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The form of the ministry consists chiefly in three parts.First comes teaching and preaching the word; hence ministers are teachers, ambassadors of God, and laborers in the word.
Second comes administering the sacraments according to Christ's institution; ministers are stewards of the mysteries of God.
Third comes remitting sins to the repentant and binding the unrepentant, which is called excommunication, whether generally in sermons or specially toward persons, so that people may be saved unto the glory of God.
Latin
Forma ministerii in tribus potissimum consistit: (1) in officio docendi et praedicandi verbum (Matt. 28:19; Mark 16:15)—hinc ministri doctores, legati Dei, operarii in verbo; (2) in officio administrandi sacramenta secundum Christi institutionem (Matt. 28:19)—dispensatores mysteriorum Dei (1 Cor. 4:1); (3) in officio remittendi peccata resipiscentibus ac ligandi non resipiscentes, quae dicitur excommunicatio (Matt. 18:18; 16:19), generatim in concionibus et speciatim ad singulas personas, fine ut in Dei gloriam homines serventur.