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title: 'Pastor Fliedner and the Order of Deaconesses'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'David Schley Schaff'
date: 1875-04-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Autobiography and Biography'
- 'Social Issues'
scriptures:
- 'Hebrews 13'
- 'Matthew 25'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/schaff-1875-pastor-fliedner-and-the-order-of-deaconesses
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# Pastor Fliedner and the Order of Deaconesses

Concise biography of Theodor Fliedner, founder of the Kaiserswerth deaconesses and numerous charitable institutions, highlighting prison reform and Christian social work.

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