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" A booklet of comfort for the sick : "
by Johann Spangenberg ; translated, edited, and introduced by Robert Kolb.
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BL
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980599
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b734969
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| Uniform Title
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New Trost Buchlin fur die Krancken.English & German
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| Main Entry
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Spangenberg, Johann.
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A booklet of comfort for the sick : : On the Christian knight /\ by Johann Spangenberg ; translated, edited, and introduced by Robert Kolb.
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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Milwaukee, Wis. :: Marquette University Press,, 2007.
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| Series Statement
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Reformation texts with translation (1350-1650), volume 11. Theology & piety series ;; v. 4
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1 online resource (149 pages).
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1435610792
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: 9781435610798
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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| Contents
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Short title page; title page; copyright page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Table of Abbreviations; Introduction; Bibliography; A Booklet of Comfort for the Sick, and On the Christian Knight; The Booklet of Comfort for the Sick; On the Christian Knight; Index of Biblical Citations; Index of Names & Places; Index of Subjects
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| Abstract
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Confronting death--as God's judgment on sin and as God's doorway to eternal life--and struggling as a ""Christian Knight"" against the devil, the world, and human desires: these two topics gave Johann Spangenberg, a close friend and devoted adherent of Martin Luther, the basis for one of the most popular pieces of devotional literature in the early years of the German Reformation. In this pamphlet published in the early 1540s, readers encounter an instrument designed to cultivate the piety of the Wittenberg Reformation among the common people, a piety that prepared for death (and thus for dail.
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Conduct of life, Early works to 1800.
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Consolation, Early works to 1800.
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Conduct of life.
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Consolation.
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RELIGION-- Christian Life-- Death, Grief, Bereavement.
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| Dewey Classification
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248.8/6
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BV4905.3.S67313 2007eb
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Kolb, Robert,1941-
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Spangenberg, Johann.
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| Parallel Title
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Booklet of comfort for the sick ; On the Christian knight
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