The sacred penmen themselves could teach no other doctrine than Christ appointed them; and he hath appointed no one since to make addition to it.
The holy penmen said what they meant, and surely meant what they said: there was no double dealing in the spirit of Jehovah, who dictated to them.
That is to say, the inspired Bible writers, or penmen of the Holy Ghost, as old divines called them, were often indecent and sometimes positively obscene.
The first is the mechanical theory, which implies that the Holy Ghost dictated, and the inspired penmen were merely his amanuenses.
When we remember that some of the early illuminators were also workers in metals, we can understand that penmen like Dagæus, Dunstan, and Eloy had designs at their command producible by either method.
Another of the famous patrons in Prag was Gerhard Groot, who employed one of the best penmen to copy St. John Chrysostom's Commentary on St. Matthew.
Immature minds and inexperienced penmen are not impressed by the things which really matter, and in the interval between the University and man's settlement in life much nonsense is written and spoken.
Many a sturdy blow has been struck at abuses by penmen masquerading behind fiction.
But our busy little penmen don't see in this golden motto a sufficient sentimental appeal.
The moral character of the sacred penmen is above suspicion: their greatest enemies have never attempted to throw the least stain upon their characters.
The amanuenses or penmen of the Holy Ghost for the Scriptures were not contemptible or ordinary, but incomparable and extraordinary persons.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "penmen" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
