ABSTRACT
With admirable brevity but deceptive simplicity, Greenham reportedly summed up pastoral ministry as 'none other thing, but to preach the word of God sincerely, and purely with a care of the glory of God, and adesire of the salvation of our breathern: & secondly a reverent administration of the sacraments, according to the order and institution of our Saviour Jesus Christ'.l The lived reality of his ministry was much more complex, since 'preaching' subsumed a variety of te ac hing functions, including catechizing and conferring, and 'reverent administration of the sacraments' had also to be understood to include a number of rituals which were not (though some had once been) sacraments. Almost a decade ago, Professor Collinson pointed out how little studied was the actual routine of parish ministry.2 The available sources make it possible to learn a great deal about Greenham's ministry, and such a study is essential · since it was on the foundation of that ministry that his contemporary reputation was built.
