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Pia Desideria
Author(s): Philip Jacob Spener (Author), Theodore G. Tappert (Author)
- Publisher: Fortress Press
- Publication Date: 1 Jan. 1964
- Language: English
- Print length: 136 pages
- ISBN-10: 0800619536
- ISBN-13: 9780800619534
Book Description
This classic work, first published in 1675, inaugurated the movement in Germany called Pietism. In it a young pastor, born and raised during the devastating Thirty Years War, voiced a plea for reform of the church which made the author and his proposals famous. A lifelong friend of the philosopher Leibnitz, Spener was an important influence in the life of the next leader of German Pietism, August Herman Francke. He was also a sponsor at the baptism of Nicholas Zinzendorf, founder of the Moravian Church, whose members played a crucial role in the life of John Wesley.
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About the Author
The Late Theodore G. Tappert, a distinguished church historian and author, was Schieren Professor of the History of Christianity at Lutheran Theological Seminary, Philadelphia. He was also archivist of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod and a consultant to the Lutheran Church in American’s Board of Publication.
