Friedrich Adolph Lampe (18 February 1683 – 8 December 1729) was a German

Pietist Pietism (), also known as Pietistic Lutheranism, is a movement within Lutheranism that combines its emphasis on biblical doctrine with an emphasis on individual piety and living a holy Christianity, Christian life. Although the movement is ali ...

pastor, theologian and professor of dogmatics. He was a Cocceian, and follower of Johannes d'Outrein. He is known as the first Pietist leader from a

Calvinist Reformed Christianity, also called Calvinism, is a major branch of Protestantism that began during the 16th-century Protestant Reformation. In the modern day, it is largely represented by the Continental Reformed Protestantism, Continenta ...

rather than

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background.

Biography

Lampe was born in

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in 1683. He received his education in

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from 1698 to 1702 and then enrolled at the

University of Franeker The University of Franeker (1585–1811) was a university in Franeker, Friesland, the Netherlands. It was the second-oldest university of the Netherlands, founded shortly after Leiden University. History Also known as ''Academia Franekerensis'' ...

, where he graduated in 1703. He was appointed pastor at

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near

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in 1703, and subsequently was appointed pastor in

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in 1706 and Bremen in 1709. On 15 April 1720 he was appointed professor of theology at

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, and also served as pastor of St. Ansgar's Church. He died in Bremen.

Philosophy and works

Lampe was especially influenced by

pietism Pietism (), also known as Pietistic Lutheranism, is a movement within Lutheranism that combines its emphasis on biblical doctrine with an emphasis on individual piety and living a holy Christianity, Christian life. Although the movement is ali ...

and saw inner life development as very important, and he was also a strong believer in the divinity of the church. He attempted to revive the

Covenant theology Covenant theology (also known as covenantalism, federal theology, or federalism) is a biblical theology, a conceptual overview and interpretive framework for understanding the overall structure of the Bible. It is often distinguished from dis ...

Johannes Cocceius Johannes Cocceius (also Coccejus; 9 August 1603 – 5 November 1669) was a Dutch theologian born in Bremen. Life After studying at Hamburg and the University of Franeker, where Sixtinus Amama was one of his teachers, he became in 1630 profess ...

and was a follower of Johannes d'Outrein. His most prominent work was '' Geheimniß des Gnadenbunds, dem großen Bundesgott zu Ehren und allen heylbegierigen Seelen zur Erbauung geöffnet'', published in six volumes from 1712. In 1726 he published ''Synopsis historiae sacrae''. He also published a number of

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; among them were ''Milch der Wahrheit, nach Anleitung des Heidelberge Katechismus'' (1718), ''Einleitung zu dem Geheimnis des Gnadenbundes'', and ''Delineatio theologae activae'', considered to be the "first system of ethics derived from federal theology".

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lampe, Friedrich Adolph German Calvinist and Reformed ministers 18th-century German Protestant theologians 18th-century Calvinist and Reformed theologians People from Detmold 1683 births 1729 deaths German male non-fiction writers 18th-century German male writers