HORNSTEDT, THOMAS.
Wahrer Kinder Gottes gläubiges Kämpffen und fröliches Siegen.
Lübeck, Schultze, 1680.
8vo. In contemporary full vellum with yapp edges. Light soiling to extremities and old paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Internally very nice and clean. (32), 1157, 108, (17) pp.
Rare second edition of "Palaestra Vere Christiana", but here for the first time published under this title, of Hornstedt devotional work on the perseverance in faith and the ultimate triumph of believers through God's support. Thomas Honstedt (1642 - 1704), was a German Evangelical-Lutheran clergyman, head pastor at Lübeck Cathedral and Senior of the Clerical Ministry. Son of a Lübeck merchant, he studied at several universities before becoming a preacher at Lübeck's Burgkirche in 1670 and later head pastor at the Cathedral in 1684. Known for his Lutheran orthodoxy, he led theological reforms, oversaw the installation of a new organ, and co-authored the official Lübeck hymnbook and catechism. OCLC only list one copy.
Order-nr.: 61653
DKK 4.500,00