Spiritual reformers in the 16th and 17th centuries
Material type: TextSeries: [The Quaker History Series]St. Martin's Street, London Macmillan and Co. c1914Description: li, 362p.; bibliog. notes; indexContent type:- text
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Introduction - What is "spiritual religion". 1 The main current of the Reformation. 2 Hans Denck and the inward word. 3 Two prophets of the inward word: Bunderlin and Entfelder. 4 Sebastian Franck: an apostle of inward religion. 5 Caspar Schwenckfeld and the Reformation of the "Middle Way". 6 Sebastian Castellio: a forgotten prophet. 7 Coornhert and the collegiants--a movement for spiritual religion in Holland. 8 Valentine Weigel and nature mysticism. 9 Jacob Boehme: his life and spirit. 10 Boehme's universe. 11 Jacob Boehme's "way of salvation". 12 Jacob Boehme's influence in England. 13 Early English interpreters of spiritual religion: John Everard, Giles Randall, and others. 14 Spiritual religion in high places--Rous, Vane, and Sterry. 15 Benjamin Whichcote, the first of the "latitude-men'. 16 John Smith, Platonist--"an interpreter of the spirit". 17 Thomas Traherne and the spiritual poets of the seventeenth century. 18 Conclusion
'I have had two purposes in view in these studies. One purpose was the tracing of a religious movement, profoundly interesting in itself, as a great side current of the Reformation. The other purpose was the discovery of the background and environment of seventeenth century Quakerism. There can be little doubt, I think, that I have here found at least one of the great historical sources of the Quaker movement. This volume...will at any rate furnish convincing evidence that the ideas, aims, experiences, practices, and aspirations of the early Quakers were the fruit of long spiritual preparation.' --Preface
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