A booklet of comfort for the sick [[electronic resource] ] : &On the Christian knight / / by Johann Spangenberg ; translated, edited, and introduced by Robert Kolb
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Spangenberg Johann
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A booklet of comfort for the sick [[electronic resource] ] : &On the Christian knight / / by Johann Spangenberg ; translated, edited, and introduced by Robert Kolb
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| Pubblicazione: | Milwaukee, WI, : Marquette University Press, 2007 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (149 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 248.8/6 |
| Soggetto topico: | Consolation |
| Conduct of life | |
| Altri autori: |
KolbRobert <1941->
SpangenbergJohann
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Nota di contenuto: | short title page; title page; copyright page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Table of Abbreviations; Introduction; Bibliography; A Booklet of Comfort for the Sick, and On the Christian Knight; The Booklet of Comfort for the Sick; On the Christian Knight; Index of Biblical Citations; Index of Names & Places; Index of Subjects |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Confronting death--as God's judgment on sin and as God's doorway to eternal life--and struggling as a ""Christian Knight"" against the devil, the world, and human desires: these two topics gave Johann Spangenberg, a close friend and devoted adherent of Martin Luther, the basis for one of the most popular pieces of devotional literature in the early years of the German Reformation. In this pamphlet published in the early 1540's, readers encounter an instrument designed to cultivate the piety of the Wittenberg Reformation among the common people, a piety that prepared for death (and thus for daily |
| Titolo autorizzato: | A booklet of comfort for the sick |
| ISBN: | 0-87462-360-X |
| 1-4356-1079-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910778359203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Reformation texts with translation (1350-1650). . -Theology and piety ; ; v. 3.