Radical Pietism

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Radical Pietism are those Christian churches that have decided to break with denominational Lutheranism to emphasize certain teachings regarding holy living. Radical Pietists contrast with Church Pietists, who chose to remain within their Lutheran denominational settings. Radical Pietists distinguish between true and false Christianity and hold that the latter is represented by established churches. They separated from established churches to form their own Christian denominations. Radical Pietism emphasizes the need for a "religion of the heart," instead of the head, and is characterized by ethical purity, inward devotion, charity, and asceticism. Leadership emphasized the sanctification of adherents instead of sacramentalism. The Pietistic movement developed in Germany and was led by those who believed a deeper emotional experience was incompatible with what they saw as a preset adherence to form, no matter how genuine. It stressed a personal experience of salvation and a continuous...

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