Disinterested Sentiments on the Retreat of the Pastors of France

Plan of this Work:

of chapter 10 of the Gospel according to Saint John John 10 contains the parable of the Good Shepherd; specifically verses 12-13, which contrast the "hireling" who flees when the wolf comes with the shepherd who stays. This was a key text used to argue that ministers should not abandon their congregations.,
which we explain and reconcile
with that of the Gospel according to Saint
Matthew, chapter 10 Matthew 10:23: "When they persecute you in one city, flee into another." The author is attempting to resolve the apparent tension between John's condemnation of fleeing and Matthew's permission of it., by examining everything
that follows from page 261 to
page 271. We also explain the
passages from Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Zechariah The author likely refers to passages like Jeremiah 23, Ezekiel 34, and Zechariah 11, which contain "woes" or warnings against shepherds who scatter or neglect their flocks.;
we highlight their force, and
we apply them to the subject; we
add new authorities from the
Church Fathers and Protestant authors
who have determined that flight is
not permitted for Pastors Pastors: Specifically referring to ordained ministers with a specific local charge, as opposed to wandering missionaries.. We exam-
ine the eight conditions that the Au-
thor proposes to make legitimate
the flight of Pastors; we admit
those we approve of, and we re-
fute the others; we then propose
the true conditions which can
make flight legitimate; we
demonstrate that the withdrawal of our
Pastors did not have those
necessary conditions to make it legitimate,
and we refute in all of this what
presents itself to be refuted from page
271.