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Pietatis,"  and  subsequently  as  true  Rosicrucians.  The  originator  of 
this,  at  its  inception  purely  religious  movement,  was  Philip  Jacob 
Spener,  a  Lutheran  clergyman,  born  at  Rappoltsweiler  in  Alsace, 
January  13,  1635,  an<^  died  in  Berlin,  Februarys,  1705. 
Spener  himselr,  it  would  appear,  was  as  yet  not  quite  free  from 
the  religious  and  speculative  mysticism  that  prevailed  in  Europe 
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Certificate  of  Medical  Proficiency  granted  by  Dr.  Christopher  Witt. 
during  the  seventeenth  century,  for  as  early  as  1680  he  formulated 
the  dogma  that  only  persons  inspired  by  the  Holy  Ghost  could 
understand  the  Scriptures.  It  need  not  surprise  us,  therefore,  that 
at  an  early  date  these  Pietists  were  confounded  with  the  Rosicru- 
cians of  an  earlier  period,  and  that  many  of  them  really  simulated 
the  practices  of  the  Rosicrucians  to  such  an  extent  that  it  would  be 
difficult  indeed  to  determine,  through  the  atmosphere  of  secrecy, 
