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| Born | Philipp Jakob Spener 30 January 1635 |
| Died | 5 February 1705 (aged 70) Berlin, Margraviate of Brandenburg, Holy Roman Empire |
| Education | University of Strasbourg |
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| Movement | Pietism |
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Philipp Jakob Spener (23 January 1635 – 5 February 1705)[1] was a German Lutheran theologian who essentially founded what became known as Pietism. He was later dubbed the "Father of Pietism". A prolific writer, his two main works, Pia desideria (1675) and Allgemeine Gottesgelehrtheit (1680), were published while he was the chief pastor in the Lutheran Church at Frankfurt.
In 1691, he was invited to Berlin by the court of Brandenburg. In Berlin, Spener was at odds with the predominant Lutheran orthodoxy, as he had been all his life. Spener influenced the foundation of the University of Halle. Disputing his positions, the theological faculty of Wittenberg, formally accused him of 264 errors.
- ^ Encyclopaedia Britannica, Philipp Jakob Spener. Retrieved 8 October 2020.