Heretics Heresy Through the Ages

Hardcover with dustjacket, reprint published 1990 by Dorset Press. HEAVY UNDERLINING throughout text; some margin notes. Pages bright; binding tight. Fair research/reading co [more]

Hardcover with dustjacket, reprint published 1990 by Dorset Press. HEAVY UNDERLINING throughout text; some margin notes. Pages bright; binding tight. Fair research/reading copy only. 412 pages; Index. Language: English (edited and translated from the German by Richard and Clara Winston). Originally published 1949 as Das Buch der Ketzer. 'Walter Nigg...narrates the story of the great rebels within the Christian community, from Simon Magus, the Father of Heresy to Leo Tolstoy. He delves into the heretics' motives and aspirations, explores the origins and practices of such mysterious underground cults as the Gnostics and the Cathars, and discusses the impact and significance of the Inquisition and the Reformation. His main concern, however, is with the individual dramas that took place within the consciences of the heretics and with their valiant, and often lonely, struggles to maintain their spiritual integrity. '--from jacket flap. Keywords: religion, religious, Christianity, Peter Abelard, Meister Eckhart, John Wycliffe, Martin Luther, Blaise Pascal.[less]