DEDICATION

...the same original: "eandem," referring back to the Saxon Church mentioned on the previous page., just as always, so henceforth may He [God] increasingly adorn and enlarge it, and protect and preserve it unharmed from the Arnoldists original: "Arnoldinis." Refers to the followers of Gottfried Arnold (1666–1714), a radical pietist whose "impartial" church history was considered highly controversial and dangerous by the Lutheran establishment.—that is, from the nefarious schemes and betrayals of the Libertines Those who rejected moral and religious restraints. and Indifferentists Those who held the view that differences in religious belief or denomination are of no importance..

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