Bøger af Peter Riedemann

Die erste Rechenschaft von Peter Riedemann ist eine beeindruckende Zeugenaussage, die Einblick in die Denkweise der ersten Täufer gewährt. Mit ihrer Betonung auf die Liebe Gottes und auf die Antwort der Gläubigen auf diese Liebe stellt die Rechenschaft einen wichtigen Aspekt der Grundlagen von Hutterern als Täufer dar, der manchmal von Regeln und Vorschriften überschattet wird.Gleichzeitig handelt es sich um ein Beispiel für anfängliche Bemühungen der Täufer, Außenseiter mit Gottes Wort zu konfrontieren und sie zu einer neuen Sichtweise zu bewegen. Es ist an der Zeit, die erste Rechenschaft Riedemanns aus der fast vergessenen Zeitzeugenrubrik früher Täufer zu befreien.

One of the most articulate and biblically grounded voices of the Radical Reformation, Peter Riedemann was only twenty-three when he penned this impassioned confession of faith in the gloom of a sixteenth-century Austrian dungeon. Already a noted Anabaptist leader, Riedemann called fellow persecuted Christians to witness to a love that, "e;when it really burns, having kindled our eagerness for God, the more temptations and tribulations meet it, the more it flares, until it overcomes and consumes all injustice and wickedness."e;A classic testament to religious liberty with a timely message for modern believers, Love Is Like Fire serves as a striking reminder of the spirit that fired the hearts of early "e;heretics"e; during the Reformation. A first translation into English, this book is an important addition to the small but growing number of primary sources on early Anabaptism.

The biblical foundations of a Christian communal movement that has stood the test of five centuries.While in prison from 1540 to 1542, Riedemann wrote to the Lutheran ruler, Philip of Hesse, explaining the Hutterite goal of a renewed community and dispelling popular misconceptions. The Hutterites quickly accepted Riedemann's confession as their own.Riedemann creatively weaves together a fresh reading of the Bible with the classical creeds, producing a powerful synthesis of Scripture and tradition on which to base Christian community. His dynamic vision of radical and communal discipleship still challenges believers toward greater faithfulness to the Lord and to each other.Riedemann's confession gives theological grounding for the Hutterite understanding of economic communalism and offers practical examples of it. This confession continues to guide Hutterite communities today.This volume includes an English translation of the 1565 German edition of Confession of Our Religion, Teaching, and Faith, by the Brothers Who Are Known as the Hutterites along with a new history of Riedemann. It is the ninth volume in the Classics of the Radical Reformation, a series of Anabaptist and Free Church documents translated and annotated under the direction of the Institute of Mennonite Studies.