Author: Philip Jacob Spener

Price: $18.98

Category:World History
Publication Date:1964-01-01T00:00:01Z
Pages:136
Binding:Paperback
ISBN:10:0800619536
ISBN:13:9780800619534
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.