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17th-century theologians

36 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Abraham CaloviusAuthor · BooksAbraham Calovius (also Abraham Calov or Abraham Kalau; 16 April 161225 February 1686) was a Lutheran theologian, and was one of the champions of Lutheran orthodoxy in the 17th century.
Angelus SilesiusAuthor · BooksAngelus Silesius, OFM (c. 16249 July 1677), born Johann Scheffler, was a German Catholic priest, physician, mystic and religious poet.
Anna Maria van SchurmanEngraver · PrintsAnna Maria van Schurman (November 5, 1607 – May 4, 1678) was a Dutch painter, engraver, poet, classical scholar, philosopher, and feminist writer who is best known for her exceptional…
Antoine ArnauldAuthor · BooksAntoine Arnauld (French: [ɑ̃twan aʁno]; 6 February 1612 – 8 August 1694) was a French Catholic theologian, priest, philosopher and mathematician.
Antoinette BourignonAuthor · BooksAntoinette Bourignon de la Porte (13 January 161630 October 1680) was a French-Flemish mystic and adventurer.
Arnoldus MontanusAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Arnoldus Montanus, 1680, Ambassades Mémorables de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales des Provinces unies, vers les Empereurs du Japon.
Blaise PascalAuthor · BooksBlaise Pascal (19June 162319August 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, and Catholic writer.
Charles CotinAuthor · BooksIllustration — Charles Cotin (1604–1681)
Christian Knorr von RosenrothAuthor · BooksChristian Knorr von Rosenroth (15/16 July 1636 – 4 May 1689) was a German Christian Hebraist and Christian Cabalist born in Alt-Raudten (today Stara Rudna) in Silesia.
Diego López de CogolludoAuthor · Books
Emmanuel SwedenborgAuthor · BooksEmanuel Swedenborg (born Emanuel Swedberg; 29 January 168829 March 1772) was a Swedish polymath; a scientist, engineer, astronomer, anatomist, Christian theologian, philosopher, and mystic.
Erdmann NeumeisterAuthor · BooksErdmann Neumeister (12 May 1671 – 18 August 1756) was a German Lutheran pastor and hymnologist.
Firmin AbauzitAuthor · BooksFirmin Abauzit (11 November 167920 March 1767) was a French scholar who worked on physics, theology and philosophy, and served as librarian in Geneva (Republic of Geneva) during his final…
Francis HutchesonAuthor · BooksFrancis Hutcheson was a British and Irish philosopher, economist, theologian, writer and university teacher (1694–1746). He was born in Drumalig and died in Dublin.
François FénelonAuthor · BooksFrançois de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon, P.S.S, more commonly known as François Fénelon (6 August 1651 – 7 January 1715), was a French Catholic archbishop, theologian, poet and writer.
George FoxAuthor · Books
Gottfried ArnoldAuthor · BooksGottfried Arnold (5 September 1666 – 30 May 1714) was a German Lutheran theologian and historian.
Henry AldrichDesigner · DesignHenry Aldrich (15 January 1648 – 14 December 1710) was an English scholar, clergyman, architect, and composer.
Increase MatherAuthor · BooksIncrease Mather (June 21 (O.S.), 1639 – August 23 (O.S.), 1723) was a New England Puritan clergyman who served as the sixth president of Harvard College from 1685 to 1701.
Isaac WattsAuthor · BooksIsaac Watts (17 July 1674 – 25 November 1748) was an English Congregational minister, hymn writer, theologian, and logician.
Israel KolmodinAuthor · BooksIsrael Gustaf Kolmodin (24 December 1643 – 19 April 1709) was a Swedish hymnwriter and Lutheran priest, active in the Church of Sweden.
Jean MabillonAuthor · BooksDom Jean Mabillon, (ʒɑ̃ mabijɔ̃; 23 November 1632 – 27 December 1707) was a French Benedictine monk and scholar of the Congregation of Saint Maur.
Joachim NeanderPerson · Music memorabiliaJoachim Neander (165031 May 1680) was a German Calvinist teacher, theologian and hymnwriter whose most famous hymn is Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of Creation (Lobe den…
Johan AbelingAuthor · BooksJohann Philipp Abelin was a German chronicler whose career straddled the 16th and 17th centuries. He was born, probably, at Strasbourg, and died there between 1634 and 1637.
Johann Ernst GlückAuthor · BooksJohann Ernst Glück (Johans Ernsts Gliks; 18 May 1654 – 5 May 1705) was a German translator and Lutheran theologian active in Livonia, which is now in Latvia.
Johann ZahnAuthor · Maps and atlasesJohann Zahn (29 March 1641, Karlstadt am Main – 27 June 1707) was the seventeenth-century German author of Oculus Artificialis Teledioptricus Sive Telescopium (Würzburg, 1685).
Martin SzentiványiAuthor · BooksMartin Szentiványi (born in Szentiván, present-day Liptovský Ján, 20 October 1633 and died in Nagyszombat, present-day Trnava, 5 March 1708) was a polymathic Hungarian Jesuit writer and…
Paolo AbrianiAuthor · BooksPaolo Abriani (160726 April 1699) was an Italian classical scholar, translator and Marinist poet.
Paul GerhardtPerson · Music memorabiliaPaulus or Paul Gerhardt (12 March 1607 – 27 May 1676) was a German theologian, Lutheran pastor and hymnodist, considered Germany's greatest hymn writer.
Richard BaxterAuthor · BooksRichard Baxter (12 November 1615 – 8 December 1691) was an English Nonconformist church leader and theologian from Rowton, Shropshire, who has been described as "the chief of English…
Stanisław LubienieckiAuthor · BooksStanisław Lubieniecki (Stanislaus de Lubienietz, also Lubiniezky or Lubyenyetsky) (August 23, 1623 in Raków – May 18, 1675 in Hamburg) was a Polish Socinian theologist, historian,…
Stefan YavorskyAuthor · BooksStefan Yavorsky, born Simeon Ivanovich Yavorsky (1658), was an archbishop and statesman in the Russian Empire and the first president of the Most Holy Synod.
Symeon of PolotskAuthor · BooksSymeon (Simeon) of Polotsk or Symeon Polotsky (Russian: Симео́н По́лоцкий; born as Samuel Piotrowski-Sitnianowicz, Russian: Самуи́л Петро́вский-Ситнянович;
Thomas EllwoodAuthor · BooksThomas Ellwood (October 1639 – 1 March 1714) was an English religious writer. He is remembered for his relationship with poet John Milton, and some of his writing has proved durable as well.

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