The World’s Great Sermons, Volume 1: Basil to Calvin
Overview
Volume one of The World’s Great Sermons includes: Basil of Caesarea (329–379) • “The Creation of the World” John Chrysostom (347–407) • “Excessive Grief at the Death of Friends” St. Augustine (354–430) • “The Recovery of Sight by the Blind” John Wycliffe (c. 1328–1384) • “Christ’s Real Body Not in the Eucharist” Girolamo Savonarola (1452–1498) • “The Ascension of Christ” Martin Luther (1483–1546) • “The Method and Fruits of Justification” Hugh Latimer (1485–1555) • “On Christian Love” Philipp Melanchthon (1497–1560) • “The Safety of the Virtuous” John Knox (1514–1572) • “The First Temptation of Christ” John Calvin (1509–1564) • “Enduring Persecution for Christ”
Top Highlights
“We ought, therefore, to thank God not only for the resurrection, but also for the hope of it; which can comfort the afflicted soul, and bid us be of good cheer concerning the departed, for they will again rise and be with us.” (Pages 35–36)
“All the exhortations which can he given us to suffer patiently for the name of Jesus Christ, and in defense of the gospel, will have no effect if we do not feel assured of the cause for which we fight. For when we are called to part with life, it is absolutely necessary to know on what grounds. The firmness necessary we can not possess, unless it be founded on certainty of faith.” (Page 205)
“To Thee, almighty and true God, eternal Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, maker of heaven and earth, and of all creatures, together with Thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost—to Thee, the wise, good, true, righteous, compassionate, pure, gracious God, we render thanks that Thou hast hitherto upheld the Church in these lands, and graciously afforded it protection and care, and we earnestly beseech Thee evermore to gather among us an inheritance for Thy Son, which may praise Thee to all eternity.” (Page 161)
“In a word, nothing that we do will be approved of God if we are not thoroughly persuaded that it is for Him and His cause we suffer persecution, and the world is our enemy.” (Page 206)
“But, you say, a dead man experiences corruption, and becomes dust and ashes. And what then, beloved hearers? For this very reason we ought to rejoice. For when a man is about to rebuild an old and tottering house, he first sends out its occupants, then tears it down, and rebuilds anew a more splendid one. This occasions no grief to the occupants, but rather joy; for they do not think of the demolition which they see, but of the house which is to come, tho not yet seen. When God is about to do a similar work, he destroys our body, and removes the soul which was dwelling in it as from some house, that he may build it anew and more splendidly, and again bring the soul into it with greater glory. Let us not, therefore, regard the tearing down, but the splendor which is to succeed.” (Pages 28–29)
- Title: The World’s Great Sermons, Volume 1: Basil to Calvin
- Author: Grenville Kleiser
- Series: The World’s Great Sermons
- Publisher: Funk & Wagnalls
- Print Publication Date: 1908
- Logos Release Date: 2012
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Sermons
- Resource ID: LLS:WRLDGRTSERM01
- Resource Type: text.monograph.sermons
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T06:47:15Z