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Eylert, Rulemann Friedrich
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(Apr 3, 1770, Hamm – Feb 3, 1852, Potsdam). Called to Potsdam as court preacher from the pastorate in Hamm in 1806, Eylert became a celebrated preacher and the valued pastoral counselor of the royal couple. Frederik William III chose him as his key advisor on matters of church policy and commissioned him, for example, to formulate the 1817 Call to Union 1817 (Conferences, Church: I). After 1818 as both a bishop and a member of the coun-cil of state, Eylert also shared responsibility for the reactionary turn of the king's constitutional policy after 1819. …

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Friedrich, Martin, “Eylert, Rulemann Friedrich”, in: Religion Past and Present. Consulted online on 28 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1877-5888_rpp_SIM_04934>
First published online: 2011
First print edition: ISBN: 9789004146662, 2006-2013



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