Schwenkfelder

Schwenkfelder
/shfengk"fel'deuhr, shvengk"-/, n.
a member of a Protestant group that emigrated in 1734 from Germany and settled in Pennsylvania, where they organized the Schwenkfelder Church.
[1780-90, Amer.; < G, after Kaspar von Schwenkfeld (1490-1561), German mystic; see -ER1]

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  • Schwenkfelder Church — The Schwenkfelder Church is a small American Christian body rooted in the 16th century Protestant Reformation teachings of Caspar Schwenkfeld von Ossig (1489 1561).HistoryThough followers have held the teachings of Schwenkfeld since the 16th… …   Wikipedia

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  • Schwenkfeldian — Schwenkfelder Schwenk feld er, Schwenkfeldian Schwenk feld i*an, n. A member of a religious sect founded by Kaspar von Schwenkfeld, a Silesian reformer who disagreed with Luther, especially on the deification of the body of Christ. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Caspar Schwenckfeld — Caspar (or Kaspar) Schwen(c)kfeld von Ossig (1489 or 1490 ndash; December 10 1561) was a German nobleman who became a Protestant Reformer and spiritualist, one of the earliest promoters of the Protestant Reformation in Silesia.Schwenckfeld came… …   Wikipedia

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