Editing Pietism (section)

===Forerunners===
As the forerunners of the Pietists in the strict sense, certain voices had been heard bewailing the shortcomings of the church and advocating a revival of practical and devout Christianity. Amongst them were the [[Christian mysticism|Christian mystic]] [[Jakob Böhme]] (Behmen); [[Johann Arndt]], whose work, ''True Christianity'', became widely known and appreciated; [[Heinrich Müller (theologian)|Heinrich Müller]], who described the [[baptismal font|font]], the [[pulpit]], the [[Confession (religion)|confessional]], and the [[altar]] as "the four dumb idols of the Lutheran Church"; the theologian [[Johann Valentin Andrea]], court chaplain of the Landgrave of Hesse; Schuppius, who sought to restore the Bible to its place in the pulpit; and [[Theophil Großgebauer|Theophilus Grossgebauer]] (d. 1661) of [[Rostock]], who from his pulpit and by his writings raised what he called "the alarm cry of a watchman in [[Zion|Sion]]".