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Johann Wilhelm Petersen

German theologian

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association with Leade

In Jane Leade
Johann Wilhelm Petersen, a German-born Philadelphian and Pietist, gave her views scriptural foundations in his Mystery of the Restitution of All Things (1700–10).
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contribution to Unitarianism

In Unitarianism and Universalism: Early Universalism
…Germany under the leadership of Johann Wilhelm Petersen, who led groups of Philadelphian Pietists identifying themselves with the sixth church referred to in Revelation 3:7–13. A Philadelphian Society was organized in London in 1681 under Jane Leade, whose religious views were based on the thought of the German mystic Jakob…
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