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Voller Wunder, voller Kunst

Voller Wunder, voller Kunst

Author: Paul Gerhardt
Published in 7 hymnals

Author: Paul Gerhardt

Paul Gerhardt (b. Gräfenheinichen, Saxony, Germany, 1607; d. Lubben, Germany, 1676), famous author of Lutheran evangelical hymns, studied theology and hymnody at the University of Wittenberg and then was a tutor in Berlin, where he became friends with Johann Crüger. He served the Lutheran parish of Mittenwalde near Berlin (1651-1657) and the great St. Nicholas' Church in Berlin (1657-1666). Friederich William, the Calvinist elector, had issued an edict that forbade the various Protestant groups to fight each other. Although Gerhardt did not want strife between the churches, he refused to comply with the edict because he thought it opposed the Lutheran "Formula of Concord," which con­demned some Calvinist doctrines. Consequently, he was r… Go to person page >

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First Line: Voller Wunder, voller Kunst
Author: Paul Gerhardt
Language: German
Copyright: Public Domain

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Gesangbuch der Zionsgemeinde zu Baltimore #98

Kirchenbuch für Evangelisch-Lutherische Gemeinden #d486

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Kirchenbuch für Evangelisch-Lutherische Gemeinden #349

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Kirchenbuch für Evangelisch-Lutherische Gemeinden #349

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Kirchenbuch für Evangelisch-Lutherische Gemeinden #349

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Paulus Gerhardt's Geistliche Lieder #107

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