Luther: Letters of Spiritual CounselPickle Partners Publishing, 2018 M09 3 - 349 pages Martin Luther is often thought of as a world-shaking figure who defied papacy and empire to introduce a reformation in the teaching, worship, organization, and life of the church. Sometimes it is forgotten that he was also a pastor and shepherd of souls. Collected in this volume are Luther’s letters of spiritual counsel, which he offered to his contemporaries in the midst of sickness, death, persecution, imprisonment, famine, and political instability. For Luther, spiritual counsel was about establishing, nurturing, and strengthening faith. Freshly translated from the original German and Latin, these letters shed light on the fascinating relationship between his pastoral counsel and his theology. “Since spiritual direction is not the wholesale application of general principles, but the painstaking working out of spirituality in specific situations, the personal letter is one of its best expressions. Luther knew the holy gospel and the human heart, and the double knowledge is evident on the pages of these letters.”—Eugene H. Peterson, Regent College |
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... Justus Jonas.{50} [Text in Latin; WA, Br, IV, 221, 222.] To the esteemed gentleman, Mr. George Spalatin, servant of Christ in Altenburg, my dear brother in the Lord: grace and peace in Christ. My dear Spalatin: Oral and written reports ...
... Justus Jonas.{50} [Text in Latin; WA, Br, IV, 221, 222.] To the esteemed gentleman, Mr. George Spalatin, servant of Christ in Altenburg, my dear brother in the Lord: grace and peace in Christ. My dear Spalatin: Oral and written reports ...
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... JUSTUS JONAS. May 15, 1542 After serving for ten years as dean of the theological faculty in Wittenberg, Justus Jonas (1493-1555) was active in the visitation and reorganization of churches. In 1541 he introduced Evangelical preaching ...
... JUSTUS JONAS. May 15, 1542 After serving for ten years as dean of the theological faculty in Wittenberg, Justus Jonas (1493-1555) was active in the visitation and reorganization of churches. In 1541 he introduced Evangelical preaching ...
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... Justus Jonas, doctor of sacred theology, apostle and ambassador of Christ in Halle, Saxony; my good friend in the Lord: grace and peace. My dear Jonas: I was very sorry to read that you too suffered from the illness which overtook me in ...
... Justus Jonas, doctor of sacred theology, apostle and ambassador of Christ in Halle, Saxony; my good friend in the Lord: grace and peace. My dear Jonas: I was very sorry to read that you too suffered from the illness which overtook me in ...
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... JUSTUS JONAS. December 26, 1542 Because of the intimate relationship that existed between the Luther family and the Jonas family, news of the death of Justus Jonas' wife, Catherine, nee Falk, came as a shock to the Reformer and his wife ...
... JUSTUS JONAS. December 26, 1542 Because of the intimate relationship that existed between the Luther family and the Jonas family, news of the death of Justus Jonas' wife, Catherine, nee Falk, came as a shock to the Reformer and his wife ...
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... Justus Jonas was pastor. Since Jonas was visiting Wittenberg at this time, it is probable that he learned of the death by courier and persuaded Luther to write the following letter. [Text in German; WA, Br, X, 394, 395.] To the ...
... Justus Jonas was pastor. Since Jonas was visiting Wittenberg at this time, it is probable that he learned of the death by courier and persuaded Luther to write the following letter. [Text in German; WA, Br, X, 394, 395.] To the ...
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