Daniel Ernst Jablonski (November 20, 1660 Nassenhuben - May 25, 1741 Berlin), German theologian, and reformer, known for his efforts to bring about a union between Lutheran and Calvinist Protestants.
Jablonski was born in the village of Nassenhuben (present-day Mokry Dwór, Gmina Pruszcz Gdański, Pomeranian Voivodeship), near Danzig. His father, Peter Figulus, was a minister of the Moravian Church (Böhmisch-Mährische Brüder); the son preferred the...
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Daniel Ernst Jablonski (November 20, 1660 Nassenhuben - May 25, 1741 Berlin), German theologian, and reformer, known for his efforts to bring about a union between Lutheran and Calvinist Protestants.
Jablonski was born in the village of Nassenhuben (present-day Mokry Dwór, Gmina Pruszcz Gdański, Pomeranian Voivodeship), near Danzig. His father, Peter Figulus, was a minister of the Moravian Church (Böhmisch-Mährische Brüder); the son preferred the Bohemian surname Jablonski which was based on his father's birthplace - Jablonné nad Orlicí. His maternal grandfather, Johann Amos Comenius (d. 1670), was a bishop of the Moravian Church. Having studied at Frankfurt (Oder) and at Oxford, Jablonski entered upon his career as a preacher at Magdeburg in 1683, and then from 1686 to 1691 he was the head of the Moravian college at Lissa, a position which had been filled by his grandfather.
Still retaining his connection with the Moravians, he was appointed court preacher at Königsberg in 1691 by...
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