Graf von zinzendorf biography of abraham

  • Zinzendorf, Nicolaus Ludwig, > Graf von, > 1700-1760.
  • Zinzendorf had a lifelong interest in church history.
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    Zinzendorf's Plan for a "Complete History of the True Church of Christ"

    Zinzendorf's program for a "Complete History of the True Church of Christ"

    It was not until 1757 that preliminary results of Zinzendorf 's longstanding work on church history first appeared in print. It was a chronicle of relevant events between the year 28 ad when John the Baptist began to preach in the desert, and 329 ad when Byzantium was completed by the Emperor Constantine. Zinzendorf 's text was simply a chronological lista and was meant to be used in Moravian schools. 3 Zinzendorf 's attempts to write a history of the church barely got beyond the planning and research stages. The lack of concrete results may be the reason little attention has been given to Zinzendorf 's historical projects. For example, Meinhold's handbook on ecclesiastical historiography and Gäbler's chapter on Pietist historiography in Geschichte des Pietismus do not mention Zinzendor

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    Herrnhut: The Formation of a Moravian Community, 1722–1732 9780271092478

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    Herrnhut

    Editor Craig D. Atwood Director of the Center for Moravian Studies, Moravian Seminary Volumes in the Pietist, Moravian, and Anabaptist Studies Series take multidisciplinary approaches to the history and theology of these groups and their religious and cultural influence around the globe. The series seeks to enrich the dynamic international study of post-­ Reformation Protestantism through original works of scholarship. Advisory Board Bill Leonard, Wake Forest University Katherine Faull, Bucknell University A. G. Roeber, Penn State University Jonathan Strom, Emory University Hermann Wellenreuther†, Georg-­August-­Universität Göttingen Rachel Wheeler, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis

    Paul Peucker

    HERRNHUT The Formation of a Moravian Community, 1722–1732

    The Pennsylvania State University Press University Park, Pennsylvania

    Published with financial support