The more complete faith is, the stronger it stands in surrender; the more it yields itself to God's will and trusts him to make all things right at the proper time.

— August Hermann Francke (1663–1727), Theologe

August Hermann Francke

August Hermann Francke war ein deutscher evangelisch-lutherischer Theologe und Pädagoge, der an der Wende vom 17. zum 18. Jahrhundert vor allem in Halle an der Saale wirkte. Als zentrale Leitfigur des Halleschen Pietismus verband er persönliche Bekehrung mit organisierter Diakonie und Bildungsreformen, wobei sein strenges Erziehungskonzept und seine Abgrenzung zur lutherischen Orthodoxie auch auf Widerstand stießen. Bibellesern gilt er heute als Beispiel für einen Glauben, der sich in praktischer Nächstenliebe und sozialem Engagement im Alltag konkretisieren soll.

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