Foundation for Reformed Theology

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Dr. Hughes Oliphant Old's doctoral dissertation, The Patristic Roots of Reformed Worship, shows what the Reformers learned from the church fathers. This was originally published in Z�rich, Switzerland, and it is included in our ministerial study seminar reading program.

I am delighted to report that an American edition is now available for purchase. The cost is $35 plus postage. To order a copy, contact:

        Mr. Craig S. Bulkeley
        Worship Press
        P. O. Box 627
        Black Mountain, NC  28711-0627
        [email protected]

Old retired as Dean of the Institute of Reformed Worship at Erskine Theological Seminary and continues writing as the leading scholar in the field of Reformed worship.  Among his many works are Worship Reformed According to Scripture, Leading in Prayer, The Shaping of the Reformed Baptismal Rite in the Sixteenth Century, his seven volume series The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church and, his most recent, Holy Communion in the Piety of the Reformed Church.

The Patristic Roots of Reformed Worship is Hughes Oliphant Old's ground-breaking work written decades ago for his doctoral dissertation at the University of Neuch�tel in Switzerland. Lovers of the Biblical faith of the Reformers can now enjoy this rich feast that combines scholarship in theology, history and languages with a passion for faith in Christ and the right worship of God!

"It was in trying to fulfill my responsibilities as a pastor of a Presbyterian Church in the farming country of Pennsylvania that I first became interested in the question of what worship according to the Reformed tradition should be. I became more and more convinced that I must travel to those lands in which the Reformation had taken place, learn the languages the Reformers spoke and search the documents they left behind. . . .

"If we are to understand the worship of the early Reformed Church we must recognize that they went to worship not to do something for God, nor even so much to get something from God, but far more to be something with God."

        From Patristic Roots

"Reformed Protestants who have been intimidated by the high-church claims for the antiquity of its liturgy now have available Hughes Old's massive rebuttal. Patristic Roots is a gold mine of information, demonstrating that the worship of Reformed Protestantism, with its simple services of lectio continua Bible reading, expository preaching, Psalm-singing, prayer, and regular observance of the Lord's Supper, was self-consciously modeled after that of the Apostolic and Patristic church.  Hurray for Craig Bulkeley's efforts in producing this reprint!"

        Dr. Terry L. Johnson, Pastor
        The Independent Presbyterian Church
        Savannah, Georgia

For additional reading on Reformed theology and worship, click on this link:

How Reformed Theology Shapes Liturgy

Dr. James C. Goodloe IV
Grace and Peace,

Dr. James C. Goodloe IV, Executive Director
Foundation for Reformed Theology
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