Sacred Meditations

ISBN: 1952295181

Author: Gerhard, Johann

Condition: Used

Johann Gerhards Sacred Meditations, first published in 1606 when he was only twenty-two years old, remains his best-known work. Long regarded as a classic of Christian devotion, it has been translated into numerous languages over the past four centuries. While Gerhard is often remembered as the most influential dogmatician of the Lutheran church, this volume also reveals him to be one of its greatest devotional writers.The book is composed of fifty-one meditations, each a concise chapter addressing themes that range across theology and the Christians daily life. Gerhard begins with reflections on the cross and repentance, then guides the reader through the whole course of Christian existence, concluding with a vision of the eternal blessedness awaiting the saints.