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Piety – Examples from History

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  • Johannes Veenstra

This article looks at Pietism and piety, and considers examples from history, such as the Donatists, Labadists, and Mystics.

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Evangelical Spirituality: A Church Historian's Perspective

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  • Richard F. Lovelace

Are spirituality, godliness, and the experience of faith neglected topics among Christian scholars? This article looks at the needs and values of evangelical and Reformed spirituality from a historical perspective.

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Applying God's Word to All of Life? The Use and Abuse of the Bible

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  • Robert Letham

The Bible should be applied to all of life. However, as this article explains, to do proper biblical application three fallacies must be avoided: liberalism, pietism, and fundamentalism. All these limit the application of Scripture.

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The Evangelical Movement

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  • Cornelis Trimp

This article traces the formation of the evangelical movement throughout history, looking at the struggle between the Reformation and the Anabaptists, the influence of pietism, Methodism, and revivals. The author outlines a way of thinking about this movement and identifies areas which conflict with a reformed perspective.

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Marks of a Christian

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  • John Palmer

One mark of the Christian life is loving God's people. Pietism has an emphasis on personal devotion, and its claim that there is no true church undermines this mark of being a Christian.

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Pietism and Subjective Christianity

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  • Gary E. Gilley

Pietism began as a reaction to highly intellectualized orthodoxy common in some churches in the decades following the Reformation. This article gives some reflections on its main leaders: Johann Arndt, Philip Jacob Spener, Auguste Hermann Francke, and Count Nicolaus Ludwig Von Zinzendorf. The author summarizes the teaching of pietism, showing that pietism moved from emphasizing the authority of scripture to emphasizing experience.

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Reactions to Historic Protestantism During the Modern Era in Europe

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  • Jack L. Arnold

This article on church history discusses the reactions to the Protestant Reformation. Within the Roman Catholic Church the reaction was a counter-Reformation through the work of the Jesuits and the Council of Trent.

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