"FARTHER OF PIETISM"
SPENER, PHILIPP JAKOB.
Lauterkeit des Evangelischen Christenthüms in auserlesenen Predigten. 2 vols.
Halle, Wäysenhauses, 1706 & 1709.
4to. Uniformly bound in two contemporary Cambridge-style mirror bindings with five raised bands and richly gilt spines. All edges coloured in red. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Corners bumped and boards with scratches. A nice set. (6), 8, 952, (4), 669, (8) pp. + frontispiece; 1228, (106) pp.
The uncommon extensive first edition of Spener’s posthumously published sermons delivered in various German cities. Philipp Jakob Spener (1635-1705) was a prominent German Lutheran theologian, by many referred to as "Father of Pietism", known for founding the Pietism movement, which emphasized personal faith and piety over formal doctrinal orthodoxy.
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DKK 4.000,00