Pietist
21Pietism — Pietist, n. pietistic, pietistical, adj. pietistically, adv. /puy i tiz euhm/, n. 1. a movement, originating in the Lutheran Church in Germany in the 17th century, that stressed personal piety over religious formality and orthodoxy. 2. the… …
22Protestantism — /prot euh steuhn tiz euhm/, n. 1. the religion of Protestants. 2. the Protestant churches collectively. 3. adherence to Protestant principles. [1640 50; PROTESTANT + ISM] * * * One of the three major branches of Christianity, originating in the… …
23Pietismus — Der Pietismus ist nach der Reformation die wichtigste Reformbewegung im kontinentaleuropäischen Protestantismus. Die pietistische Bewegung in Deutschland hat seit ihrer Entstehung in der 2. Hälfte des 17. Jahrhunderts zahlreiche Veränderungen… …
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25ABRAHAM BEN MOSES BEN MAIMON — (1186–1237), theologian, exegete, communal leader, mystical pietist, and physician. Little was known about him prior to the discovery of the cairo genizah , which has preserved many of his writings, in part autographic. Born in Fustat, Egypt, on… …
26JUDEO-ARABIC LITERATURE — JUDEO ARABIC LITERATURE, written in Arabic by Jews for Jews. It is written in an idiom which is linguistically closer to the spoken form of Arabic than is the idiom used in Muslim literature. It may plausibly be assumed that, prior to the rise of …
27Lutheranism — Luther s Seal Book of Concord …
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30Pietism — was a movement within Lutheranism, lasting from the late 17th century to the mid 18th century and later. It proved to be very influential throughout Protestantism and Anabaptism, inspiring not only Anglican priest John Wesley to begin the… …
