Joseph Mattera

“Young men seeking clerical occupation would frequently attend college (a two-year program in those days) and then pursue “finishing school” under a practicing pastor in one of the “schools of the prophets.”
― Gerald Hiestand, The Pastor Theologian: Resurrecting an Ancient Vision

“Until the Reformation, universities were chartered by ecclesiastical authorities to further the mission of the church and to supply the church with canon lawyers and learned clergy.34”
― Gerald Hiestand, The Pastor Theologian: Resurrecting an Ancient Vision

“The theological enterprise is — at root — a conversation. As such, a community of conversation partners is vital to the theological task. The monasteries, cathedrals, and universities were not simply important as financial patrons, but also as a means of networking a community of theologians without which theological conversations could not happen. Again, in our present context, such networks exist almost exclusively in the academy.”
― Gerald Hiestand, The Pastor Theologian: Resurrecting an Ancient Vision

“clearly the pastoral office was considered a viable vocation for theologians during the Reformation and post-Reformation eras.45 Conclusion The pastor theologian has had a”
― Gerald Hiestand, The Pastor Theologian: Resurrecting an Ancient Vision