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Panorthosia by Comenius 19-26

Panorthosia (Universal Reform) is the essential theme of John Amos Comenius's famous Consultation on the Reform of Human Affairs, and chapters 19-26 represent its climax. In this volume is presented the first English translation of this major work of Comenius, which was lost from about 1672 until 1934 when the Latin scholars of Czechoslovakia had it edited for publication in Prague in 1960
eBook, English, 1993
Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 1993
1 online resource (168 pages)
9781847141651, 184714165X
1049861587
Note on the Translator
Translator's Prologue
Chapter 19 CONCERNING THE INITIAL STAGES OF UNIVERSAL REFORM AND ITS SUBSEQUENT PROGRESS TOWARDS SUCCESS, AND EXPLAINING WHAT IS REQUIRED FOR ITS WISE EXECUTION
Chapter 20 CONCERNING THE FIRST STAGE OF REFORM, WHICH MUST BEGIN WITHIN EACH INDIVIDUAL
Chapter 21 THE PARTICULAR REFORM OF FAMILIES
Chapter 22 THE PARTICULAR REFORM OF SCHOOLS
1-10. With reasons for undertaking it now as a matter of urgency
11-13. And methods
14-20. Including the removal of corruptions. 21-33. Replacing them with improvements, and establishing these permanently
Chapter 23 THE PARTICULAR INTERIM REFORM OF CHURCHES
Chapter 24 POLITICAL REFORM
Chapter 25 THE WORLD ASSEMBLY OR ECUMENICAL COUNCIL, THE AUTHORITY FOR UNIVERSAL REFORM
Chapter 26 THE VISION OF A BETTER WORLD, OR THE BLESSED STATE OF THE WORLD WHEN THESE REFORMS ARE COMPLETED
Index
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