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From the Editor: Sweeter Than Honey
A 12th Century Man for All Seasons
The Life and Thought of Bernard of CIairvaux
Tony Lane is a lecturer in historical theology at London Bible College. Among his writings are contributions to Eerdman's Handbook to the History of Christianity, and to Great Leaders of the Christian Church (Moody Press).
A Brief Chronology of the Life and Works of Bernard of Clairvaux
The Spirituality of St. Bernard of Clairvaux
From Love of Self To Love of God To Love of Self for God
Dennis Martin is a professor in the Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminaries (Goshen Biblical Seminary and Mennonite Biblical Seminary) in Elkhart, Indiana.
On Loving God
by BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX
The Bread of God's Book
Saint Bernard and Holy Scripture
John Van Engen is a Professor of History in the Medieval Institute at the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana.
Other Sources and the True Source
The Search for a Holy Life
A Brief Overview of Medieval Monasticism
Thomas Kay is Professor of History at Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois.
The Needle of Sin
Excerpts on man's original simplicity from St. Bernard's Sermons on the Song of Songs
The Reformer Saint and the Saintly Reformer
Calvin and the Legacy of Bernard of Clairvaux
W. Stanford Reid is Emeritus Professor of Church History at the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. This article was adapted from Bernard of Clairvaux in the Thought of John Calvin, the Westminster Theological Journal, Volume XLI, Fall 1978, by permission of the author.
A Chimaera of His Age
A Man of Peace and the Church Militant
Russell K. Bishop is a professor in the department of history at Gordon College, Wenham, Massachusetts.
Bernard Lives Today
Cistercians around the world continue to live the monastic life of which Bernard of Clairvaux was the propagator and theologian.
M. Basil Pennington, ocso, is a Benedictine monk, and a leading contemporary exponent of the monastic way of life. Among his various scholarly and popular writings, he has edited and contributed to the books Saint Bernard of Clairvaux: Studies Commemorating the Eighth Centenary of His Canonization and The Cistercian Spirit (Cistercian Publications). He lives at Assumption Abbey in Ava, Missouri.
Bernard of Clairvaux: Recommended Resources
The Works of Bernard of Clairvaux
Spiritual Awakenings in North America: From the Publisher
Spiritual Awakenings in North America: Did You Know?
Awakenings in America: Seasons of the Spirit
Spiritual awakenings have brought lasting benefits to the Church and the surrounding culture. Have we forgotten our great heritage of renewals?
Patterns of Spiritual Renewal
A Dawning in the New World
Origins of American Awakenings in New England & the Middle Colonies
God's Wonderful Working
The first Great Awakening in New England & the Middle Colonies
Jonathan Edwards
George Whitefield
In the Wake of the Great Awakening
The Awakening not only brought spiritual renewal to God's people, and new conversions, but salt and light to the society around.
Spiritual Awakenings in North America: Christian History Timeline
An Overview of 180 Years
Apostles on Horseback
Francis Asbury & the Methodist Circuit Riders—Covering America with Spiritual Awakening
The Return of the Spirit: The Second Great Awakening
In the West
Peter Cartwright
Charles Grandison Finney & the Second Phase of the Second Great Awakening
Asahel Nettleton
In the Wake of the Second Great Awakening
The Time for Prayer: The Third Great Awakening
During the Third Great Awakening of 1857 to 1859, 10,000 people in New York City alone gathered together daily—even left work—to pray. The same thing was taking place all over the country, in small towns as well as in great cities.
In the Wake of the Third Great Awakening
Sleepers Awake
Praying Boldly
Concluding thoughts on our great need to pray
David R. Mains is director of the Chapel of the Air radio ministry, and was formerly a pastor at Circle Church in Chicago. He has written several books; this article is adapted from the chapter "Praying Boldly," in his book The Sense of His Presence (Word Publishing, 1988)
Spiritual Awakenings in North America: Recommended Resources
The Waldensians: From the Editor
The Waldensian Motto: Into Darkness, Light
Remembered by Their Enemies
A Prophet Without Honor
Waldo of Lyons
An Ancient and Undying Light
The Waldensians from the 12th Century to the Protestant Reformation
Dr. Giorgio Bouchard is currently President of the Protestant Federation of Italy. He is a Waldens-pastor and serves a congregation in Naples. From 1979 to 1986 he was moderator of the Waldensian Church.
The Donation of Constantine
The Pearl of Great Price
The Renaissance of the Gospel
A Brief Sketch of the Italian Reformation
Emidio Campi is a Waldensian pastor in Zurich, Switzerland. He also teaches church history in the University of Zurich, and was formerly general secretary of the World Student Christian Federation.
A Time for Mourning, A Time for War
From the Reformation to the Glorious Return
John Hobbins, a native of the United States, attended the Waldensian seminary in Rome, and serves as pastor of several Methodist-Waldensian Churches on the island of Sicily.
1989 - The 300th Anniversary of the Glorious Return
Giorgio Tourn is a Waldensian pastor in Torre Pellice in the Waldensian Valleys. He is the chairman of the Society for Waldensian Church History, and has written several books. This article is excerpted and adapted from his book You Are My Witnesses.
The Covenant of Sibaud 1689
A Friend in the Lord Protector
Oliver Cromwell and the Effort to Save the Waldensians
From Mountain Ghetto to Missionary Diaspora
Waldensians and the Modern Era
Dr. Giorgio Bouchard is currently President of the Protestant Federation of Italy. He is a Waldens-pastor and serves a congregation in Naples. From 1979 to 1986 he was moderator of the Waldensian Church.
Felix Neff
Apostle of Alpine Awakening
GIORGIO TOURN
From Snow-Covered Peaks to Tropical Forests
Waldensians in Uruguay and Argentina
To A Home in the Land of the Free
The Waldensians in North America
Giuseppe Platene is pastor of the Waldensian Church of Angrogna, Italy, and vice-director of the weekly Waldensian magazine La Luce.
From the Archives: A Letter From the Poor Lombards to the Poor of Lyons Who Are in Germany (1218)
This letter was sent from Lombardy to Lyons to express the outcome of an early meeting, which was held in Bergamo, Italy, between members of two separate Waldensian groups. Though the two groups differed in their approaches to the life of The Poor, the outcome of the meeting was a "new sense of unity."* [* Some descriptions used in these Archives are derived from those given in the text of Giorgio Tourn's You Are My Witnesses. These documents are taken from Tourn's book.]
From the Archives: Waldensian Legend Concerning the Donation of Constantine to Pope Sylvester (date unknown)
This early document tells in a remarkable and fanciful form the Waldensian story of how the Church had come to compromise with the world. Though The Poor were not around until the 12th century, mention is here made of their presence in the 4th century. They could, however, claim solidarity with ancient Christians who rejected worldly wealth and power.
From the Archives: La Nobla Leyczon (The Noble Lesson)
A 15th-century Waldensian poem
From the Archives: A Barba of San Martino (1451)
This is an excerpt from a written account of the heresy trial of Filippo Regis. Waldensians were routinely questioned about their knowledge of the elusive barba—the itinerant Waldensian spiritual leaders. Such accounts are often distorted: it is unlikely a barba would have taught to deny the virgin Birth, or to deny that "the sons" could perform miracles.
From the Archives: Subjects Discussed at the Meeting at Angrogna
(or, the Confession of Chanforan) 1532
From A Calabrian Prison (1560)
An excerpt from a letter of Waldensian pastor Giovan Paschale, who was hanged in Rome in 1560.
The Waldensians: Recommended Resources
Caspar Schwenckfeld von Ossig: From the Publisher
The Schwenckfeld Bible
The Reformation Era
The World of Schwenckfeld's Birth
The Germanic States Before the Seventeenth Century
The Life and Thought of Caspar Schwenckfeld von Ossig
Journey to Wittenberg
In late November 1525, Schwenckfeld traveled almost 100 miles on horseback from Liegnitz to Wittenberg the fountainhead of the reform movement, and met with Martin Luther and some of his Wittenberg colleagues.
Schwenckfeld's Aim
From Corpus Schwenckfeldianorum, translated by Selina Gerhard Schultz
Caspar Schwenckfeld von Ossig: A Gallery of Associates
This Christian History Gallery focuses on associates of Caspar Schwenckfeld, and on his followers who traveled to Pennsylvania to escape persecution.
Caspar Schwenckfeld on Spiritual Growth and Living the Christian Life
Schwenckfeld's teachings on the experiential knowledge of God and the School of Christ
Rev. Dr. Jack R. Rothenberger is senior minister of the Central Schwenkfelder Church, Worcester, PA.
Freedom in Pennsylvania
The Hard Journey to America
From the Archives: Christian Self-Surrender
CASPAR SCHWENCKFELD
From the Archives: On the Prayer of Faith
VALENTINE CRAUTWALD
From the Archives: Christian Patience and Humility
A Letter to a Mother and Her Children
CASPAR SCHWENCKFELD
Caspar Schwenckfeld von Ossig: Christian History Timeline
Significant years and happenings in the life of Schwenckfeld and the Schwenckfelders
Caspar Schwenckfeld von Ossig: Recommended Resources
The Landing of the Schwenckfelders from the St. Andrew
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