Gruber on the Discernment of True and False Inspiration

The religious community of True Inspired at Amana, Iowa acknowledges and reveres as its two “old country” founding fathers the Württemberg theologian, Eberhard Ludwig Gruber (1665–1728) and his younger friend the saddler, Johann Friedrich Rock (1678– 1749). While Gruber is credited with providing wi...

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Published in:The Harvard theological review 1988-10, Vol.81 (4), p.363-387
Main Author: Grossmann, Walter
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bible
Christianity
Inspiration
Old Testament
Pastors
Prophecy
Prophets
Separatism
Soul
Theology
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Summary:The religious community of True Inspired at Amana, Iowa acknowledges and reveres as its two “old country” founding fathers the Württemberg theologian, Eberhard Ludwig Gruber (1665–1728) and his younger friend the saddler, Johann Friedrich Rock (1678– 1749). While Gruber is credited with providing wise religious and organizational leadership, Rock was endowed with the gift of inspiration that characterized the budding movement in the early eighteenth century. Karl Barth wrote of him, “Inspiration … seized Rock and made him a seer and a prophet, to whose curious message half if not all of Germany listened.”
ISSN:0017-8160
1475-4517
DOI:10.1017/S0017816000010166