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Born January 23, 1635 • Ribeauvillé • France
Died February 5, 1705 (aged 70) • Berlin • Germany
Subjects Of Study Pietism
J.A. Bengel
German theologian
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
German religious leader
Johann Gottfried von Herder
Johann Gottfried von Herder
German philosopher
Paul Tillich
American theologian and philosopher
Philipp Melanchthon
Philipp Melanchthon
German theologian
Rudolf Otto
Rudolf Otto
German philosopher and theologian
Pope Benedict XVI
Benedict XVI
pope
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
German theologian
Martin Bucer, medal by Friedrich Hagenauer, 1543; in the Archives and Library of the City of Strasbourg.
Martin Bucer
Protestant religious reformer
Friedrich Schleiermacher
Friedrich Schleiermacher
German theologian
Baeck, Leo
Leo Baeck
German theologian
Franz Rosenzweig
German philosopher
St. Albertus Magnus
St. Albertus Magnus
German theologian, scientist, and philosopher
Meister Eckhart
German theologian and mystic
Troeltsch, Ernst
Ernst Troeltsch
German theologian
Nikolaus Ludwig, Graf (count) von Zinzendorf
Nikolaus Ludwig, count von Zinzendorf
German religious leader
Adolf von Harnack
Adolf von Harnack
German theologian and church historian
Rudolf Bultmann
German theologian
Albrecht Ritschl
German theologian
Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer
Alsatian-German theologian and physician