Gerhard Tersteegen

Personne

mystique protestant allemand, prédicateur, auteur de poésie religieuse et d'ouvrages de spiritualité

Gerhard Tersteegen was a German Reformed lay preacher, spiritual writer, mystic, translator, and hymnist associated with Pietism on the Lower Rhine. A weaver by trade, he became one of the most important representatives of Reformed mystical Pietism and is remembered for his hymns, sermons, devotional writings, correspondence, and translations of earlier Christian mystical authors.

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