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Count Stolberg Christian

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German poet of the Gottingen school, to which Burger and Voss belonged, born in Hamburg; was with his brother a friend of Goethe's, and held a civil appointment in Holstein (1748-1821).

German poet, born in Berlin; was one of the founders of the Romantic school in Germany, was a friend of the Schlegels and Novalis; wrote novels and popular tales and dramas; his tales, in particular, ...

Count of Stolberg Friedrich Leopold

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German poet, born in Holstein, brother of preceding; held State appointments in Denmark; joined the Romish Church, and showed a religious and ascetic temper (1750-1819).

Philip Jacob Spener

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German Protestant theologian, founder of the Pietists, born in Alsace, studied in Strasburg; in 1670 held a series of meetings which he called "Collegia Pietatis," whence the name of his sect; ...

Rudolf Ewald Stier

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German theologian; was a devout student of the Bible as the very Word of God, and is best known as the author of the "Words of the Lord Jesus" (1800-1862).

David Friedrich Strauss

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German theological and biblical critic, born at Ludwigsburg, in Wurtemberg; studied in the Theological Institute of Tubingen under Baur, was ordained in 1830, and went in 1834 to Berlin to attend the ...

Worship of Sorrow

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Goethe's name for the Christian religion, "our highest religion, for the Son of Man," Carlyle adds, interpreting this, "there is no noble crown, well worn or even ill worn, but is a crown of thorns."