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Philipp Jakob Spener

1635–1705 · Lutheran (Pietist) · Frankfurt am Main, Dresden and Berlin

Philipp Jakob Spener was senior of the Lutheran ministry at Frankfurt am Main, then court preacher at Dresden and provost at Berlin. His Pia Desideria (1675) set out the programme of German Pietism, and he preached and published extensively on the new birth and its fruits.

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