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Johann Arndt

Franckfurt am Mayn : gedruckt und zu finden bey Moller, 1733

Octavo. [8], 60, 1232, [72] p., 62 leaves of plates. Title page in red and black. Contemporary leather, raised bands, all edges gilt. Rubbing, minor chipping to spine. One title page torn, 1 partial plate and 1 plate torn.

Johann Arndt was a German Lutheran theologian who wrote several influential books of devotional Christianity. Although reflective of the period of Lutheran Orthodoxy, he is seen as a forerunner of pietism, a movement within Lutheranism that gained strength in the late 17th century. After some time his Lutheran tendencies aroused the anger of the authorities, who were of the Reformed Church. Consequently, in 1590 he was deposed for refusing to remove the pictures from his church and discontinue the use of exorcism  at baptism. His principal work, Wahres Christentum, i.e. True Christianity, which has been translated into most European languages, has served as the foundation of many books of devotion, both Roman Catholic and Protestant. Arndt here dwells upon the mystical union between the believer and Christ, and endeavors, by drawing attention to Christ's life in His people, to correct the purely forensic side of the reformation theology, which paid almost exclusive attention to Christ's death for His people.