Daniel Ernst Jablonski
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Daniel Ernst Jablonski (20 November 1660,
Crown of Poland
– 25 May 1741, Berlin) was
a Calvinist Protestants
.
Life
Jablonski was born in the village of Nassenhuben, near
Frankfurt (Oder) and at Oxford, Jablonski entered upon his career as a preacher at Magdeburg in 1683, and then from 1686 to 1691 he was the head of the Brethren college at Polish Leszno (German: Lissa), a position which had been filled by his grandfather.[1] Consecrated a bishop of the Unity for the churches in Poland, he was encouraged by the Elector Friedrich Wilhelm I of Brandenburg, King in Prussia, to secure the Apostolic Succession to the Renewed Unity of Brethren, the Moravian Church, and consecrated David Nitschmann bishop in Berlin in 1735.[citation needed
]
Still retaining his connection with the Bohemians, he was appointed court preacher at Königsberg in 1691 by the elector of Brandenburg, Frederick III, and here, entering upon a career of great activity, he soon became a person of influence in court circles. In 1693 he was transferred to Berlin as court preacher, and in 1699 he was consecrated a bishop of the Unity of the Brethren.[1]
At Berlin Jablonski worked hard to bring about a union between the followers of
episcopate, and also the liturgy of the Church of England, but here again he was unsuccessful.[1]
Academic achievements
As a scholar, Jablonski brought out a
Oxford.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Jablonski, Daniel Ernst". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 104.
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