Letters of Samuel Rutherford

E536546

Letters of Samuel Rutherford is a renowned collection of 17th-century pastoral and devotional correspondence by the Scottish Presbyterian theologian Samuel Rutherford, celebrated for its spiritual depth and influence on Reformed spirituality.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Letters of Samuel Rutherford canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
epistolary collection ⓘ
religious literature ⓘ
addressedTo fellow ministers ⓘ
individual church members ⓘ
nobility and gentry ⓘ
author Samuel Rutherford ⓘ
centuryOfComposition 17th century ⓘ
contains biblical exposition ⓘ
personal letters ⓘ
spiritual exhortations ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Scotland ⓘ
form pastoral counsel ⓘ
private correspondence ⓘ
genre Reformed spirituality ⓘ
devotional literature ⓘ
pastoral letters ⓘ
historicalContext 17th-century British Reformed churches ⓘ
Scottish Covenanter movement ⓘ
linked to: Covenanter movement
influenced Puritan devotional literature ⓘ
Reformed spirituality ⓘ
Scottish Presbyterian piety ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryCharacter highly affectionate tone ⓘ
intense Christ-centered focus ⓘ
rich biblical imagery ⓘ
mainThemes assurance of salvation ⓘ
holiness ⓘ
love to Christ ⓘ
pastoral care ⓘ
providence of God ⓘ
suffering and consolation ⓘ
union with Christ ⓘ
originalLanguage Scots ⓘ
praisedBy Charles Spurgeon ⓘ
recognizedAs classic of Reformed devotion ⓘ
classic of Scottish Presbyterian literature ⓘ
religiousTradition Presbyterian ⓘ
Reformed ⓘ
theologicalTradition Calvinism ⓘ
usedIn Christian spiritual formation ⓘ
Reformed devotional practice ⓘ
pastoral counseling ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Samuel Rutherford → notableWork → Letters of Samuel Rutherford ⓘ