Valentin Weigel : selected spiritual writings

by Valentin Weigel

Other authorsAndrew Weeks (Translator)

Paperback, 2003

Publication

Imprint: New York : Paulist Press, c2003. Series: Classics of Western Spirituality series. Responsibility: Text by Valentin Weigel 1533-1588, introduction and translation by Andrew Weeks, preface by R. Emmet McLaughlin. OCLC Number: 181470993. x, 238 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Physical: Includes bibliographic references and index.

Call number

GT-C-P / Weige

Barcode

BK-07395

ISBN

0809142066 / 9780809142064

Collections

Your library, Adult Materials, The Great Traditions

CSS Library Notes

Sects: Lutheran Church .

Description: The first English translations of key works of this important German thinker and theologian (1533-1588), accompanied by an introduction to the context and sources of his thought. -- from publisher

Table of Contents:
Sermon on the good seed and the weeds (ca. 1574) --
On the place of the world (1576) --
The golden grasp (1578).

FY2017

Physical description

x, 238 p.; 23 cm

Description

Represents the most influential and important writings of the founder of the Spiritualist movement during the Protestant Reformation. Readers will find in this volume an introduction to life, times, and writings of Valentin Weigel (1533-1588), a German teacher and theologian who articulated a variant of the Protestant Reformation known as Spiritualism. Spiritualism refers to a form of dissent emphasizing spiritual or inner dependence from rules, ceremonies, and the visible or organized church. Offered here for the first time in English are a selection of Weigel's most important and characteristic works. Together, these works present the heart of Weigel's thought, which championed tolerance and individual conscience in an age of confessional hatred and religious war. Weigel's writings embody Spiritualist theory at its most accurate. They complete a missing chapter in the history of mystical literature and therefore are of supreme interest to those who study:… (more)