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  1. Religious movement within Lutheranism in the
  2. 17th century which emphasized spiritual and
  3. devotional faith rather than theology and
  4. dogma. It was founded by Philipp Jakob Spener
  5. (1635-1705), a minister in Frankfurt,
  6. Germany, who emphasized devotional meetings
  7. for `groups of the Elect' rather than
  8. biblical learning; he wrote the Pia Desideria
  9. 1675. The movement was for many years
  10. associated with the University of Halle
  11. (founded 1694), Germany.
  12.