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Franck, Johann

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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a Lutheran hymn-writer of Germany, was born June 1, 1618, at Guben, in Lower Lusatia, and died June 18, 1677. His hymns belong to the gems of German hymnology. Some of his spiritual songs have also been translated into English. See Wezel, Hymnop. 1:164 sq.; Pasig's introduction to his edition of Franck's Hymns (Grimma, 1846); Jeutsch, Johann Franck von Guben (Guben, 1877); Koch, Gesch. des deutschen Kirchenliedes, 3:278 sq. (B.P.)

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Franck, Johann'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​f/franck-johann.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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