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31 articles found for “Johanan”

• Farewell Discourse

  [Bible]

  The term for the extended charge and prayer that Jesus gave his disciples at the Last Supper on the night before his arrest, recorded in John 13–17. It includes the new commandment, the promise of the Holy Spirit as the Comforter, and the parable of the vine.

• Geerhardus Vos

  [People]

  Geerhardus Vos (1862–1949) was a Dutch-born American Reformed theologian who taught biblical theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. He is regarded as having laid the foundation for a "redemptive-historical" reading of Scripture, which views revelation as unfolding progressively in history.

• John Amos Comenius

  [People]

  John Amos Comenius (1592–1670) was a Moravian-born Protestant pastor and educator. He was the last bishop of the Unity of the Brethren (Unitas Fratrum), the church that carried on the reforming tradition of Jan Hus, and he is regarded as a pioneer of modern pedagogy.

• Leipzig Debate

  [History]

  The Leipzig Debate was a public theological disputation held in the summer of 1519 in Leipzig, Germany, between Johann Eck, professor of theology at the University of Ingolstadt, and Martin Luther and Andreas Karlstadt, professors of theology at the University of Wittenberg. The authority of the pope and of church councils became the central issue, and the debate is regarded as an important turning point in the early Reformation.

• August Hermann Francke

  [People]

  August Hermann Francke (1663–1727) was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian, and educator. He led Halle Pietism and founded an orphanage and several schools in Halle.

• 1 John 2:1–2

  [Bible Verses]

  A passage expressing the hope that believers will not sin, while declaring that if they do sin, Jesus Christ the righteous is their "advocate" with the Father and the "propitiation" for their sins. It is frequently cited as a basis for the forgiveness of sins and stands at the center of debates over the extent of the atonement and the meaning of "propitiation."

• 1 John 4:2–3

  [Bible Verses]

  This passage makes the confession that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh the criterion for distinguishing the Spirit of God from the spirit of antichrist. It is frequently cited in support of confessing the Incarnation and in discussions of discerning spirits.

• Hellenism

  [History]

  Hellenism refers both to the spread of Greek language and culture throughout the eastern Mediterranean and western Asia after the eastern campaigns of Alexander the Great (4th century BC), where they blended with local cultures, and to the era in which this took place.

• Philip Melanchthon

  [People]

  Philip Melanchthon (1497–1560) was a German Reformer and humanist scholar. The closest colleague of Martin Luther, he wrote the Loci Communes, regarded as the first Protestant systematic theology, and the Augsburg Confession.

• Thomas Müntzer

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  Thomas Müntzer (c. 1489–1525) was a radical reformer of the German Reformation. He initially followed Martin Luther but later broke with him, and in 1525 he led peasant forces in the German Peasants' War before being executed.

• Philipp Jakob Spener

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  Philipp Jakob Spener (1635–1705) was a German Lutheran pastor and theologian. His *Pia Desideria* (1675) launched the German Pietist movement, and for this reason he is called the "Father of Pietism."