We should keep up the name of “saints,” that the reality of the true religion be not lowered by avoiding this title; for in these times it is to be feared that the name is out of use, because holiness itself is out of fashion.

Topics: Church & Congregation, Growth & Character

Thomas Goodwin

Thomas Goodwin (1600–1680) war ein englischer puritanischer Theologe, Prediger und Universitätsleiter in Cambridge, Oxford und London. Als führender Vertreter des Kongregationalismus auf der Westminster-Synode und Hofprediger Oliver Cromwells trat er für die Selbstständigkeit der Ortsgemeinden ein und stellte das seelsorgerliche Wesen Christi ins Zentrum seiner Schriften. Für Bibelleser heute eröffnet sein Werk einen Zugang zu einer reformierten, auf Heilsgewissheit und seelsorglichen Trost ausgerichteten Schriftauslegung.

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