Friedrich Wilhelm Adolph Biefer
Friedrich Wilhelm Adolph Biefer (born July 19, 1706 in Bergen near Frankfurt am Main , † July 26, 1779 in Berlin ) was a German Moravian .
Life
Friedrich Wilhelm Adolph Biefer was the son of a wig maker .
He joined the separatist group around Andreas Gross (1678–1757) in Frankfurt am Main and was won over in 1736 by a sermon given by Count Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf on Christ as the "sole reconciler and sanctifier" for Pietism . He got to know the Moravian Brethren and shortly afterwards came to the settlement founded by Count von Zinzendorf in Herrnhaag near Büdingen .
In the period from 1738 to 1739 he was sent to Basel , Schaffhausen , Stein am Rhein , Bern and Geneva in Switzerland and promoted the ecclesiastical integration of Pietists and Separatists. He came into contact with Samuel Werenfels , Hieronymus Annoni and Samuel Lutz ; in Basel and Bern he laid the foundation for the brother societies that still exist today .
From 1740 until his retirement in 1760, Biefer worked in the Baltic States , in Silesia and under the Sorbs in Saxony .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Moravian Brethren. Retrieved October 31, 2019 .
- ↑ Sara Aebi: Upbringing and Mission: The Daughter Pension of the Moravian Brethren in Montmirail in the 18th century . P. 16 and p. 180. Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar, 2016, ISBN 978-3-412-50358-1 ( google.de [accessed on October 31, 2019]).
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SURNAME | Biefer, Friedrich Wilhelm Adolph |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pietist |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 19, 1706 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bergen near Frankfurt am Main |
DATE OF DEATH | July 26, 1779 |
Place of death | Berlin |