… were generally used to give advice and warnings about the organisation of studies, ›true‹ conversion and the lifestyle of theology students. In addition, there was the interpretation and application of Bible passages and theological writings. But in addition to this fixed repertoire, Francke also repeatedly used the event to address current topics. And so, on 18 November 1723, he devoted his entire lecture…
… of service
Francke spent the beginning of 1689 with Spener in Dresden. In February he met again in Leipzig, where he taught at the university. The collegium philobiblicum was also continued, the Bible was interpreted in a practical and edifying way, and most of the time it was spoken in German. Soon the students also held conventions on the interpretation of the Bible in private houses. The Faculty of…
… in the history of educational architecture, including the Long Houus as the largest half-timbered residential building in Europe, the oldest preserved secular library building in Germany and the first Bible institute in the world. Representation and functionality were so skilfully combined that schoolrooms could be converted into living quarters and laboratories into business or archive rooms without major…
… Halle Pietism is the most important reform movement of Protestantism between Reformation and Enlightenment. August Hermann Francke pursued and developed central reformatory goals. The focus was on the Bible, the regular reading of which in private groups, the so-called convention articles, had initially brought Pietists to criticism, as had the way of life in strict piety. Francke strived to put Christian…
… Palmleaf Manuscript Archive (AFSt/P)
The Palmleaf Manuscript Archive is the largest collection of its kind in Europe and holds c.270 manuscripts with more than 35,000 single sheets. It includes Bible translations, sermons as well as other texts the Halle missionaries wrote in the Indian languages Tamil and Telugu that were sent to Europe. Here they were initially kept at the Orphanage’s Cabinet of…
… from the Danish king to spread the Word of God in the small trading post of Tharangambadi on the Coromandel Coast. Ziegenbalg, in particular, possessed a gift for languages, not only translated the Bible into Tamil but also engaged in conversation with the locals, thus being able to report on their customs and traditions to Halle, where his reports were published in the first missionary journal, the…
