# “The pastor ought to have two voices” by John Calvin

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- Published: 2009-04-08T21:34:35-05:00
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“The pastor ought to have two voices: one, for gathering the sheep, and another 
for warding off and driving away wolves and thieves. The Scripture supplies him 
with the means of doing both, for he who is deeply skilled in it will be able both
to govern those who are teachable, and to refute the enemies of the truth.”

–John Calvin, _Commentaries on the Epistles to Timothy, Titus, and Philemon_, trans.
William Pringle (repr. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1979), 296.

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