Quotes by Johann Arndt

Johann Arndt (1555–1621) — Lutherischer Theologe · Lutherisch · Deutschland

Johann Arndt (1555–1621) war ein deutscher lutherischer Theologe, Pfarrer und Erbauungsschriftsteller, der unter anderem in Quedlinburg, Braunschweig und zuletzt als Generalsuperintendent in Celle wirkte. Er gilt mit seinen „Vier Büchern vom wahren Christentum“ als einflussreicher Wegbereiter des Pietismus, der eine praktische Verwirklichung des Glaubens betonte und spätmittelalterliche Mystik integrierte, was ihm zeitgenössische Kritik der lutherischen Orthodoxie eintrug. Heutigen Bibellesern begegnet er als Mahner zu einem Glauben, der theologische Lehre untrennbar mit persönlicher Herzensfrömmigkeit und tätiger Nächstenliebe verbindet.

Era: Reformation & Baroque

Recurring topics: God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit, Grace & Redemption, Love, Money & Possessions, Service & Love of Neighbour, Guilt & Forgiveness, Relationships & Family, Hope & Confidence

Quotes by Johann Arndt

For it is God's highest attribute: to have mercy, to spare, to be gracious, to forgive.
Johann Arndt

For no one can be merciless who truly recognizes God's mercies.
Johann Arndt

Everything must be drawn from Christ, the fountain of salvation, through faith - both righteousness and all the fruits of righteousness.
Johann Arndt

For this is the nature of love: it is not so much troubled by its own misfortune as by the harm of its neighbor.
Johann Arndt

That is why God's Son became man, so that he might show us a visible, living example of a divine, innocent, perfect, holy life.
Johann Arndt

Whoever wants to be reconciled with God must also be reconciled with his neighbor.
Johann Arndt

For what else is hope than a constant, persevering expectation, in faith, of the promised blessings?
Johann Arndt

The more a human heart is burdened with earthly things, the less it can rise up and rejoice in the love of God.
Johann Arndt

The teaching that comes from above through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit is far nobler than that which is learned by human understanding through great labor.
Johann Arndt

Many, indeed most people, are so possessed by love of the world that God's love has never entered their heart.
Johann Arndt

Sources: deutsche-biographie.de, altervista.org, igpetr.ru, lutherischeslaermen.de

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