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Meetings at Leipfic Sparked Devotional Study and Reform
The text describes private Sunday gatherings led by Dr. Alberti and later expanded to his house, attracting many students and professors. These meetings fostered love for Scripture, spurred original research, and increased piety. Franck and Schade promoted similar meetings, with Schade later becoming Deacon of St. Nicholas Berlin and advocating religious renewal despite Lutheran decay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberti
Che
Les de Spener
Leipfic
Jesus
Franck
Halle
Lunenburg
Hamberg
Spener
Dresden
John Caspar Schade