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Philipp Jakob Spener (23 January 1635 – 5 February 1705) was a German Lutheran theologian who essentially founded what became known as Pietism. He was later dubbed the "Father of Pietism".
Philipp Jakob Spener was a theologian, author, and a leading figure in German Pietism, a movement among 17th- and 18th-century Protestants that stressed personal improvement and upright conduct as the most important manifestations of Christian faith.
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Just 31 years old, Philipp Spener not only became the primary Lutheran preacher in a city of 15,000 but supervised the work of 11 other clergymen—four of them twice his age.
May 21, 2018 · SPENER, PHILIPP JAKOB (1635 – 1705), is the most widely recognized representative of early Pietism. Spener was born in Rappoltsweiler, Alsace, on January 13, 1635.
Apr 29, 2019 · So I was grateful to Caleb Lindgren of Christianity Today for inviting me to write a profile of Philipp Jakob Spener (1635-1705), the Lutheran pastor who is often considered the father of the Pietist movement.
Philipp Jakob Spener was a patriarch of classical Pietism, a renewal movement within post-Reformation German Lutheranism which influenced the development of today’s evangelical Christianity. Among historians of Christianity, Scripture is widely acknowledged as a vital aspect within Spener’s vision for church reform.
Philipp Jakob Spener (born January 13, 1635 in Rappoltsweiler, Alsace, † February 5, 1705 in Berlin) was a German Lutheran theologian and one of the most famous and influential representatives of Pietism.
