Daniel Ernst Jablonski

German theologian
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Also known as: Daniel Ernst Figulus
Quick Facts
Until 1685:
Daniel Ernst Figulus
Born:
November 20, 1660, Nassenhuben [now Mokry Dwór, Poland], near Danzig [now Gdańsk, Poland]
Died:
May 25, 1741, Berlin, Prussia [Germany] (aged 80)

Daniel Ernst Jablonski (born November 20, 1660, Nassenhuben [now Mokry Dwór, Poland], near Danzig [now Gdańsk, Poland]—died May 25, 1741, Berlin, Prussia [Germany]) was a Protestant theologian who worked for a unification of Lutherans and Calvinists. Jablonski studied at Frankfurt an der Oder and at the University of Oxford and began preaching at Magdeburg in 1683. From 1686 to 1691 he headed the Moravian College at Leszno, becoming court preacher at Königsberg (now Kaliningrad, Russia) in 1691 and Berlin in 1693. In 1699 he was consecrated a bishop of the Moravian church. While in Berlin, Jablonski unsuccessfully worked for the ...(100 of 150 words)