Prayer Book for Earnest Christians: A Spiritually Rich Anabaptist Resource - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0836190440 ISBN 13: 9780836190441

Publisher: Herald Press, 1996

Synopsis

One of the best-kept publishing secrets is the existence of a small tome, Die ernsthafte Christenpflicht. It has gone through 87 known editions or reprints since the first known edition in 1708. This stands as the Amish and Mennonite book in North America with the most (64) editions or reprints. Now for the first time, all the prayers of the current edition of Christenpflicht have been translated by Leonard Gross and are available in English-including the seven prayers appended in the 1992 edition from the first (1846) Canadian edition. 152 Pages.

About this title

About the Author:

Leonard Gross, consulting archivist at the Archives of the Mennonite Church, served as executive sercretary of the Historical Committee of the Mennonite Church and director of its archives and historical research program during 1970-1990. Gross is the author of The Golden Years of the Hutterites, 1565-1578.

From the Back Cover:

'These prayers were offered three centuries ago by devout Christians in Europe. Their voices cross barriers of time, language, and culture, expressing thanks for God's caring protection, sincere confession of sin, longing for God's merciful forgiveness, and gratefulness for God's grace, which crowns the daily sunrise.

About this edition

• Publisher: Herald Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0836190440
• ISBN 13: 9780836190441
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 152
• Editor: Gross Leonard