Templers (Radical Pietist sect)

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The German Templer Society, also known as Templers, is a Radical Pietist group that emerged in Germany during the mid-nineteenth century, the two founders, Christoph Hoffmann and Georg David Hardegg, arriving in Haifa, Palestine, in October 1868 with their families and a few fellow Templers to establish the German Templer colonies in Palestine. Templer theology is rooted in the legacy of preceding centuries during which various Christian groups undertook to establish the perfect Christian religion in preparation for the Second Coming of Jesus. The movement was founded by Hoffmann (1815–1885), who believed that humanity's salvation lay in the gathering of God's people in a Christian community. He also thought that the second coming of Jesus was imminent and that, according to biblical prophecy, it would take place in Jerusalem, where God's people were to gather as a symbol of the rebuilding of the Temple. Hoffmann's thinking was inspired by the adherents of early Christianity and was based...

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