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Dresden, Tenn. (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): entry zinzendorf-nicolaus-ludwig-count
Zinzendorf, Nicolaus Ludwig, Count 1700-1760
Religious reformer; born in Dresden, Saxony, May 26, 1700; son of a leading minister of the electorate of Saxony; was educated at Halle and Wittenberg.
When,
Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf. in 1720, he received his deceased father's estate from his guardians, he purchased a lordship in Lusatia, and married a sister of the Prince of Reuss.
When he was twenty-two years of age he became interested in the discipline and doctrines of the scattered Moravian brethren, invited some of them to settle on his estate, formed statutes for their government, and finally became a bishop among them, and one of their most ardent missionaries.
John Wesley passed some time at the home of Zinzendorf, and from him imbibed notions of church organization and a missionary spirit upon which he afterwards acted.
He commended singing as a wonderful power in the church.
Zinzendorf was consecrated bishop in 1736, travelled over the Continent, visited England,
Saxony (Saxony, Germany) (search for this): entry zinzendorf-nicolaus-ludwig-count
Zinzendorf, Nicolaus Ludwig, Count 1700-1760
Religious reformer; born in Dresden, Saxony, May 26, 1700; son of a leading minister of the electorate of Saxony; was educated at Halle and Wittenberg.
When,
Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf. in 1720, he received his deceased father's estate from his guardians, he purchased a lordship in Lusatia, and married a sister of the Prince of Reuss.
When he was twenty-two years of age he became interested in the discipline and doctrines of the scattered MSaxony; was educated at Halle and Wittenberg.
When,
Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf. in 1720, he received his deceased father's estate from his guardians, he purchased a lordship in Lusatia, and married a sister of the Prince of Reuss.
When he was twenty-two years of age he became interested in the discipline and doctrines of the scattered Moravian brethren, invited some of them to settle on his estate, formed statutes for their government, and finally became a bishop among them, and one of their most ardent missionaries.
John Wesley passed some time at the home of Zinzendorf, and from him imbibed notions of church organization and a missionary spirit upon which he afterwards acted.
He commended singing as a wonderful power in the church.
Zinzendorf was consecrated bishop in 1736, travelled over the Continent, visited England, a
England (United Kingdom) (search for this): entry zinzendorf-nicolaus-ludwig-count
Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): entry zinzendorf-nicolaus-ludwig-count
Dutchess county (New York, United States) (search for this): entry zinzendorf-nicolaus-ludwig-count
Wittenberg (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): entry zinzendorf-nicolaus-ludwig-count
Zinzendorf, Nicolaus Ludwig, Count 1700-1760
Religious reformer; born in Dresden, Saxony, May 26, 1700; son of a leading minister of the electorate of Saxony; was educated at Halle and Wittenberg.
When,
Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf. in 1720, he received his deceased father's estate from his guardians, he purchased a lordship in Lusatia, and married a sister of the Prince of Reuss.
When he was twenty-two years of age he became interested in the discipline and doctrines of the scattered Moravian brethren, invited some of them to settle on his estate, formed statutes for their government, and finally became a bishop among them, and one of their most ardent missionaries.
John Wesley passed some time at the home of Zinzendorf, and from him imbibed notions of church organization and a missionary spirit upon which he afterwards acted.
He commended singing as a wonderful power in the church.
Zinzendorf was consecrated bishop in 1736, travelled over the Continent, visited England, a
America (Netherlands) (search for this): entry zinzendorf-nicolaus-ludwig-count
Halle (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany) (search for this): entry zinzendorf-nicolaus-ludwig-count
Zinzendorf, Nicolaus Ludwig, Count 1700-1760
Religious reformer; born in Dresden, Saxony, May 26, 1700; son of a leading minister of the electorate of Saxony; was educated at Halle and Wittenberg.
When,
Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf. in 1720, he received his deceased father's estate from his guardians, he purchased a lordship in Lusatia, and married a sister of the Prince of Reuss.
When he was twenty-two years of age he became interested in the discipline and doctrines of the scattered Moravian brethren, invited some of them to settle on his estate, formed statutes for their government, and finally became a bishop among them, and one of their most ardent missionaries.
John Wesley passed some time at the home of Zinzendorf, and from him imbibed notions of church organization and a missionary spirit upon which he afterwards acted.
He commended singing as a wonderful power in the church.
Zinzendorf was consecrated bishop in 1736, travelled over the Continent, visited England,
Nicolaus Ludwig Count Zinzendorf (search for this): entry zinzendorf-nicolaus-ludwig-count
Zinzendorf, Nicolaus Ludwig, Count 1700-1760
Religious reformer; born in Dresden, Saxony, May 26, 1700; son of a leading minister of the electorate of Saxony; was educated at Halle and Wittenberg.
When,
Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf. in 1720, he received his deceased father's estate from his guardians, he purchased a lordship in Lusatia, and married a sister of the Prince of Reuss.
When he was twenty-two years of age he became interested in the discipline and doctrines of the scattered Moravian brethren, invited some of them to settle on his estate, formed statutes for their government, and finally became a bishop among them, and one of their most ardent missionaries.
John Wesley passed some time at the home of Zinzendorf, and from him imbibed notions of church organization and a missionary spirit upon which he afterwards acted.
He commended singing as a wonderful power in the church.
Zinzendorf was consecrated bishop in 1736, travelled over the Continent, visited England, a