Ante-Nicene fathers : the writings of the fathers down to A.D. 325 / edited by Alexander Roberts & James Donaldson ; revised and chronologically arranged, with brief prefaces and occasional notes, by A. Cleveland Coxe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Roberts, Alexander, 1826-1901.

Donaldson, James, Sir, 1831-1915.

Coxe, A. Cleveland (Arthur Cleveland), 1818-1896.

Menzies, Allan, 1845-1916.

Language:

English

Multiple languages

Subjects (All):

Christian literature, Early.

Christian literature, Early--Bibliography.

Genre:

Bibliographies.

Physical Description:

10 volumes ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Peabody, Mass. : Hendrickson Publishers, 1994.

Summary:

Widely recognized as a great theologian, an influential preacher and a prolific writer, Jonathan Edwards played a prominent role in helping to spark the spirit of revivalism known as the Great Awakening in the eighteenth-century America. Edwards' sermons, while intellectually engaging, were also accessible to the common people and often generated highly emotional responses. His foremost desire was to help people transform from mere believers in Christian doctrine to converted Christians who were moved to action by the principles of their belief.

This two-volume collection of Edwards' works features important sermons of the Great Awakening as well as Edwards' memoirs and other essays. First published in 1834, here is what makes this new edition of "The Works of Jonathan Edwards" the best available:

"More readable." This edition has larger, more readable type than previous editions.

"More complete." This edition contains all matter included in the first collected American edition, various original extracts from the diary and papers of Edwarads, several smaller pieces printed originally in a separate form, and a memoir by descendant Sereno E. Dwight.

For anyone interested in the roots of Christianity and revival in colonial America, "The Works of Jonathan Edwards" is a fundamental resource.

Jonathan Edwards . . . was among the noblest and ablest Christians of his age, and can now be seen, two centuries after, as one of the greatest theologians ever given by God to his church. As a saint and scholar, evangelist and educationalist, pastor and teacher, missionary and metaphysician, he showed a grasp of the grandeur of God s sovereignty and the glory of divine grace equaled only bymen of the caliber of John Owen and John Calvin. " J. I. Packer

Edwards is widely recognized as being probably the greatest American theologian. His writings, though sometimes difficult, are often inspiring. Full doctrinal agreement is not a prerequisite to profiting from this great man of God. " Christianity Today

Notes:

Reprint. Previously published: Buffalo : Christian Literature Publishing Company, 1885-96.

Vol. 10 "contains a newly prepared Annotated Index of Authors and Works of the Ante-Nicene, Nicene, and Post-Nicene Fathers, First and Second Series"--t.p. verso.

First published under title: Ante-Nicene Christian library.

ISBN:

1565630831

156563084X

1565630858

1565630866

1565630874

1565630882

1565630890

1565630904

1565630912

1565630920

OCLC:

30699617