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McClintock and Strong’s Cyclopaedia · 1867–1887

Charge

Charge is, in ecclesiastical terminology, (1) a sermon preached by the bishop to his clergy

(2) among the Dissenters, a sermon preached to a minister at his ordination, generally by some aged or able divine, and containing a view of the Christian ministry-in its nature, duties, trials, and encouragements..

Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature, John McClintock and James Strong (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887). Public domain. Text from SwordSearcher’s module, as published by biblicalcyclopedia.com. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: titles misread in our source corrected from the Internet Archive’s scans of the printed volumes; paragraphs our source broke mid-sentence joined.