Metadata
Title
Gilbert Tennent sermons 34, "De sanctis mundi judicibus" (On the holy judges of the world), 1744
Date
1744/1759
Digital Identifier
PHS.TennentSermons034
Description
Gilbert Tennent (1703-1764) was an Irish-American Presbyterian clergyman, and one of the leaders of the Great Awakening.
Tennent begins this sermon on the holy judges of the world by citing 1 Corinthians 6:2, "Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?"
From dates noted in the manuscript, it appears that Tennent wrote this sermon in 1744, and delivered it again in 1749 and 1759.
Tennent begins this sermon on the holy judges of the world by citing 1 Corinthians 6:2, "Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?"
From dates noted in the manuscript, it appears that Tennent wrote this sermon in 1744, and delivered it again in 1749 and 1759.
Subject
Place
Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Congregation
Second Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA
Holding Institution
Presbyterian Historical Society
Extent
13 pages
Format (Digital)
tiff
Rights
http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Language
eng
Type
Text
Abstract
De sanctis mundi judicibus (On saints as judges of worldly matters) discusses 1 Corinthians 6:2 in which Paul urges the Christian community not to go to law about minor disputes, more particularly, not to consult pagan lawyers, but to try their own petty disputes and make any cases before "the least of these" among them, who would make the final ruling, rather than have their wranglings made public and betray them as less than peaceful. Paul claims that the saints, believing Christians, will judge the world according to Revelations, and their judges will be chosen from the least of men.
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