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Nicolaus Zinzendorf
Nicolaus Zinzendorf

Nicolaus Zinzendorf (May 26, 1700 - May 9, 1760) was a German religious reformer and theologian, the founder of the Moravian Brethren. Known for his advocacy of religious freedom and equality, Zinzendorf had a profound impact on posterity. more

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“The Christian life is stamped by 'moral spontaneous originality,' consequently the disciple is open to the same charge that Jesus Christ was, viz., that of inconsistency. But Jesus Christ was always consistent to God, and the Christian must be consistent to the life of the Son of God in him, not consistent to hard and fast creeds. Men pour themselves into creeds, and God has to blast them out of their prejudices before they can become devoted to Jesus Christ.”

“One has a feeling that one has a kind of home in this timeless community of human beings that strive for truth. ... I have always believed that Jesus meant by the Kingdom of God the small group scattered all through time of intellectually and ethically valuable people.”