Accueil
| Titre : | Charity and Its Fruits : Christian Love as Manifested in the Heart and Life |
| Auteurs : | Jonathan Edwards, Auteur ; Tryon Edwards, Éditeur scientifique |
| Type de document : | texte imprimé |
| Mention d'édition : | Reprint |
| Editeur : | Edinburgh [GB]; Carlisle [USA] : Banner of Truth Trust, 1986 |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-85151-351-5 |
| Format : | viii + 368 p. |
| Note générale : | 1st published 1852. Several reprints. |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Index. décimale : | LN (Ouvrages classés par théologiens) |
| Résumé : |
Few Christian leaders since the Reformation have been as gifted as Jonathan Edwards. A man of intense personal devotion to Christ, he was a leader of revival, and a creative Reformed theologian as well as being a missionary and a philosopher fully meriting Hugh Martin's description of him as 'that greatest of metaphysical divines'.
Yet it is likely that he would have preferred to be remembered simply as 'pastor of the Church at Northampton'. Preached in 1738 (the same year that Edwards published A Narrative of Surprising Conversions), Charity and Its Fruits gives us an insight into his regular pulpit ministry in the years between the Northampton revival of 1735 and 'the Great Awakening' of 1740. Entirely free from sentimentality this moving exposition of 1 Corinthians 13, like the better known Religious Affections, reveals Edwards' insistence both that true Christian experience is 'supernatural'- Spirit-produced and Christ-centred - and that 'all true Christian grace tends to practice'. These sermons show how it is possible to steer between Arminianism on the one hand and Antinomianism on the other. The concluding chapter on heaven as a world of love is perhaps the most beautiful in all Edwards' writings. Charity and Its Fruits was first published in 1852 by his great grandson Tiyon Edwards from a complete manuscript left by Edwards. It has not so far found its way into any editions of his Works and has long been one of the rarest of his books. |
| Note de contenu : |
- Introduction
- I. All true grace in the heart summed up in charity, or love - II. Charity, or love, more excellent than the extraordinary gifts of the Spirit - III. All that can be done or suffered in vain without charity, or love - IV. Charity meek in bearing evil and injuries - V. Charity cheerful and free in doing good - VI. The spirit of charity the opposite of an envious spirit - VII. The spirit of charity an humble spirit - VIII. The spirit of charity the opposite of a selfish spirit - IX. The spirit of charity the opposite of an angry or wrathful spirit - X. The spirit of charity the opposite of a censorious spirit - XI. All true grace in the heart tends to holy practice in the life - XII. Charity willing to undergo all sufferings for Christ - XIII. All the Christian graces connected and mutually dependent - XIV. Charity, or true grace, not to be overthrown by opposition - XV. The holy spirit for ever to be communicated to the saints, in charity, or love - XVI. Heaven, a world of charity or love |
Exemplaires (1)
| Code-barres | Cote | Support | Localisation | Section | Disponibilité |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LN Edwa 004 | LN Edwa 004 | Livre | Bibliothèque principale | Livres empruntables | Prêt possible Disponible |
