Early Protestant Spirituality

by Scott Hendrix

Publisher:

Paulist Press

, 2009

Overview

This volume is an anthology that includes writings by the Magisterial Reformers (Luther, Melanchthon, Calvin, etc.) along with lesser-known names (Frith, Capito, Vermigli, etc.) to provide a unique insight into Protestant spirituality as it developed from the earliest days of the Reformation. Students of history and all who seek direction for their own spiritual journey will find a wealth of useful resources in this curated edition.

Key Features

• An excellent compilation of classic Protestant spirituality
• Fully integrates and cross references with other resources from your Logos library
• Traces the development of Protestantism

Contents

Top Highlights

“The meaning of baptism is a blessed dying to sin and a resurrection in the grace of God, so that the old person, conceived and born in sin, is drowned there and a new person, born in grace, emerges and rises.” (Page 230)

“spirituality implies a closer relationship to the contemplative life than to the active life” (Page 3)

“spirituality means the way in which members of a religious community nurture and practice their faith.” (Page 1)

“To believe inwardly with the heart and to demonstrate that faith outwardly with love are in essence one thing, the result of which is acting, not just talking, and living, not just chattering. The word should not remain stuck on the tongue or in the ears but have force and lead to actions and deeds.” (Page 170)

“spirituality meant a mode of practicing the faith that protected believers from temptations of the flesh and the world.” (Page 4)

Product Details

• Title: Early Protestant Spirituality
• Author: Scott Hendrix
• Series: The Classics of Western Spirituality
• Publisher: Paulist Press
• Print Publication Date: 2009
• Logos Release Date: 2016
• Pages: 368
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Church history › 16th century; Christian literature
• ISBNs: 9780809142118, 9780809105663, 0809142112, 0809105667
• Resource ID: LLS:RLYPRTSTSPRTLTY
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-03-11T23:19:01Z

About the Editor

Scott H. Hendrix was born in 1942 at Columbia, South Carolina, and earned a Ph.D. in Reformation studies from Tübingen University in Germany. In 2007 he retired from a professorship in Reformation history at Princeton Seminary and now lives in North Carolina.