corrective to clericalism and an affirmation of the priesthood of all believers, while John Hooper also recognised that a greater responsibility lies upon ordained teachers.