A Christian Directory

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A Christian Directory is a comprehensive 17th-century pastoral and practical theology manual by Puritan minister Richard Baxter, offering detailed guidance on Christian belief, ethics, and daily conduct.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian literature
pastoral manual
practical theology manual
theological work
author Richard Baxter
authorDenomination English Presbyterian-leaning Puritan
authorOccupation Puritan minister
bibliographicNote often published in one large volume
centuryOfComposition 17th century
countryOfOrigin England
genre Christian ethics
devotional literature
moral theology
pastoral theology
hasFormat folio
hasPart Christian Ecclesiastics
Christian Economics
Christian Ethics
Christian Politics
historicalPeriod Post-Reformation era
influenced Reformed practical theology
later Puritan pastoral practice
influencedBy English Puritanism
Reformed scholasticism
intendedAudience lay Christians
pastors
intendedUse guidance for Christian living
manual for pastoral counseling
language English
notableFor comprehensive treatment of practical Christian ethics
detailed casuistical guidance
systematic organization of Christian duties
placeOfPublication London
publicationYear 1673
relatedWork The Reformed Pastor
religiousTradition Christianity
structure divided into multiple parts addressing different areas of Christian life
subject Christian conduct
Christian doctrine
Christian ethics
casuistry
church life
family life
pastoral care
practical divinity
spiritual disciplines
theologicalPerspective Calvinist
Reformed
theologicalTradition Puritanism

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Richard Baxter
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