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Book SynopsisAnthony Horneck (1641-1697) is a key figure for the migration of the continental Pietist sensibilities into Restoration Anglicanism and ultimately into Methodism. Horneck was educated at Heidelberg and Leiden and then immigrated to England during the year of the Restoration. In England he became a committed Anglican, but his life and ministry demonstrated the influences of developing continental Pietism. He preached salvation. He avoided disputes over non-essentials. Most significantly, he organized religious societies of awakened souls beginning in 1678. The rules Horneck drew up for the guidance of these societies bear many marks of continental Pietism and laid the foundation for philanthropic and revivalist movements in England. At Horneck''s death there were a number of these religious societies in and around London. In the next twenty years they expanded in London and throughout the counties, profoundly impacting Anglican piety. By the 1720s their network provided the matrix of re
Table of ContentsPart 1 List of Illustrations Part 2 Series Editor's Preface Part 3 Acknowledgments Part 4 Introduction Chapter 5 1. Pietistic Christianity in Protestant England (1549-1662) Chapter 6 2. A Pious Cleric in Search of a Country Chapter 7 3. An Anglican Pietist Experiment Chapter 8 4. Unsettled Times Chapter 9 5. A Pious Revolution Chapter 10 6. From Religious Societies to United Societies Chapter 11 7. An Anglican Pietism Chapter 12 Epilogue: An Unwitting Architect Part 13 Appendixes Chapter 14 A. Rules for Religious Societies Chapter 15 B. A Specimen of the Order of the Religious Societies Chapter 16 C. Rules for Peace among Protestant Churches Chapter 17 D. Account of the Religious Society in Epworth Part 18 Selected Bibliography Part 19 About the Author
