Ch. 34 Flashcards
Who is the father of Pietism?
Philipp Jacob Spener
What church did Philipp Jacob Spener belong to?
Lutheran Church
What came to prevail in the Lutheran Church in Spener’s time?
Dead orthodoxy, all purity and defence of the doctrine but no appeal to the emotions (no call to conversion and Christian service and a devoted Christian life)
What book did Spener that was written by the German mystic Johann Arndt?
True Christianity
As Spener became a chief pastor in Frankfort, what did he soon make improvements on?
Catechetical instruction
gatherings for the purpose of fostering piety
collegia pietatis
Because of the name ‘collegia pietatis’, the Lutheran Church started by Spener became known as what?
Pietism
little churches within the church
(Spener proposed this establishment)
ecclesiolae in ecclesia
For Spener, where does genuine Christianity reveal itself in?
In a life of devotion and service
Who was one of the younger instructors in the University of Leipzig who spent two months with Spener and then joined the Pietist movement?
August Hermann Francke
Where did Francke make the center of Pietism?
The University of Halle
Even when Francke had money, what did he believe in?
Believed in answers to prayer
What did the Bible Institute Francke induced a friend to publish?
Inexpensive Bibles
What did Francke have a talent for?
Organization
For 200 years, what did the strength of the Protestant churches be consumed against?
Struggle with Catholicism and the Wars of Religion
Who was the king of Denmark who wished to establish mission posts in his colony in India?
King Frederick IV
What was naturally favourable to the work of missions because it had an interest in the salvation of souls?
Pietism
Who aroused missionary zeal in the hearts of many of his students?
August Francke
Who was one of the famous missionaries who preached the Gospel in India from 1750-1798?
Christian Friedrich Schwartz