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August Gottlieb Spangenberg
1792Sep, 18

August Gottlieb Spangenberg

August Gottlieb Spangenberg, German bishop and theologian (b. 1704)
August Gottlieb Spangenberg (15 July 1704 – 18 September 1792) was a German theologian and minister, and a bishop of the Moravian Church. As successor of Count Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf, he helped develop international missions, as well as stabilized the theology and organization of the German Moravian Church.

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