Pia Desideria
"Heartfelt desire for a God-pleasing reform”

This classic work, first published in 1675, inaugurated the movement in Germany called Pietism. Despite its importance, the work has never before been put into English. In it a young pastor, born and raised during the devastating Thirty Years War, voiced a plea for reform of the church which made the author and his proposals famous. Spener was a lifelong friend of the philosopher Leibnitz, an important influence in the life of the next leader of German Pietism, August Herman Francke, and a sponsor at the baptism of Nicholas Zinzendorf, founder of the Moravian Church, members of which played a crucial role in the life of John Wesley. "The echo of Spener's challenge can still be detected when we read this little book today,” says Theodore G. Tappert.

Author - Philip J Spener
Theodore Tappert

"Spener has something to say to all Protestant churches, indeed, to all Christians, insofar as they are 'conformed unto this world.'”

John T. McNeill, Professor Emeritus, Union Theological Seminary

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