'''Philipp Jakob Spener''' was a 17th century [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] pastor who wrote and published in 1675 a key [[Theology|theological]] [[treatise]] entitled ''Pia Desideria'' ("Pious Desires"), the foundational text of the theological tradition of the [[Pietism|Pietist movement]]. | '''Philipp Jakob Spener''' was a 17th century [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] pastor who wrote and published in 1675 a key [[Theology|theological]] [[treatise]] entitled ''Pia Desideria'' ("Pious Desires"), the foundational text of the theological tradition of the [[Pietism|Pietist movement]]. |