Verein der Protestantischen Freunde
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Name (Latin)
Verein der Protestantischen Freunde
Other forms of name
Lichtfreunde
Protestantische Freunde
Field of activity
Free churches
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Sources of Information
- also known as Lichtfreunde; rationalist Christian movement; began at June 1841 meeting of clergy organized by Pastor Uhlich and spread to the laity, leading to the Free church movement ( ("Protestantische Freunde" in Pierer's Universal-Lexikon, viewed December 21, 2018) )
- Verein der Protestantischen Freunde; variant names: Lichtfreunde, Protestantische Freunde; 29 June 1841-17 June 1859, when they merged with the German Catholics to form the Bund Freireligiöser Gemeinden Deutschlands; headquarters: Köthen (Anhalt); active in Saxony-Anhalt ( (DNB authority file, viewed December 21, 2018) )
- Lichtfreunde; official name: Verein der Protestantischen Freunde; the term Lichtfreunde was originally used by the group's opponents but became the most common name and was occasionally used by the group itself; rationalist Protestant movement; began on June 29, 1841, at a meeting of clergy organized by Pastor Uhlich in Gnadau; lead to the Free church movement; most popular in the Prussian Province of Saxony, reaching its peak popularity during the March 1848 Revolution; merged with the German Catholics in 1859, forming the Bund freier religiöser Gemeinden ( (German Wikipedia, viewed December 21, 2018) )
- Uhlich's Ansprache an die Protestantischen Freunde auf der Asse im Lande Braunschweig am 20. August 1845, 1845