Liebe Community, ich bin auf der Suche nach deutschsprachigen bzw. Englischsprachigen Predigten aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, egal welche Konfession. Wisst Ihr, wo ich da anfangen könnte bzw. gibt es entsprechende Sammlungen? Liebe Grüße, Nex
Sammungen gibt es da in jedem Fall, auch wenn ich keine konkreten Titel weiß, aber so etwas hatte ich schon in der Hand. Zum Beispiel sehe ich, daß es eine Ausgabe der gesammelten Predigten von Adolf Stoecker gibt
Hier gibt jede Menge davon: (auf die Faksimiles draufklicken und wahlweise PDF o.a. downloaden) https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject:"Sermons,+English+--+19th+century" Beispiel aus den dritten "Sermons" auf der Liste: (The Christians Hope and Destiny Hereafter) (...) His everlasting calmness : with no agitation of emotions in Him. To approach this state is to be like God. The more serene a man be the more incapable of being ruffled and agitated by outward circumstances, looking on the universe as God does the more nearly does he resemble God And what is heaven ? " There remaineth a rest for the people of God." But an objection arises : You will say, How can we be all that like God ? He is the Creator, we the created : He Infinite, we finite. To this I answer : There is that within you, even now, which tells that you may be like Him. There is something infinite in man. There is a human grandeur in the meanest here to-day. The infinite character of the soul of man is proved by The capacity of remorse, and the anguish of guilt. There are two kinds of fear. There is the fear of pain, a base fear, shared with the lower animals. You can keep a dog in order by fear of the lash. But the fear of polluting one s own heart, of darkening a light brighter than the sun to possess a mind which dreads to wrong, and betray, and destroy itself only man feels that. (...)
