P. Gerlach, pp. Consult also C. Ullmann, Reformers before the Ref ormation, ii. 509, 519-522, Edinburgh, 1877. The recognition accorded by one per son to another. None can value this more highly than the Christian, yet 'no man is inwardly more independent of honor than the Christian, though, since it widens his sphere of activity, he is in duty bound to seek it.
Christian honor is entirely distinct from that of the ancient world.
Nevertheless, the Christian should maintain his honor among men. If the Christian protects his honor simply because he seeks honor with God, he has a joy in that transitory earthly treasure such as no other can have. The tendency of this joy to become a struggle for honor is checked by the realization that service alone is the way of life, and it becomes clear that the desire to serve includes striving after all necessary means so far as they are accessible. Evident though it be that honor among men is an extremely important means of efficiency, the Christian should bear in mind that striving for honor must be held in check. The subject is treated more oT less completely in treatises on Christian ethics.