A man’s greatest care should be for that place where he dwelleth longest; therefore eternity should be in his scope.

— Thomas Manton (1620–1677), Puritanischer Prediger

Topics: Time & Transience, Eternity & Hope Beyond Death

Thomas Manton

Thomas Manton war ein englischer puritanischer Theologe und Prediger des 17. Jahrhunderts, der vor allem in London wirkte und nach der Uniformitätsakte von 1662 als Nonkonformist aus dem kirchlichen Staatsdienst entlassen wurde. Er ist vor allem für seine umfangreichen, systematischen Predigtreihen und Schriftauslegungen bekannt, in denen er reformierte Theologie mit seelsorgerlicher Praxis verband. Heutigen Bibellesern vermitteln seine Schriften eine detaillierte Auslegung biblischer Texte mit Fokus auf die alltägliche Glaubenspraxis.

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