迈克尔·李维斯(MichaelReeves)是“高校基督徒团契”(Universitiesand Colleges Christian Fellowship,UCCF)——一个支持在全英国高校中传福音的慈善机构的神学顾问,作者此前在位于伦敦朗豪街的万灵教会(AllSou ls Church)担任助理牧师,并在伦敦国王学院(King’s College London)获得系统神学博士。 英国联合神学院院长,著有《司布真的人生智慧》《以三位一体为乐》《发现宗教改革的核心》《世纪之风——站在巨人的肩膀上》《良善之神》等。
At other times,he battled his doubts by writing a relevant Bible verse on his wall,on a piece of furniture,or,indeed,any-thing to hand. Again, it is highly revealing. He knew that within himself there was only sin and doubt. All his hope lay outside himself, in God's word. There his security before God was unaffected by how he felt or how he did. And so, when facing doubt, he would not look within himself for any comfort (that would be faithlessness and sin, the origin of all anxiety, not thecure!); instead, he would hold before his eyes this unchanging, external word. (查看原文)
Erasmus'cool,dispassionate style.He thought Erasmus had been worryingly glib about the key issue:are we able to do anything toward our salvation?In complete contrast to Erasmus,Luther was adamant that,for all we freely choose to do,we never naturally choose to please God,and therefore all our salvation must be God's doing,not ours.
The difference is evidenced in the words used by the two men to describe their depressions.Luther called his Anfechtung.The word suggests an assault from without,an attack by the Devil.The only hope lay in a conquest from without by Christ,who for
us overcame the Devil,Death,and Hell.Erasmus called his
depressions pusillanimitas,literally,weakness of spirit,faint heartedness,for which we have the little-used English derivative pusillanimity.This implies a weakn... (查看原文)
0 有用 Geeeeeze 2022-10-07 00:03:09 河南
虽然通俗,但章节结构合理,运笔行云流水,把我碎片化的认知又重串了一遍。
0 有用 Timothy 2022-02-17 18:09:51
很好读,两天就读完了
4 有用 fallsky 2019-07-08 23:37:09
这本书很容易读的。学术性比较弱,更多像是在介绍他们改革家的生平事迹,故事性非常强。有这个时代特点。三个人,路德,慈运理,这本书是翻译茨薀礼还有就是加尔文。对当时社会环境,人与人之间的细节刻画很生动,另外感到很唏嘘就是当时执政者因为个人信仰倾向借着权利,决定民众信仰,以及新教徒对政治的依赖的起起伏伏的信仰生活的历史。教会历史和人性都是何等地像。
5 有用 יוֹחָנָן 2019-05-24 20:43:38
相当不错了解宗教改革的册子,也是以分人物来论述,而且最后讲到了清教徒。梅兰希顿真的是一个神奇的人,那个时候教会内少有的温和且渊博的学者。因此路德这样评价:“梅兰希顿的著作既有内容又有修辞;路德的书有内容没有修辞;茨温利的书只有修辞没有内容;卡尔斯塔特的书没有修辞也没有内容”。可惜的是他有点软弱,没有办法肩负起领导路德宗的能力,不像路德既有丰厚的学识,又是克里斯马型的领导人。
9 有用 GaAs 2019-04-14 16:03:43
我已经很久没读到这么行文流畅生动,脉络清晰,神学观点上不晦涩的小册子了。当然,这本小册子大体上只是叙述了宗教改革核心人物的提出的一系列属灵的问题,也就是把本书讨论的宗教改革问题限定在神学范围内:人与上帝的关系,信心与救赎的方法,普世教会的功能。我觉得这么做也有好处,独到的许多其它材料,往往把宗教问题降到了一个次要低位,而非宗教的社会问题才是主流,或者干脆宗教改革的神学成为了某种通往社会转型之路启示... 我已经很久没读到这么行文流畅生动,脉络清晰,神学观点上不晦涩的小册子了。当然,这本小册子大体上只是叙述了宗教改革核心人物的提出的一系列属灵的问题,也就是把本书讨论的宗教改革问题限定在神学范围内:人与上帝的关系,信心与救赎的方法,普世教会的功能。我觉得这么做也有好处,独到的许多其它材料,往往把宗教问题降到了一个次要低位,而非宗教的社会问题才是主流,或者干脆宗教改革的神学成为了某种通往社会转型之路启示哲学。 (展开)