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This study examines the life and world of Conrad Bröske (1660-1713), Court Preacher in Offenbach/Mayn. His claim to fame lies in a ten year period between 1694 and 1704 in which this Marburg-trained pastor became a prolific author, polemicist and promoter of chiliastic writings, thanks to a meeting with Thomas Beverley in 1693 and the baptism of a Muslim convert in 1694. Bröske lived a complex existence “between Sardis and Philadelphia,” as a Reformed court preacher and Philadelphian chiliast. His two-sided experience was actually the norm among the Pietists, including so-called radicals. Life between paradigms was the German way of being radical in early modern times due to a lack of religious toleration compared to England and the Netherlands. Bröske’s story belongs to the rise of “Early Evangelicalism” that W.R. Ward has recently discussed.

Disputation --- Hofprediger --- Radikaler Pietismus --- Clergy --- Bröske, Conrad --- Bröske, Conrad, --- Geschichte 1686-1713 --- Isenburg (Fürstentum) --- Offenbach (Main) --- Isenburg (Principality) --- Offenbach am Main (Germany) --- Ysenburg (Principality) --- Hesse-Darmstadt (Grand duchy) --- Hesse-Kassel --- Büdingen (Grafschaft) --- Isenburgisches Schloss --- History --- Clergy - Germany - Biography. --- Bröske, Conrad, - 1660-1713. --- Isenburg (Principality) - History - 17th century. --- Offenbach am Main (Germany) - History - 17th century.