RT Article
T1 Erik Pontoppidan and His Asiatic Prince Menoza
JF Church history
VO 50
IS 1
SP 33
OP 43
A1 Skarsten, Trygve R.
LA English
PB Cambridge Univ. Press
YR 1981
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1779567995
AB If one were to ask a Scandinavian to name the outstanding Pietist from the eighteenth century, that Pietist would undoubtedly be Erik Pontoppidan. August Herman Francke would most assuredly come in second place. Pontoppidan's lasting fame rests with his “Explanation” (Forklaring) to Luther's Small Catechism which he published in 1737 under the title Truth Unto Godliness (Sandhed til Gudfryktighed). A little over one hundred years later (1842), a pioneer Norwegian-American pastor by the name of Elling Eielsen translated it into English and walked—yes walked—from the Fox River settlements in northern Illinois to New York City in order to get Pontoppidan's “Explanation” published.
DO 10.2307/3166478