Solitude is a release to the soul that was imprisoned in company.

Topics: Loneliness & Abandonment, Prayer & Silence, Peace & Rest

George Swinnock

George Swinnock war ein englischer puritanischer Geistlicher und theologischer Schriftsteller des 17. Jahrhunderts, der unter anderem in Buckinghamshire und Kent wirkte. Er stand für eine bildhafte, alltagsbezogene Lehre der persönlichen Heiligung und verlor 1662 infolge des Uniformitätsakts als Nonkonformist zeitweise sein Pfarramt. Bibellesern bietet er bis heute seelsorgerlich ausgerichtete Zugänge zur reformierten Glaubenspraxis.

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