Pia DesideriaThis 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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Contents
the Times the Man the Book | |
The Possibility of Better Conditions in the Church | |
Table of Contents of the Appendixes | |
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| Title | Pia Desideria Seminar editions |
| Author | Philipp Jakob Spener |
| Publisher | Fortress Press, 1964 |
| ISBN | 1451416121, 9781451416121 |
| Length | 136 pages |
| Subjects | › › Religion / Christianity / Lutheran |
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