BIBLIOGRAPHIES

English Translations of Zinzendorf's Works

Overview of English translations of works by Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf. (in bold: normalized German short title with year of first edition of original; BHZ refers to the Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Zinzendorf-Forschung, ed. Dietrich Meyer, (Düsseldorf, 1987)).

Berliner Reden 1738 (BHZ A 130)

Sixteen Discourses on the Redemption of Man by the Death of Christ, Preached at Berlin, by the Right Reverend and most Illustrious Count Zinzendorf, Bishop of the Ancient Moravian Church. Translated from the High Dutch. With a Dedication to the Archbishops, Bishops and Clergy, Giving Some Account of the Moravian Brethren, (London: James Hutton, 1740).

2d. ed. (London: W. Bowyer and J. Beecroft, 1751).

extracted edition: Extract of Count Zinzendorf's Discourses on the Redemption of Man by the Death of Christ, by John Wesley, M.A., Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford, (Newcastle Upon Tyne: John Gooding and R. Akenhead, 1744).

Probe eines Lehrbüchelgens 1740 (BHZ A 140)

A Manual of Doctrine: or, a Second Essay to Bring into the Form of Question and Answer as well the Fundamental Doctrines, as the other Scripture-Knowledge, of the Protestant Congregations Who for 300 Years Past Have Been Call'd The Brethren … Written in Highdutch, by the Author of the First Essay, and Now Translated into English, with an Introduction, (London: James Hutton, 1742).

Einfältiger Aufsatz 1740 (BHZ A 143)

A Simple Declaration of the Moravian Church. Concerning Their Present and Future Labour, Among the Savages, Slaves, and other Nations of the Heathen. Faithfully Translated from the German, [n.p. n.d.].

Sieben letzte Reden 1742 (BHZ A 150)

Seven Sermons on the Godhead of the Lamb; or the Divinity of Jesus Christ. By the Right Reverend and Most Illustrious Count Zinzendorf, Bishop of the Moravian Church. Preached in the Congregatin, Just Before His Second Voyage to the West-Indies and Translated from the German Manuscript, (London: James Hutton, 1742). [the "second voyage to the West-Indies" is his journey to America]

Anmerkungen Thurnstein 1742 (BHZ A 158)

The Remarks, Which the Author of the Compendous Extract, etc. in the Preface to His Book, Has Friendly Desired of the Rev. of Thurenstein, for the Time Pastor of the Lutheran Congregation of J.C. in Philadelphia, (Philadelphia: B. Franklin, 1742).

Kurzer Katechismus 1742 (BHZ A 161)

According to C.W. Miller, Benjamin Franklin's Philadelphia Printing (1974), no. 309 an English translation was published by Isaiah Warner in Philadelphia in 1742.

Pilgerbrief 1742 (BHZ A 162)

My Dear Fellow-Traveller, Here Hast Thou a Letter, Which I Have Wrote to Thee out of the Fulness of My Heart, and With Many Tears for Thy Salvation's Sake, and the Lamb of God Hath Sprinkled it With His Blood, That it Will Be Profitable For Thee if Thou Abides by Thy Heart or Now Findest Thy Heart, (London, 1742).

another edition: The Traveller's Present or a Letter Giving a Short History of Religion, (London: James Hutton, 1742).

Every Man's Right to Live 1743 (BHZ A 164)

Every Man's Right to Live. A Sermon on Ezek. XXXIII.II Why Will Ye Die? Preached in Philadelphia, the 10th Day of January 1741,2 by the Reverend Lewis of Thurenstein…, transl. O. Malander, (Philadelphia 1743).

Pennsylvanische Reden 1744 (BHZ A 167)

A collection of sermons from Zinzendorf's Pennsylvania journey, 1741-42, trans. Julie Tomberlin Weber, ed. Craig D. Atwood, (Bethlehem, Pa. : Moravian Church of America, [2001]).

Neun öffentliche Reden 1747 (BHZ A 177)

Nine Publick Discourses Upon Important Subjects in Religion, Preached in Fetter-Lane-Chapel at London in the Year MDCCXLVI. Translated from the German, (London: James Hutton, 1748).

another, modern translation: Nine Public Lectures on Important Subjects in Religion, Preached in Fetter Lane Chapel in London in the Year 1746, trans. and ed. George W. Forell, (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1973).

21 Diskurse über die Augsburger Konfession 1748 (BHZ A 182)

Twenty One Discourses or Dissertations Upon the Augsburg Confession, Which is also the Brethren's Confession of Faith. Delivered by the Ordinary of the Brethren's Churches Before the Seminary, to Which is Prefixed a Synodal Writing, Relating to the Same Subject, trans. Francis Okely, (London: W. Bowyer and J. Beecroft, 1753).

Peremptorisches Bedenken 1751 (BHZ A 194)

Peremtorisches Bedencken or the Ordinary of the Brethren's Churches, His Short and Peremptory Remarks on the Way and Manner, Wherein He Has Been Hitherto Treated in Controversies and What Reasons Dissuade Him From Descending to Minuter Answers… With a Preface by John Gambold…, (London: J. Beecroft, 1753).

Maxims 1751 (BHZ A 195)

Maxims, Theological Ideas and Sentences, out of the Present Ordinary of the Brethren's Churches His Dissertations and Discourses From the Year 1738 till 1747, Extracted by J. Gambold M.A., with a Letter from the Author Annex'd, (London: J. Beecroft, 1751). [selection of texts from various works]

A Consolatory Letter 1752 (BHZ A 198)

A Consolatory Letter to the Members of the Societies, That Are in Some Connexion With the Brethren's Congregation, (London: John Hart and J. Lewis, 1752)

Statutes 1755 (BHZ A 204)

Statutes or the General Principles of Practical Christianity, Extracted out of the New Testament, Designed for the Use of the Congregations in England in Union with the Unitas Fratrum. In a Letter from the Right Rev. the Ordinary of the Brethren's Churches, (n.p., 1755).

Exposition 1755 (BHZ A 205)

An Exposition or True State of the Matters Objected in England to the People Known by the Name of Unitas Fratrum…, 2 vols. (London: J. Robinson, 1755).

A Letter From a Minister 1755 (BHZ A 207)

A Letter From a Minister of the Moravian Branch of the Unitas Fratrum, Together With Some Additional Notes by the English Editor, to the Author of The Moravians  Compared and Detected, (London: J. Robinson, W. Owen and G. Woodfall, 1755).