David Hollatz (writer)

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David Hollatz (the younger), grandson of Lutheran dogmatician David Hollatz. Preacher at Güntersberg, near Zachau, in Pomerania from 1730 till his death, June 14, 1771. He wrote devotional books which were much read, often translated, and are still being edited and republished (e.g., Gebahnte Pilgerstrasse nach dem Berge Zion, Basel, 1866; Evangelische Gnadenordnungen, Basel, 1894; Eng. transl., The Order of Evangelical Grace in the Economy of Salvation, London, 1838; Verherrlichung Christi in seinem theueren and unschätzbaren Blute, Basel 1894). After a controversy between Hollatz and S. J. Baumgarten of Halle the orthodox Lutherans looked upon him with disfavor. He steadily receded more and more from the church doctrines and adopted the views of the Moravians, among whom he found greater sympathy. His Sämtliche erbauliche Schriften were published in two parts at Görlitz, 1772-1773, and Frankfort, 1782.

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