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Lives and Writings of the Great Fathers of the Lutheran Church
If you love historic theological and devotional treasures from the Reformation era and Age of Orthodoxy (1517-1700), you have probably run into names that sound foreign and unfamiliar.
320 pages, Paperback
Published September 16, 2016
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May 18, 2020
Excellent historical insights and inspiration
I first obtained this book not just because I buy every CPH book (!) but because i realized I knew less about the Lutheran age of orthodoxy than any other era in Christian history and wanted to supplement my understanding of the Lutheran fathers. Not was I in for insight and inspiration!! Having completed this book I count it nothing less than the very hand of God that allowed confessional Lutheranism to survive the plague and the devastation of the Thirty Years War!! Imaging restoring a flock during the plague and conducting an average of twenty to thirty funerals per day!! The selections of writings was even more impressive than the histories of these respected pastors and hymnists!
I highly recommend this book to everyone who needs a thorough lesson (like me) in the age of Lutheran orthodoxy, but also to anyone who thinks they know this era quite well (I definitely plan to read this again in the future) as a review!
My hope is that a similar work may be produced to exhibit confessional Lutheranism's survival of Pietism and Rationalism!!
I first obtained this book not just because I buy every CPH book (!) but because i realized I knew less about the Lutheran age of orthodoxy than any other era in Christian history and wanted to supplement my understanding of the Lutheran fathers. Not was I in for insight and inspiration!! Having completed this book I count it nothing less than the very hand of God that allowed confessional Lutheranism to survive the plague and the devastation of the Thirty Years War!! Imaging restoring a flock during the plague and conducting an average of twenty to thirty funerals per day!! The selections of writings was even more impressive than the histories of these respected pastors and hymnists!
I highly recommend this book to everyone who needs a thorough lesson (like me) in the age of Lutheran orthodoxy, but also to anyone who thinks they know this era quite well (I definitely plan to read this again in the future) as a review!
My hope is that a similar work may be produced to exhibit confessional Lutheranism's survival of Pietism and Rationalism!!
January 14, 2023
I read this for a week long intensive at Concordia Seminary on ‘Lutheranism in the Era of Orthodoxy’. Unfortunately I had to read some of the sections very quickly due to time constraints and class schedule but this was a great book.
I hope to return to this book in the future and reread this compendium.
I hope to return to this book in the future and reread this compendium.
December 18, 2017
A brief biography of many of the leading Lutheran theologians in the 16th and 17th centuries with excerpts from their writings-- I must say that I had not heard of some of these but now am intrigued in learning Latin and/or German so I can better engage with their works. A great little volume.
June 19, 2024
As an introduction to some of the greatest figures of Lutheran orthodoxy and getting a taste of their writings, this is a top notch volume. Excellent scholarship and much needed for the Lutheran landscape today.
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