41. In addition, he conducted religious services, and eventually became an acknowledged leader of Pietism in Berlin. 42. Pietism was an influential movement within Lutheranism that combined the 17th century Lutheran principles with the Christian life.43. As Edvard remembered it, Christian's positive behavior toward his children was overshadowed by his morbid pietism . 44. Pietism is considered the major influence that led to the creation of the " Schism of the Old Lutherans.45. Christian VI and Sophia Magdalene were deeply devoted to Pietism , and Frederick was given a strictly religious upbringing. 46. Zionist activism along with chasidic pietism contributed to a community percolating with excitement, intrigue and at times internecine conflict 47. In the first two decades of the church's existence, it was a significant center of pietism . 48. The Foundations formed a global correspondence network that spread the reform plans of Halle Pietism all over the world. 49. It emerged from the German tradition of Pietism after 1815 and sent its first missionaries to South Africa in 1834. 50. Through their influence upon the students, Halle became a centre from which pietism became very widely diffused over Germany.