reply from his Pietistic opponents, which called forth from Löscher his greatest work, Vollständiger Timotheus Verinus (2 parts, Wittenberg, 1718-22. Eng. transl., The Complete Timotheus Verinus 1998, Northwestern Publishing House). In this he discusses the origin and rapid development of Pietism and elaborates upon its evils. Nevertheless, he was unable to check the advance of Pietism or even to pass a true judgment upon the real significance of the movement. The importance of Löscher's part in the Pietistic controversy was not fully recognized until the return to Evangelical doctrine in the nineteenth century. Löscher took an active part also in the controversy which at that time was being waged against the Roman Catholic Church in Dresden and contributed a number of studies to that cause, notably his Vollständige Reformations-Akta und Documenta (3 vols., Leipzig, 1720–29). He also opposed Wolff's system of philosophy, claiming that "philosophical indifferentism" portended a revolution in Christianity. Further reading (de) Horst Weigelt: Löscher, Valentin Ernst. In: Theologische Realenzyklopädie (TRE), Vol. 21. Berlin/New York 1991, p. 415–419. (en) Werner Raupp: Löscher, Valentin Ernst (1674–1749), in: Heiner F. Klemme/Manfred Kuehn (Ed.): The Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century German Philosophers. London/New York 2010, Vol. 2, p. 740–741. References External links Confessional Lutheranism in Eighteenth Century Germany by Vernon P. Kleinig, Concordia Theological Quarterly, Volume 60: Numbers 1-2 1673 births 1749 deaths People from Sondershausen German Lutheran theologians 18th-century German Protestant theologians Academic staff of the University of Wittenberg German male non-fiction writers 18th-century German male writers 17th-century Lutheran theologians 18th-century Lutheran theologians