Jakob Lorber
Philosopher, Author
1800 – 1864
Who was Jakob Lorber?
Jakob Lorber was a Christian mystic and visionary from the Duchy of Styria, who promoted liberal Universalism. He referred to himself as "God's scribe". He wrote that on 15 March 1840 he began hearing an 'inner voice' from the region of his heart and thereafter transcribed what it said. By the time of his death 24 years later he had written manuscripts equivalent to more than 10,000 pages in print.
His writings were published posthumously as amounting to a "New Revelation", and the contemporary "Lorber movement" forms one of the major neo-revelationist sects, mostly active in German-speaking Europe, although part of Lorber's writings have also been translated into more than 20 languages and the world-wide spread adherents do not gather in an institutionalized church, but usually continue to belong to their previous Christian denomination.
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- Born
- Jul 22, 1800
Municipality of Šentilj - Also known as
- Jacob Lorber
- Nationality
- Austria
- Profession
- Died
- Aug 24, 1864
Graz
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on July 23, 2013
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