Christian Discipline at Home, or a Forgotten Handbook from Gdańsk: Christliche Haußzucht… by Joachim Löisentin (1655) Cover Image

Jak po chrześcijańsku dom dyscyplinować, czyli rzecz o zapomnianym gdańskim poradniku Christliche Haußzucht… Joachima Löisentina z 1655 roku
Christian Discipline at Home, or a Forgotten Handbook from Gdańsk: Christliche Haußzucht… by Joachim Löisentin (1655)

Author(s): Piotr Kociumbas
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Education, Studies of Literature, 17th Century
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Gdańsk; Reformation; spiritual song; prayer book; handbook; home catechisation; Joachim Löisentin;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to present the forgotten work by Joachim Löisentin, titled Christliche Haußzucht..., published in Gdańsk in 1655, that is 31 years after its inception, by David Friedrich Rhete. Th is collection, a combination of a prayer book, a hymnal, and a religious handbook, was presented as a complementary guide for systematic and methodical catechisation, in the Lutheran spirit, in the comfort of one’s own home.

  • Issue Year: 63/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 213-247
  • Page Count: 35
  • Language: Polish