Reforming the art of dying

"This study focuses on the earliest of the Protestant handbooks, beginning with Luther's Sermon on Preparing to Die in 1519 and ending with Jakob Otter's Christlich leben vnd sterben in 1528. It explores how Luther and his colleagues adopted traditional themes and motifs even as they transformed them to accord with their conviction that Christians could be certain of their salvation. It further shows how Luther's colleagues drew not only on his teaching on dying, but also on other writings including his sermons on the sacraments. The study concludes that the assurance of salvation offered in the Protestant handbooks represented a significant departure from traditional teaching on death."--BOOK JACKET.

שנה

2007

שפה

English

הוצאה

Ashgate Publishing

מהדורות

6

עמודים

290

ISBN

9780754654391

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata