“Those who felt the impact of the pietistically inclined awakenings were often critical of the forms and practices of the state church and the clergy.”

“The pilgrims adore the sun rising while striking hands and while greeting them piously.”

“The Baroness and her friends worshipped novelty, inappropriateness, audacity, not piously but with ferocious abandon.”

“The greatest interpreter of Biblical stories, Rembrandt did not paint to please any patron, but was piously fulfilling a divine command.”