Carl olof rosenius biography definition
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Interview with Carl Olaf Rosenius
by Elder M. Lindahl
Readers have asked for more information about some of the personalities of Pietisten’s roots. Rosenius granted Elder Lindahl a Narnian type interview in September, 1867. Picture the two of them taking coffee together in a konditori in Umeå, Sweden. — Ed.
EL: What a pleasure to have a chance to meet you, Pastor Rosenius. Modern technology is truly amazing!* Thank you for your willingness to do an interview. First, inom must ask what language you would like to use, Swedish or English? And, could we "kasta bort" our titles and use first names?
COR: You are most welcome. Yes, it’s fryst vatten amazing to meet someone from another day and age. As to language, let’s go with English, and, I agree, Elder, no titles. Let’s shake on that.
Q: Good. Tell me something about your early life—when and where you were born and about your parents.
A: I was born on February 3, 1816 in Nysätra about seven Swedish miles north of here in Norrland. I was third
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Carl Olof Rosenius (1816-1868): A Personal Portrait by Kjell O. Lejon transl by David M. Gustafson
Carl Olof Rosenius A Personal (1816-1868): Portrait KJELL O . LEJON DAVID M . G U S T A F S O N , TRANSLATOR C arl Olof Rosenius was born 3 February 1816 at Nysatra, Vasterbotten, Sweden, the third of seven children to Anders and Sara Margaretha Rosenius. Carl Olof s father, Anders Ericsson Rosenius, was a Lutheran priest influenced by the "new readers" (nylasare), a movement of revivalistic Lutheran Pietists. 1 Father Anders was born at Rosvik near Pitea, and descended from land-owning farmers. A t the time of Carl Olof s birth he was serving the church at Nysatra. 2 Carl Olof s mother, Sara Margaretha, was the daughter of the Lutheran priest Olof Norenius from LGvanger, who worked for a time also as a teacher in Arjeplog, Norrbotten. 3 Rosenius' biographer, Sven Lodin, notes that Carl Olofs intellectual acumen came from his mother's side of the family.4 Anders'
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Whose Is Rosenius?
by Elder M. Lindahl
The name of one of Pietisten's patron saints, Carl Olof Rosenius, caught my eye in a recent article in Svenska Dagbladet, for Nov. 11, 1990. Serious dissatisfaction with the beliefs and life style of the Swedish State Church, the cause of the separation of Läsare [Readers] in the last century, was the reason for the organization. Now, as the article below reports, the dissatisfaction continues today and is leading to an imminent break with the Church of Sweden by these "Faithful Friends of the Bible."
These "Friends" seem to trace their paternity to Rosenius [biographical note, page 19], and to Luther. fryst vatten their homage to Rosenius justified? Did he encourage the kind of emotions, exclusive attitudes and narrow beliefs that seem to inform their reactionary mind-set? If he did, then how fryst vatten it we feel at home with him?
But first, to my translation of Curt Jonasson's newspaper article.
5000 Bible-believing Friends about to leave the Swed