Westminster Divines

[Romans922]

Why are the divines called the divines? Isn't this a bad name to give a theologian/pastor?

 

[NaphtaliPress]

Why are the divines called the divines? Isn't this a bad name to give a theologian/pastor?

No; because we should understand words have different connotations and meaning. The meaning in this context is one who practices divinity, a theologian. OED.

 

[NaphtaliPress]

I should add, before more modern usage, like at the time of the Westminster Assembly, the word divine, meant any clergymen.

 

[Southern Presbyterian]

Short answer:

It has to do with their office. It's the term they used, in their day, instead of "Preacher" or "Pastor" or maybe even "Doctor" (not totally sure about that one).

 

[Contra_Mundum]

Chemists mess with chemistry and chemicals.

Physicists fiddle with physics.

Divines dawdle with divinity.

 

[VirginiaHuguenot]

Chemists mess with chemistry and chemicals.

Physicists fiddle with physics.

Divines dawdle with divinity.

That's a lot of admirable alliteration!

 

[timmopussycat]

Chemists mess with chemistry and chemicals.

Physicists fiddle with physics.

Divines dawdle with divinity.

That's a lot of admirable alliteration!

Me, I think Divines delight in Divinity

And where did you get the Bach quote from? I'm curious because Bach never travelled over 200 miles from his birthplace.

 

[DMcFadden]

"Divines delight in divinity"???

T'day, divines deny divinity to the Deity, deconstruct the discipline of divinity, and detest the decrees of divinity, at least whenever dey delimit the decisions of de dabblers in divinity.

 

[JohnOwen007]

Me, I think Divines delight in Divinity

If we're discussing 17th century English let's use it: Methinks Divines delight in Divinitie.

 

[VirginiaHuguenot]

Chemists mess with chemistry and chemicals.

Physicists fiddle with physics.

Divines dawdle with divinity.

That's a lot of admirable alliteration!

Me, I think Divines delight in Divinity

And where did you get the Bach quote from? I'm curious because Bach never travelled over 200 miles from his birthplace.

It's from a little poem that Bach wrote.

 

[ReformationArt]

My mom makes a delightful divinity, which is simply put....DIVINE ;-)