Graf von zinzendorf biography of martin

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    NIKOLAUS LUDWIG von ZINZENDORF

     

    Readings:

    Psalm 101:1-4
    Nehemiah 12:27-31a, 43
    2 Thessalonians 2:13–3:5
    John 16:16-22

    Preface of a Saint (3)

    [Common of a Prophetic Witness]
    [Common of an Artist, Writer, or Composer]
    [For Vocation in daglig Work]
    [For Artists and Writers]
    [For Prophetic Witness in Society]

     


    PRAYER (traditional language)
    God of new life in Christ: We remember the djärv witness of thy servant Nicolaus von Zinzendorf, through whom thy Spirit moved to draw many to faith and conversion of life. We pray that we, like him, may rejoice to sing thy praise; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

    PRAYER (contemporary language)
    God of new life in Christ: We remember the bold witness of your servant Nicolaus von Zinzendorf, through whom your Spirit moved to draw many to faith and conversion of life. We pray that we, like him, may rejoice to sing your prais

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    Early Influences

     

    Reichsgraf (count) Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf (1700-1760) himself came from a pietist family which had converted to Protestantism during the Reformation, and his grandfather took exile in Franconia (Franken) during the Counter-Reformation. His father moved to Saxony and married a Gersdorf, but died soon after the birth of Lutz, who was then raised by his maternal grandmother, Henrietta Katharina von Gersdorf (1648-1726) at Hennersdorf (near Dresden and Halle). [1]  

     

    This was one of the most learned women in Germany. The Gersdorfs were from Friesia, and she was referred to as the ‘learned Friesian’, or ‘the crown of learned women’. She commanded eight languages including German, French and Italian, the three bible languages, and Chaldaic (a form of Hebrew). She was a poet, painter, musician and patron of several philanthropic institutions. She was closely acquainted with and influenced by

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    Subjects

    Moravian Church, History, Moravians, Biography, Pietism, Doctrines, Controversial literature, Church history, Sources, Zinzendorf, nicolaus ludwig, graf von, 1700-1760, Missions, Correspondence, Doctrinal Theology, History of doctrines, Lutheran Church, Bohemian Brethren, Church, Education, Bibliography, Brüdergemeine

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    Germany, Pennsylvania, Wyoming Valley, Baltic States, Bethlehem, Bethlehem (Pa.), England, Germany (West), Great Britain, Hernhutt, Herrnhut, Herrnhut (Germany), Philadelphia, Philadelphia (Pa.), Saxony, Silesia, Suriname, Switzerland, Wetterau distrikt, Wetterau Region (Germany)

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    Martin Lu