Posts tagged The Benefit of Christ's Death
The Benefit of Christ’s Death: Rediscovering a Reformation Treasure (II)
The Benefit of Christ’s Death: Rediscovering a Reformation Treasure (II)

Today there is a strong temptation to disregard and no longer talk about the law. Perhaps this is because, as The Benefit of Christ points out, if we talk about the law then we must also talk about sin, condemnation, God's wrath and judgment, and even hell. Instead, it is preferable to talk only about God's love and how we are all brothers and sisters and all children of God.

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The Benefit of Christ’s Death: Rediscovering a Reformation Treasure (I)
The Benefit of Christ’s Death: Rediscovering a Reformation Treasure (I)

The Benefit of Christ’s Death was first printed in Venice, Italy in 1543 at printing press of Bernardo de' Bindoni. It was immediately a huge success, and a reprint was issued the same year, just a few months later. As the historian Salvatore Caponetto notes, "the short book was amongst the best-sellers of the sixteenth century" (p.8).

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