pietism
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Noun
pietism (countable and uncountable, plural pietisms)
- (Christianity, often capitalized) A movement in the Lutheran church in the 17th and 18th centuries, calling for a return to practical and devout Christianity.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 739:
- From its earliest days, Pietism was intimately bound up with education.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 739:
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Translations
movement in the Lutheran church
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Further reading
Radical Pietism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia